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2018-03-08

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

Internationale Vrouwendag

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Internationale Vrouwendag is een internationale gedenkdag. Ieder jaar op 8 maart, staat de dag in het teken van strijdbaarheid en het gevoel van solidariteit van vrouwen overal ter wereld, meestal aan de hand van een specifiek thema.

Stephen Fry

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Sir Stephen John Fry is een Engelse komiek, schrijver, acteur en presentator.

Ralph Hamers

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Ralph Adrianus Joseph Gerardus Hamers is een Nederlands bankier. Hij was van november 2020 tot 5 april 2023 bestuursvoor…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen

2017

Azure_Window

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

1983

Cold_War

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

1979

Voyager_1

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

1978

BBC_Radio_4

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

1966

Nelson's_Pillar

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

1963

Ba'ath_Party

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

1924

Castle_Gate_Mine_disaster

Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, killed all 171 miners working there.

1919

1919_Egyptian_revolution

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

1910

Raymonde_de_Laroche

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

1736

Nader_Shah

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.