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Mount Rushmore
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Mount Rushmore

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Mount Rushmore is een Amerikaans monument, gelegen in de Black Hills nabij Keystone, South Dakota. Het toont 18 meter hoge, uit graniet gehakte portretten van vier Amerikaanse presidenten: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt en Abraham Lincoln. Het monument herdenkt de geboorte, groei en ontwikkelin…

Nobelprijs voor de Vrede
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Nobelprijs voor de Vrede
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De Nobelprijs voor de Vrede is een prijs die wordt toegekend aan mensen die zich verdienstelijk hebben gemaakt bij de be…

Coldplay
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Coldplay
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Coldplay is een Britse rockband, die in 1996 in Londen werd gevormd. De leden zijn zanger Chris Martin, gitarist Jon Buc…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2024
Keir_Starmer
Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, ending fourteen years of Conservative rule.
1998
Monster_movie
The monster movie Pulgasari, the most-widely-seen North Korean film ever made, premiered in Tokyo, Japan.
1988
Kylie_Minogue
Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.
1982
1982_kidnapping_of_Iranian_diplomats
Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped after they were stopped at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange forces; their fates remain unknown.
1976
Israel_Defense_Forces
Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.
1954
1954_FIFA_World_Cup_final
In what is known as "The Miracle of Bern", West Germany defeated Hungary 3–2 to win the FIFA World Cup.
1951
William_Shockley
William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
1945
Brazilian_cruiser_Bahia
The Brazilian cruiser Bahia (pictured) was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.
1943
Władysław_Sikorski
The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar, killing him and fifteen others and leading to several conspiracy theories.
1941
The_Holocaust
The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many Jews who were confined within.

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