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2018-12-12

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

Straatsburg

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Straatsburg is de hoofdstad van de Elzas. Sinds 2016 is de stad hoofdstad van de overkoepelende regio Grand Est in het noordoosten van Frankrijk. De stad ligt aan de Rijn, aan de overkant van de Rijn ligt Duitsland. Toch is voor de stad de rivier de Ill net zo belangrijk, omdat het centrum tussen twee armen van de Ill …

Frank Boeijen (zanger)

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Franciscus Johannes Maria (Frank) Boeijen is een Nederlands zanger, dichter, componist en muzikant. In de jaren tachtig …

Theresa May

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Theresa Mary Brasier May, Baroness May van Maidenhead is een Britse politica. Zij was van 1997 tot 2024 lid van het Lage…

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Jean-Pierre Van Rossem

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Henk van der Meijden

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Anne van Egmond

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12 december

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen

2021

2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix

At the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to become World Drivers' Champion.

2012

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3_Unit_2

North Korea made its first successful satellite launch, as Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 reached orbit.

2000

Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the recount of ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election be stopped, effectively making George W. Bush (pictured) the winner.

1988

Clapham_Junction_rail_crash

Three trains collided near Clapham Junction railway station in London, killing 35 people and injuring 484 others.

1979

1979_Tumaco_earthquake

A magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck just off the shore of Tumaco, Colombia, causing at least 300 deaths, mostly by the resulting tsunami.

1969

Greek_junta

The Greek junta announced its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after the junta was found guilty of torture and other human-rights violations by the European Commission of Human Rights.

1964

Jomo_Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta became the first president of the Republic of Kenya.

1942

World_War_II

World War II: German troops began Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.

1941

The_Holocaust

The Holocaust: At a Nazi Party meeting in the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler declared the imminent destruction of the Jewish people.

1939

Royal_Navy

The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duchess (pictured) collided with HMS Barham, the battleship she was escorting, and Duchess sank with heavy loss of life.