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Prinsjesdag

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Prinsjesdag is een jaarlijkse Nederlandse traditie op de derde dinsdag van september. Na een ceremoniële rijtoer door Den Haag spreekt het staatshoofd in een verenigde vergadering van de Staten-Generaal de troonrede uit. Na terugkomst op Paleis Noordeinde is er de zogenoemde balkonscène.

Marion Cotillard
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Marion Cotillard is een Franse actrice. In 2008 ontving ze een Oscar voor Beste Vrouwelijke Hoofdrol voor haar vertolkin…

Glazen Koets (Nederland)
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De Nederlandse Glazen Koets is met de Gouden Koets een van de twee gala-berlines van het Koninklijk Staldepartement. De …

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10 gebeurtenissen
2011
Don't_ask,_don't_tell
The United States military ended its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, consequently allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly.
2008
Islamabad_Marriott_Hotel_bombing
An explosive-laden truck detonated in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
2000
Real_Irish_Republican_Army
The Real Irish Republican Army carried out a rocket-launcher attack on the MI6 headquarters in London, with no casualties and minimal damage recorded.
1997
Hurricane_Erika_(1997)
Hurricane Erika, the strongest and longest-lasting hurricane of the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing flooding and power outages throughout Puerto Rico.
1988
Margaret_Thatcher
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (pictured) gave a landmark speech at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium, against federalism in the European Economic Community.
1984
The_Cosby_Show
The Cosby Show, which became one of three U.S. television shows to have the highest ratings five years in a row, premiered with its pilot episode.
1977
Petrozavodsk_phenomenon
A series of celestial phenomena of disputed nature was observed in the western Soviet Union, Finland and Denmark.
1973
Billie_Jean_King
Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, in an internationally televised tennis match dubbed the "Battle of the Sexes".
1971
Hurricane_Irene–Olivia
Hurricane Irene (satellite image pictured) moved into the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic, making it the first actively tracked tropical cyclone to do so.
1967
Greek_case
Sweden, Norway, and Denmark submit the Greek case alleging human rights violations by the Greek junta.

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