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Cobra (kunst)
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Cobra (kunst)

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De Cobra-groep was van 1948 tot 1951 een avant-gardebeweging van kunstenaars uit Denemarken, België en Nederland. De beweging werd op 8 november 1948 opgericht in het Café Notre-Dame in Parijs. De naam CoBrA is een acroniem van de hoofdsteden waar de oprichtende leden vandaan komen: Copenhague, Bruxelles en Amsterdam. …

Tino Martin
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Tino Martin
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Eduard Martinus (Tinus) Kattenberg, beter bekend onder zijn artiestennaam Tino Martin, is een Nederlandse zanger. Hij is…

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.

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2017
Parsons_Green_train_bombing
A homemade bomb partially exploded on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green tube station in West London, injuring 30 passengers.
2013
Ivan_Kulesh
The Belarusian serial killer Ivan Kulesh murdered two saleswomen in Lida.
2008
2008_financial_crisis
Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The global financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy while holding over $600 billion in assets, the largest such filing in U.S. history.
1972
Croatian_National_Resistance
Three armed members of the Croatian National Resistance hijacked Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 in an attempt to force the release of those arrested for the assassination of the Yugoslav ambassador the previous year.
1963
Ku_Klux_Klan
The Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls and injuring at least 14 other people (memorial march pictured).
1954
The_Seven_Year_Itch
The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate was filmed by Billy Wilder.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: The Greek People's Liberation Army won the Battle of Meligalas and began the execution of many prisoners of war and civilians.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai.
1935
Nazi_Germany
Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws (pictured), which deprived Jews of their citizenship.
1916
Tank
Tanks (example pictured), the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in France.

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