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Sanne Wevers
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Sanne Wevers

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Sanne Wevers is een Nederlands turnster. Ze won als eerste Nederlandse turnster een gouden medaille op de Olympische Zomerspelen 2016, op het onderdeel evenwichtsbalk. Ze werd ook twee keer Europees kampioen op balk.

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Reinder Aart (Reinder) Nummerdor is een Nederlands volleyballer. Hij nam vijf keer deel aan de Olympische Spelen, waarva…

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2005
Free_Aceh_Movement
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending more than 28 years of fighting.
1998
The_Troubles
The Troubles: A car bomb attack carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army killed 29 people and injured approximately 220 others in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
1977
Ohio_State_University_Radio_Observatory
Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that became known as the Wow! signal.
1963
Fulbert_Youlou
President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
1948
History_of_South_Korea
The Republic of Korea was established with Syngman Rhee (pictured) as its first president.
1947
Jawaharlal_Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured) took office as the first prime minister of India, a post he held for 16 years.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: Allied forces began Operation Dragoon, their invasion of southern France.
1942
World_War_II
World War II: The tanker SS Ohio reached Malta as part of an operation to deliver much-needed supplies during the siege of Malta.
1941
Josef_Jakobs
Josef Jakobs, a German spy, became the last person executed at the Tower of London.
1909
Goudi_coup
A military coup against the government of Dimitrios Rallis began in the neighbourhood of Goudi in Athens, Greece.

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