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Tina Turner
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Tina Turner

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Tina Turner, artiestennaam van Anna Mae Bullock, was een zangeres en actrice. Amerikaans van geboorte, verruilde haar nationaliteit in 2013 voor die van Zwitserland. Ze stond bekend als de Queen of Rock 'n' Roll.

Nafissatou Thiam
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Nafissatou (Nafi) Thiam is een Belgische meerkampster. Ze werd in 2016, 2021 en 2024 olympisch kampioene op de zevenkamp…

Natasja Gibbs
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Natasja Gibbs (Hilversum) is een Nederlands journalist en televisie- en radiopresentator.

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On This Day

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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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