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Johanna Letitia de Jong is een voormalige Nederlandse langebaanschaatsster die gespecialiseerd was op de sprintafstanden.
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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2013
A building collapsed on tribal land in Thane in Maharashtra, India, causing 74 deaths.
1988
Evan Mecham, Governor of Arizona, was removed from office after being convicted in his impeachment trial.
1975
Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.
1975
Vietnam War: On a mission to evacuate children from South Vietnam, a U.S. Air Force plane crash-landed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, killing 78 children and 60 others.
1973
A year after the completion of the second of the complex's twin towers, the World Trade Center in New York City was officially dedicated.
1968
American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (pictured) was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
1949
Twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, establishing NATO, an international military alliance whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
1905
An earthquake hit the Kangra Valley in India, killing at least 20,000 people and destroying 100,000 buildings.
1873
The Kennel Club, the world's oldest kennel club, was founded in the United Kingdom after Sewallis Shirley became frustrated by trying to organise dog shows without a consistent set of rules.
1859
Bryant's Minstrels premiered the minstrel song "Dixie" in New York City as part of their blackface show.