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2017-08-11

Top reads and historical moments for this date. 5 min leestijd

Dafne Schippers

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Dafne Schippers is een Nederlands voormalig atlete. In 2015 werd ze wereldkampioene op de 200 meter in een Europees record van 21,63 s, op dat moment de derde tijd ter wereld ooit gelopen. Op de 100 meter werd zij tweede in de nationale recordtijd van 10,81. Een jaar later won ze op de Olympische Spelen zilver op de 20…

Gregory Sedoc

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Gregory Sedoc is een Nederlandse oud-hordeloper van Surinaamse afkomst. Het grootste succes van zijn loopbaan haalde hij…

Fipronil

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Fipronil is een insecticide en acaricide uit de groep van de fenylpyrazolen. Het werd in 1987 ontwikkeld door Rhône-Poul…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen

2012

2012_East_Azerbaijan_earthquakes

At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.

1999

Ken_Levine_(game_developer)

Ken Levine's System Shock 2 was released to mediocre sales, but later received critical acclaim and influenced subsequent first-person shooter game design.

1999

1999_Salt_Lake_City_tornado

A tornado struck downtown Salt Lake City, damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people.

1979

Aeroflot

Two Aeroflot passenger jets collided in mid-air near Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian SSR, killing all 178 people on both aircraft.

1977

National_Highway_Traffic_Safety_Administration

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford Pinto (example pictured) to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision.

1975

Timorese_Democratic_Union

The Timorese Democratic Union launched a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.

1973

DJ_Kool_Herc

At a party in New York City, Jamaican musician DJ Kool Herc (pictured) began rapping during an extended break, laying the foundation for hip hop music.

1952

Talal_of_Jordan

King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein.

1945

Kraków

Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in Kraków, a crowd of Poles took part in a pogrom, resulting in at least one death.

1929

Bud_Billiken_Parade_and_Picnic

The first Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, the oldest and largest African-American parade in the United States, was held in Chicago.