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Ramadan

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Ramadan is de negende maand van de islamitische maankalender. In de islam geldt ze als de heilige maand van inkeer, waarin tussen fajr en maghrib door vele gelovigen – voor zover zij daarvan niet vrijgesteld zijn – gevast wordt. Een speciale nacht in deze maand is Laylat al-Qadr.

Inge de Bruijn
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Inge de Bruijn
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Inge de Bruijn is een Nederlands voormalig topzwemster. Ze won op de Olympische Spelen van Sydney in 2000 drie gouden me…

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Pirates of the Caribbean (filmserie)
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Pirates of the Caribbean is een Amerikaanse filmserie die is geregisseerd door Gore Verbinski, Rob Marshall en Joachim R…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2014
Kerala_Blasters_FC
The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada were formed.
2006
2006_Yogyakarta_earthquake
An earthquake registering 6.4 Mw struck near the city of Yogyakarta on the southern side of the Indonesian island of Java, killing more than 5,700 people.
2001
Dos_Palmas_kidnappings
Twenty tourists were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Palawan, Philippines, triggering a hostage crisis that lasted for more than a year.
1997
Jarrell_tornado
A destructive F5-rated tornado tracked through a subdivision of homes northwest of Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people.
1995
Christopher_Reeve
American actor Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse, leaving him quadriplegic; he later became an activist on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries.
1995
Bosnian_War
Bosnian War: Forces of the Army of Republika Srpska captured a United Nations post at Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo; six soldiers of both sides were killed when French forces retook the post later in the day.
1983
Benton_fireworks_disaster
An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven people.
1975
Bus
The deadliest road accident in England took place when the brakes on a coach failed and it crashed in North Yorkshire, killing 32 people.
1967
1967_Australian_referendum_(Aboriginals)
Australians voted overwhelmingly to include Indigenous Australians in population counts for constitutional purposes and to allow the federal government to make special laws affecting them in states.
1963
Bob_Dylan
American singer Bob Dylan (pictured) released The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, his first album to include a significant number of original songs.

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