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Witte neushoorn
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Witte neushoorn

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De witte neushoorn, ook wel breedlipneushoorn genoemd, is de grootste soort van de vijf levende neushoornsoorten en op de olifanten na, het grootste hedendaagse landdier.

Ilse DeLange
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Ilse DeLange
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Ilse DeLange, artiestennaam van Ilse Annoeska de Lange, is een Nederlandse zangeres. In 1998 brak ze door met haar hit I…

Lente
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Lente
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De lente of het voorjaar is een van de vier seizoenen. De lente volgt op de winter en wordt gevolgd door de zomer. Tijde…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2014
Taliban
Taliban militants killed nine civilians in a mass shooting at the Kabul Serena Hotel in Afghanistan.
1993
The_Troubles
The Troubles: Two children were killed by the second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Warrington, England.
1987
Antiviral_drug
The antiretroviral drug zidovudine (chemical structure pictured) became the first treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for HIV/AIDS.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: U.S. Marines made a landing on Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago to develop an airbase as part of Operation Cartwheel.
1942
World_War_II
World War II: After being forced to flee the Philippines for Australia, US Army general Douglas MacArthur (pictured) announced: "I came through and I shall return."
1939
1939_German_ultimatum_to_Lithuania
Germany issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding the return of the Klaipėda Region under threat of invasion.
1923
Arts_Club_of_Chicago
The Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of Pablo Picasso's first solo United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso.
1922
United_States_Navy
The United States Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier, USS Langley.
1861
1861_Mendoza_earthquake
An earthquake occurred in the Argentine province of Mendoza, causing at least 6,000 deaths and destroying most of the buildings in the province's capital city.
1852
Harriet_Beecher_Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States, was published.

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