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Allerheiligen
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Allerheiligen

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Allerheiligen is een christelijk feest ter nagedachtenis aan alle heiligen en martelaren. Het is een jaarlijkse feestdag, die door rooms-katholieken en anglicanen op 1 november gevierd wordt. In de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk is het een hoogfeest. In de Oosters-Orthodoxe Kerk wordt Allerheiligen gevierd op de eerste zondag n…

Halloween
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Halloween is een feestdag die valt op 31 oktober. Traditioneel wordt Halloween vooral gevierd in Ierland, het Verenigd K…

Abubakari Yakubu
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Abubakari Yakubu
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Abubakari Yakubu was een Ghanees voetballer die voornamelijk als middenvelder speelde.

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10 gebeurtenissen
1972
Elvis_on_Tour
Elvis on Tour, a concert film that documented Elvis Presley's tour throughout the United States, opened.
1963
Lê_Quang_Tung
Lê Quang Tung, loyalist head of the South Vietnam Special Forces, was executed in a U.S.-backed coup against president Ngô Đình Diệm following a period of religious unrest.
1959
Hockey_puck
After being struck in the face with a hockey puck, Jacques Plante played the rest of the game wearing a face mask, now mandatory equipment for goaltenders in ice hockey.
1959
Dominique_Mbonyumutwa
Dominique Mbonyumutwa, one of the few Hutu sub-chiefs in colonial Rwanda, was attacked by Tutsi activists, precipitating the Rwandan Revolution.
1956
Kerala
The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: An American F-13 Superfortress made the first flight by an Allied aircraft over Tokyo since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942.
1941
Ansel_Adams
American photographer Ansel Adams (pictured) shot Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, one of his most famous photographs.
1921
Frances_Kyle
Frances Kyle was called to the Bar of Ireland, becoming the first female barrister in Ireland or Great Britain.
1914
World_War_I
World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force departed Albany, Western Australia.
1824
Disposable_ship
The disposable ship Columbus (pictured) arrived in the The Downs off England, becoming, at that time, the largest vessel to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

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