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Demi Lovato
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Demi Lovato

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Demetria Devonne (Demi) Lovato is een singer-songwriter, actrice, pianiste en gitariste uit de Verenigde Staten. Lovato begon als kind met acteren en brengt sinds 2008 ook muziek uit. Naast het werk in de amusementsindustrie doet Lovato ook liefdadigheidswerk, zet zich in voor lgbt-rechten en vraagt aandacht voor de ge…

Treinkaping bij De Punt
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Treinkaping bij De Punt
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De treinkaping bij De Punt is een kaping van de intercity Assen-Groningen die plaatsvond van 23 mei tot 11 juni 1977 en …

Geraint Thomas
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Geraint Thomas
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Geraint Howell Thomas MBE is een Welsh voormalig baan- en wielrenner. In 2008 en 2012 behaalde hij telkens een Olympisch…

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10 gebeurtenissen
2010
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
2007
Pratibha_Patil
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female president of India.
2001
Phoolan_Devi
Phoolan Devi, a serving Member of Parliament, was assassinated by shooting in New Delhi, India.
2000
Air_France_Flight_4590
Air France Flight 4590 (plane used pictured), a Concorde en route from Paris to New York, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 109 passengers on board and four people on the ground.
1976
Viking_1
The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia.
1950
Korean_War
Korean War: After American troops withdrew, North Korean forces captured the village of Yongdong in South Korea.
1943
Grand_Council_of_Fascism
The Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, who was arrested the same day by King Victor Emmanuel III and replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
1898
Spanish–American_War
Spanish–American War: After more than two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico.
1893
Corinth_Canal
The Corinth Canal was formally opened, bisecting the narrow Isthmus of Corinth in Greece to connect the Ionian Sea's Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf.
1788
Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, one of his two extant symphonies in a minor key.

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