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Ronald Koeman
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Ronald Koeman

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Ronald Koeman is een Nederlandse voetbaltrainer en voormalig profvoetballer. In Nederland werd Koeman vier keer kampioen. Hij won onder meer het EK 1988 met het Nederlands voetbalelftal en de Europacup I in zowel 1987/1988 als in 1991/1992. Hij maakte in 533 competitieduels 193 doelpunten, daarmee is hij de meest score…

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Markoesa Hamer
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Markoesa Hamer is een Nederlandse actrice en intimiteitscoördinator en is vooral bekend van haar rol van Isa van Buren i…

Wit-Rusland
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Wit-Rusland
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Wit-Rusland of Belarus, officieel de Republiek Belarus, is een binnenstaat in Oost-Europa. Het land grenst aan Rusland i…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2008
Michael_Phelps
Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, setting the record for the most gold medals won by an athlete at a single games.
1959
Miles_Davis
American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.
1950
Korean_War
Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.
1945
Proclamation_of_Indonesian_Independence
The independence of Indonesia was proclaimed by Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta , igniting a revolution against the Dutch Empire.
1945
Animal_Farm
Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.
1943
Winston_Churchill
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.
1943
World_War_II
World War II: The Royal Air Force began a strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's V-weapon programme by attacking the Peenemünde Army Research Center.
1915
1915_Galveston_hurricane
A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.
1914
World_War_I
World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.
1907
Pike_Place_Market
Pike Place Market (pictured), one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

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