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2018-06-24

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

Circuit Paul Ricard

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Circuit Paul Ricard is een Formule 1-circuit in Frankrijk, gelegen op een winderige hoogvlakte bij Le Castellet, niet ver van Marseille. De vliegstrip van Le Castellet, met een lengte van 1,75 km, behoort bij het circuit.

Nikki Sexx

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Nikki Sexx is een Amerikaanse pornoactrice. Rond haar twintigste begon ze te acteren. Tijdens haar carrière werkte ze vo…

Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2018

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Het FIFA-wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2018 was de editie van 2018 van een internationaal voetbaltoernooi waaraan national…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen

2010

John_Isner

John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut at the Wimbledon Championships, concluding the longest match in tennis history, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days.

2010

Julia_Gillard

Julia Gillard (pictured) was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd declined to contest a leadership spill in the Labor Party.

1989

1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre

Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin (pictured) as general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang.

1943

United_States_Army

Amid racial tensions, U.S. Army military police shot and killed a black serviceman after a confrontation at a pub in Bamber Bridge, England.

1940

World_War_II

Second World War: The British Army carried out Operation Collar, its first commando raid into German-occupied France.

1939

Thai_cultural_mandates

The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand.

1937

Fast_battleship

The U.S. Navy's first two fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, of the North Carolina class, were respectively ordered from the New York and Philadelphia Naval Shipyards.

1932

Siamese_revolution_of_1932

A group of military officers and civilians engineered a bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty.

1880

O_Canada

"O Canada", the present-day national anthem of Canada, was first performed in Quebec City during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day banquet.

1812

Napoleonic_Wars

Napoleonic Wars: Led by Napoleon, the French Grande Armée crossed the Neman, beginning their invasion of Russia.