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Epilepsie
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Epilepsie

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Epilepsie of vallende ziekte, is een aandoening waarbij bepaalde herhaaldelijke aanvallen (insulten/toevallen) plaatsvinden ten gevolge van chronische afwijkingen in de hersenschors, die leiden tot abnormale en/of gesynchroniseerde activiteit van neuronen. Niet iedereen die een aanval krijgt heeft epilepsie en niet ied…

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15 december
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15 december is de 349ste dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 16 dagen tot het einde van het …

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Tabel van Belgische gemeenten
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Deze tabel bevat alle Belgische gemeenten gerangschikt volgens inwonertal met vermelding van het aantal deelgemeenten, h…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2019
Citizenship_Amendment_Act_protests
Citizenship Amendment Act protests: 10 to 15 local women blockaded a major road in Delhi, India, to protest the exclusion of Muslims from the amended Citizenship Act.
2013
South_Sudanese_Civil_War
The South Sudanese Civil War began when three opposition leaders voted to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council in Juba.
1981
Shia_Islam
The Iraqi Shia Islamist group al-Dawa carried out one of the first modern suicide bombings, targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, resulting in 61 deaths and at least 100 injuries.
1970
Venera_7
The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 touched down on the surface of Venus, making the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet.
1961
Adolf_Eichmann
Former Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death after being found guilty on fifteen criminal charges, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.
1946
Iran_crisis_of_1946
U.S.-backed Iranian troops brought an end to the Iran crisis when they marched on the breakaway Republic of Mahabad and recaptured the territory.
1945
Supreme_Commander_for_the_Allied_Powers
The US-led occupying forces ordered the government of Japan to cease state support for Shinto.
1943
World_War_II
World War II: Australian and American forces (pictured) began the Battle of Arawe against Japanese forces on New Britain as a diversion before a larger landing at Cape Gloucester.
1939
Epic_film
The American historical epic film Gone With the Wind, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
1906
Great_Northern,_Piccadilly_and_Brompton_Railway
The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, a 14.17-kilometre (8.80 mi) long deep-level underground tube railway connecting Hammersmith and Finsbury Park, London, opened.

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