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2017-06-12

Top reads and historical moments for this date. 4 min leestijd

Rafael Nadal

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Rafael Nadal Parera, Markies van Llevant de Mallorca is een voormalig professioneel tennisser uit Spanje. Nadal voerde op 18 augustus 2008 voor het eerst de ATP-ranglijst aan. Hij wist vijf seizoenen als nummer 1 af te sluiten: 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017 en 2019. Hij stond een recordaantal achtereenvolgende weken bij de be…

Assita Kanko

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Assita Kanko is een Belgische politica, eerst voor de MR en daarna voor de N-VA en is bekend vanwege haar persoonlijke g…

Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico, officieel het Gemenebest Puerto Rico, is een niet-geïncorporeerd territorium van de Verenigde Staten in het…

12 juni

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Ralph Macchio

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Nederland

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Herman Tjeenk Willink

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On This Day

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2025

Air_India_Flight_171

Air India Flight 171 crashes shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people.

2016

Pulse_nightclub_shooting

An Islamic terrorist killed 49 people in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida.

2010

Abby_Sunderland

Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world.

1999

NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia

In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with a mandate of establishing a secure environment in the territory.

1994

Boeing_777

The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden flight.

1991

Sri_Lankan_Tamils

More than 150 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the military in the village of Kokkadichcholai.

1987

Cold_War

Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" (speech featured).

1981

Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film to star Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, was released.

1978

David_Berkowitz

American serial killer David Berkowitz, popularly known as the "Son of Sam", was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison for each of six killings.

1967

Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws restricting interracial marriage in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia.