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Aanslagen op 11 september 2001
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Aanslagen op 11 september 2001

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De aanslagen op 11 september 2001, naar de Amerikaanse datumnotatie (maand/dag) vaak aangeduid als 9/11 (en) (nine-eleven), omvatten een viertal terroristische aanslagen die op de ochtend van dinsdag 11 september 2001 door middel van gekaapte passagiersvliegtuigen in het noordoosten van de Verenigde Staten werden uitge…

Europese hoornaar
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Europese hoornaar
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De Europese hoornaar of paardenwesp is een vliesvleugelig insect uit de familie van de plooivleugelwespen (Vespidae). De…

Pablo Escobar
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Pablo Escobar
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Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was een beruchte Colombiaanse drugsbaron, die een van de rijkste mensen ter wereld werd doo…

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1995
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Mir EO-19, the first expedition to the Russian space station Mir launched on an American Space Shuttle, returned to Earth after approximately 75 days in space.
1992
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Hurricane Iniki, the most powerful hurricane on record to strike the Hawaiian Islands, passed directly over the island of Kauai, killing six people and causing around US$1.8 billion dollars in damage.
1978
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British medical photographer Janet Parker became the last recorded person to die from smallpox, leading to a debate on whether the virus should be preserved.
1945
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The Japanese-run camp at Batu Lintang in Borneo was liberated by the Australian 9th Division, averting the planned massacre of its 2,000-plus Allied POWs and civilian internees by four days.
1941
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In Des Moines, Iowa, American aviator Charles Lindbergh delivered an antisemitic speech (reporting pictured) accusing Jews of controlling the media and manipulating the United States into joining World War II.
1914
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