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Avicii
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Avicii

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Tim Bergling, beter bekend onder zijn artiestennaam Avicii, was een Zweeds dj en muziekproducent. Het pseudoniem Avicii is gebaseerd op Avīci, het laagste niveau in de boeddhistische hel. Eerder bracht hij ook enkele nummers uit onder de namen Tim Berg en Tom Hangs. Hij brak internationaal door met zijn hitsingle Broma…

Helene Fischer
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Helene Fischer
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Helene Fischer is een Duitse schlagerzangeres. Ze heeft wereldwijd meer dan 16 miljoen albums verkocht.

Harrie Jekkers
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Harrie Jekkers
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Hendricus Theodorus (Harrie) Jekkers is een Nederlandse zanger, schrijver en cabaretier.

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2008
Trump_International_Hotel_and_Tower_(Chicago)
The 1,388-foot-tall (423.2 m) Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, with the world's highest residence above ground level at the time, held its grand opening.
1999
Taber,_Alberta
A 14-year-old former student in Taber, Alberta, opened fire at his high school, killing one student and wounding another in Canada's first fatal school shooting in more than two decades.
1988
Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced explosive decompression while airborne between Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii, with one fatality as a flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft.
1983
Stern_(magazine)
The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.
1973
The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon
The album The Dark Side of the Moon by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd entered the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, on which it spent a record 942 weeks.
1971
Jimmy_Reid
Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the University of Glasgow.
1960
Sibley_Commission
The Sibley Commission issued their final report, urging the government of the U.S. state of Georgia to abandon its strategy of massive resistance and legalize some instances of school integration.
1952
Treaty_of_Taipei
Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei, officially ending the Second Sino-Japanese War seven years after fighting ended due to World War II.
1945
World_War_II
World War II: Benito Mussolini, the deposed fascist dictator of Italy, was executed by partisans in Giulino.
1941
World_War_II
World War II: Presaging a campaign of genocide against the Serbs of Croatia, around 190 people were massacred by members of the Ustaše movement in Gudovac.

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