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Ferdinand Monoyer

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Ferdinand Monoyer was een Frans oogarts die bekendheid verwierf met het introduceren van de dioptrie in de oogmeetkunde. Daarnaast is een door hem ontworpen oogkaart gangbaar in grote delen van de wereld; in Nederland is de Snellenkaart gebruikelijker.

Eurovisiesongfestival 2017
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Eurovisiesongfestival 2017
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Het Eurovisiesongfestival 2017 was de 62ste editie van deze Europese liedjeswedstrijd. Winnaar werd Salvador Sobral, nam…

Snellenkaart
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Snellenkaart
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De snellenkaart is een hulpmiddel waarmee op eenvoudige wijze de visus kan worden bepaald in een oogmeting, bijvoorbeeld…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2012
Yakovlev_SJ-100
The pilots of a Sukhoi Superjet, ignoring alerts from the terrain warning system, crashed the aircraft into Mount Salak in Indonesia, resulting in the deaths of all 45 people on board.
2005
Pope_Benedict_XVI
Pope Benedict XVI began the beatification process for his predecessor Pope John Paul II, waiving the standard five years required after the nominee's death.
2001
Accra_Sports_Stadium
Police at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, fired tear gas to quell unrest at a football match, leading to a stampede that killed 126 people.
1992
Methane
An underground methane explosion occurred at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, killing all 26 Canadian coal miners who were working at the time.
1980
Sunshine_Skyway_Bridge
Part of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed after a pier was struck by MV Summit Venture, killing 35 people.
1979
Iranian_Jews
Prominent Iranian Jew Habib Elghanian was executed after having been convicted by a revolutionary tribunal of various charges, triggering a mass exodus of Jews from Iran.
1977
Amsterdam
The Hotel Polen in Amsterdam was destroyed by fire (pictured), leaving 33 people dead.
1968
Bucks_County_Community_College
About 200 students at Bucks County Community College held a protest after the college canceled a planned speech by gay rights activist Dick Leitsch.
1964
Ngô_Đình_Cẩn
Ngô Đình Cẩn, a younger brother and the confidant of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, was executed by Nguyễn Khánh's military junta.
1961
Federal_Communications_Commission
In a speech to U.S. broadcasters, FCC chairman Newton Minow described commercial television programming as "a vast wasteland".

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