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Original equipment manufacturer

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Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) wordt gebruikt in de context van eindproducten die subsystemen bevatten van andere producenten. De term wordt gebruikt voor bedrijven die producten leveren ten behoeve van een merkleverancier van eindproducten, waarbij de merkleverancier het product in eigen producten verwerkt also…

Roberto Martínez Montoliú
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Roberto Martínez Montoliú
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Roberto Martínez Montoliú is een Spaans voetbaltrainer en voormalig profvoetballer. Van 2016 tot 2022 was hij bondscoach…

Jeroen Aalbers
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Jeroen Aalbers
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Jeroen Aalbers is een Nederlandse schrijver, columnist en muzikant uit Rotterdam. Voor zijn muzikale activiteiten en zij…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2020
2020_Beirut_explosion
A large explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon killed 218 people and caused US$15 billion in damage.
2014
Aboriginal_Australians
Julieka Ivanna Dhu, an Aboriginal Australian woman, died in police custody after her deteriorating condition was mocked and ignored.
2007
María_del_Luján_Telpuk
An airport police officer discovered a suitcase containing approximately US$800,000 as it passed through security at Jorge Newbery Airfield in Buenos Aires, sparking an international scandal involving Venezuela and Argentina.
2006
Sri_Lankan_civil_war
Sri Lankan civil war: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred in Mutur.
1997
Supercentenarian
French supercentenarian Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122 years, 164 days, with the longest confirmed human lifespan in history.
1995
Yugoslav_Wars
Yugoslav Wars: The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest European land battle since the Second World War.
1991
MTS_Oceanos
An explosion on the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos (pictured) ruptured its hull, causing it to sink off the east coast of South Africa, with all 571 people on board rescued.
1983
Jean-Baptiste_Ouédraogo
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, the president of Upper Volta, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara.
1972
Idi_Amin
President Idi Amin announced the expulsion of Asians from Uganda.
1964
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: The National Security Agency falsely claimed that a U.S. Navy destroyer was attacked a second time by North Vietnamese vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading Congress to authorize the use of military force.

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