#1 Trending
Willem Wilmink
37.125 weergaven · 1 min leestijd
Willem Andries Wilmink was een Nederlandse neerlandicus en vooral dichter, schrijver en zanger.
Top reads and historical moments for this date. 4 min leestijd
Top Reads
12 artikelen
#3
34.937 weergaven
Goede Vrijdag is de vrijdag voor Pasen. Op deze dag herdenken christenen de kruisiging en dood van Jezus. Jezus werd vol…
#5
24.249 weergaven
Pasen is het belangrijkste christelijke feest in het liturgische jaar, volgend op de Goede Week. Christenen vieren deze …
6
15.964 weergaven
7
11.166 weergaven
9
9.956 weergaven
10
8.736 weergaven
12
8.012 weergaven
14
6.178 weergaven
15
6.113 weergaven
16
5.782 weergaven
17
4.848 weergaven
On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2009
The Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan, was attacked and held for several hours by 12 gunmen, resulting in 16 deaths and 95 injuries.
2002
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, widow of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II, died at Royal Lodge aged 101.
1981
John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded U.S. president Ronald Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton (immediate aftermath pictured).
1977
Annie Hall had its first screening at the LA Film Festival; it was voted the funniest screenplay ever by members of the Writers Guild of America.
1972
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many South Vietnamese units as possible.
1950
Usmar Ismail began shooting Darah dan Doa, widely recognised as the first Indonesian film.
1921
The Australian Air Corps was disbanded, to be replaced the following day by the Australian Air Force.
1918
Four days of inter-ethnic clashes broke out in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in about 12,000 deaths.
1912
Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fes (depicted), making Morocco a French protectorate.
1867
U.S. secretary of state William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for US$7.2 million.