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2017-12-12

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

Margaret Windsor

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Prinses Margaret Rose, Gravin van Snowdon was de tweede dochter en het tweede kind van de toenmalige hertog en hertogin van York en de jongere zus van de latere koningin Elizabeth II. Ze was de tante van de huidige koning Charles III.

Estelle Cruijff

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Estelle Cruijff is een Nederlands socialite. Ze is onder meer actief (geweest) als actrice, presentatrice, model en mode…

Eva Crutzen

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Eva Crutzen is een Nederlands actrice, zangeres en cabaretière.

Elizabeth II van het Verenigd Koninkrijk

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Rico Verhoeven

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Tatum Dagelet

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Antony Armstrong-Jones

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Chanoeka

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Philip Mountbatten

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Tabel van Belgische gemeenten

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Vliegend Spaghettimonster

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No Surrender MC

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On This Day

10 events

2021

2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix

At the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to become World Drivers' Champion.

2012

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3_Unit_2

North Korea made its first successful satellite launch, as Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 reached orbit.

2000

Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the recount of ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election be stopped, effectively making George W. Bush (pictured) the winner.

1988

Clapham_Junction_rail_crash

Three trains collided near Clapham Junction railway station in London, killing 35 people and injuring 484 others.

1979

1979_Tumaco_earthquake

A magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck just off the shore of Tumaco, Colombia, causing at least 300 deaths, mostly by the resulting tsunami.

1969

Greek_junta

The Greek junta announced its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after the junta was found guilty of torture and other human-rights violations by the European Commission of Human Rights.

1964

Jomo_Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta became the first president of the Republic of Kenya.

1942

World_War_II

World War II: German troops began Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.

1941

The_Holocaust

The Holocaust: At a Nazi Party meeting in the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler declared the imminent destruction of the Jewish people.

1939

Royal_Navy

The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duchess (pictured) collided with HMS Barham, the battleship she was escorting, and Duchess sank with heavy loss of life.