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Dirk Kuijt
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Dirk Kuijt

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Dirk Kuijt, soms geschreven als Dirk Kuyt, is een Nederlandse voetbaltrainer en voormalig profvoetballer. Hij speelde voor FC Utrecht, Feyenoord, Liverpool en Fenerbahçe SK. Kuijt was van 2004 tot en met 2014 international in het Nederlands voetbalelftal, waarvoor hij 104 wedstrijden speelde en 24 keer scoorde. Hij was…

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…

Feyenoord
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Feyenoord
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Feyenoord Rotterdam is een Nederlandse profvoetbalclub uit Rotterdam, opgericht op 19 juli 1908, die uitkomt in de Eredi…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2010
Stephen_Timms
British politician Stephen Timms survived a murder attempt by an Islamic extremist during a constituency surgery.
2008
2008_UEFA_Cup_final
On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.
1980
Salvadoran_Civil_War
Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.
1951
Talyllyn_Railway
Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
1948
David_Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at a building later called Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.
1943
World_War_II
Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.
1940
World_War_II
World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.
1939
Lima
In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.
1931
Ådalen
Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
1919
Harry_Hands
Sir Harry Hands, the mayor of Cape Town, performed the first public observance of a two-minute silence in remembrance of those killed in World War I.

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