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2016-11-07

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Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen 2016

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De Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen van 2016 waren de 58e presidentsverkiezingen van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika en vonden plaats op 8 november 2016. Het US Elections Project schat dat 131,7 miljoen Amerikanen stemden van de 231 miljoen die daartoe gerechtigd waren - een opkomst van 56,9 procent. Gekozen werden d…

Donald Trump

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Donald John Trump is een Amerikaanse zakenman en politicus. Hij is sinds 20 januari 2025 de 47e president van de Verenig…

Marc Sleen

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Marc Sleen, pseudoniem van Marcel Honoré Nestor ridder Neels, was een Vlaams stripauteur die vooral bekend is voor zijn …

Elizabeth II van het Verenigd Koninkrijk

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Hillary Clinton

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Lijst van presidenten van de Verenigde Staten

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Miljuschka Witzenhausen

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Ziekte van Huntington

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen

2000

Hillary_Clinton

Hillary Clinton was elected as a US senator from New York, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.

1996

NASA

NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

1991

Magic_Johnson

Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.

1987

Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore)

Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line opened, with train services running between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh.

1987

Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali

Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for the duties of the office.

1972

Sidney_Lanier_Bridge

A ship collision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the U.S. state of Georgia resulted in a bridge collapse (pictured), which killed ten people.

1949

Caspian_Sea

Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.

1934

Tufted_jay

The first specimens of the tufted jay (pictured) to be scientifically described were collected in Mexico.

1917

World_War_I

World War I: British forces captured Gaza following the retreat of the Ottoman garrison.

1916

1916_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections

In the congressional elections, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.