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Frits Bom
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Frits Bom

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Frits Bom was een Nederlandse tv-presentator en programmamaker. Hij werd vooral bekend als De Ombudsman van het gelijknamige tv-programma van de VARA. Opvolgers van dit programma, die hij ook presenteerde, waren De Konsumentenman, De Vakantieman en De Televisieman. Als verslaggever werkte hij voor het NOS Journaal. Ook…

Divali
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Divali
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Divali, ook Deepavali, Diwali of Deevali genoemd is een van de belangrijkste feesten in het hindoeïsme en vindt zijn oor…

Frances Lefebure
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Frances Lefebure
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Frances Lefebure is een Vlaamse actrice en presentatrice.

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2017
Robert_Weryk
Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.
2013
YouTube
British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.
2005
Hurricane_Wilma
Hurricane Wilma (pictured) became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).
1988
1988–1994_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions
The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.
1987
Iran–Iraq_War
Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.
1987
Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent on Black Monday, the largest one-day percentage decline in the stock market index's history.
1965
Hutu
A group of ethnic Hutu military officers failed in their attempt to overthrow the Burundian government.
1965
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: The Siege of Plei Me began with the first major confrontation between soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army and the U.S. Army.
1955
European_Broadcasting_Union
At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
1944
Guatemalan_Revolution
The Guatemalan Revolution began with a small group of army officers led by Francisco Javier Arana and Jacobo Árbenz launching a coup against dictator Jorge Ubico.

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