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Bernardus Andreas (Dries) Riphagen was in de jaren 1930 een Amsterdamse crimineel. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog collaboreerde hij met de Duitse bezettingsmacht.
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10 gebeurtenissen2019
Syrian civil war: Turkish forces began an offensive into north-eastern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.
2012
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai (pictured) was severely injured by a Taliban gunman in a failed assassination attempt.
1986
The Phantom of the Opera, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and currently the longest-running Broadway show in history, opened in London's West End.
1962
Nick Holonyak, an engineer for General Electric, gave the first public demonstration of a light-emitting diode.
1952
A footman shot and killed two colleagues and wounded the lady of the house at Knowsley Hall, England.
1942
World War II: American forces defeated the Japanese at the Third Battle of the Matanikau in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, reversing the Japanese victory a couple of weeks earlier.
1914
World War I: The civilian authorities of Antwerp surrendered and allowed the German army to capture the city.
1913
Carrying a cargo hold full of highly flammable chemicals, the ocean liner SS Volturno caught fire in the north Atlantic and sank, resulting in 136 deaths.
1912
Following a reduction in pay, textile workers in Little Falls, New York, walked out of their mill, starting a three-month strike.
1888
The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., at the time the world's tallest building, officially opened to the general public.