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Ketikoti
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Ketikoti

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Ketikoti, abusievelijk ook wel Keti-koti of Keti Koti, is een van oorsprong Surinaamse feestdag, jaarlijks op 1 juli, ter viering van de afschaffing van de slavernij. De naam stamt uit het Sranantongo en betekent 'ketenen gebroken'. Ook in Nederland wordt Ketikoti gevierd. Op de (Engelstalige) Bovenwindse Eilanden Saba…

Henk ten Cate
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Henk ten Cate
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Henk ten Cate is een Nederlands voetbaltrainer en voormalig profvoetballer.

Mark Cavendish
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Mark Cavendish
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Sir Mark Simon Cavendish MBE is een Manx voormalig baan- en wegwielrenner. Zijn wielercarrière telt 166 overwinningen - …

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10 gebeurtenissen
2008
2008_riot_in_Mongolia
Rioting erupted in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, over allegations of fraud surrounding the recent legislative election.
2002
2002_Überlingen_mid-air_collision
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 and DHL Flight 611 collided in mid-air over Überlingen, Germany, killing all 71 people aboard both aircraft.
1999
Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom
Legislative powers in Scotland were first devolved from the Scottish Office in London to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
1983
North_Korea
A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet crashed into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea, killing all 23 people on board.
1979
Sony
Sony introduced the Walkman, a portable audio player that changed listening habits by offering users the ability to play one's own choice of music.
1970
Belfast_Banking_Company
The Belfast Banking Company, which issued banknotes in Northern Ireland, merged with its rival Northern Bank.
1960
Kwame_Nkrumah
Ghana became a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president.
1959
B._Anthony_Stewart
B. Anthony Stewart is credited with the first image on the cover of National Geographic featuring the 49-star flag of the United States after Alaska's admission to the Union as a U.S. state.
1948
John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport
The first flight departed New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, then known as New York International Airport.
1940
World_War_II
Second World War: The Grand Quartier Général of the French Army was disbanded, following the French surrender.

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