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2018-03-01

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

Neusaap

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De neusaap is de enige soort in het geslacht neusapen (Nasalis), uit de wouden van Borneo. Het meest opvallende kenmerk van de soort is de grote hangende neus van het mannetje, waaraan het dier zijn naam dankt. Het is de grootste slankaap.

Twan Huys

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Twan Huys is een Nederlandse journalist, televisiepresentator, televisieproducent en auteur.

Humberto Tan

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Humberto Tan-A-Kiam, kortweg Humberto Tan is een Nederlands-Surinaamse radio- en televisiepresentator, sportjournalist e…

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Carlos de Bourbon de Parme

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Mies Bouwman

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James Bond

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Oostvaardersplassen

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen

1992

Serbs_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina

A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo, resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War.

1973

Pink_Floyd

Pink Floyd's critically acclaimed album The Dark Side of the Moon was released.

1950

Klaus_Fuchs

In a trial lasting less than 90 minutes, German–British physicist Klaus Fuchs was convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act by supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union.

1944

World_War_II

World War II: American and Australian troops won the Battle of Sio against Japanese forces as part of the New Guinea campaign.

1936

Hoover_Dam

Hoover Dam, straddling the Arizona–Nevada border on the Colorado River, was completed.

1921

Kronstadt_rebellion

The Kronstadt rebellion began following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in Russia with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.

1921

Australia_national_cricket_team

The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years.

1896

Battle_of_Adwa

Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

1896

Henri_Becquerel

French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium salts.

1872

Yellowstone_National_Park

Yellowstone National Park (bison pictured), located mostly in the present-day U.S. state of Wyoming, was established by President Ulysses S. Grant.