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Freddie Mercury
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Freddie Mercury

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Freddie Mercury, geboren als Farrokh Bulsara, was een Brits rockmusicus. Hij werd bekend als de zanger en frontman van de groep Queen en groeide uit tot een van de populairste rockartiesten en popzangers aller tijden. Hij stond bekend om zijn extravagante podiumpersoonlijkheid en zijn explosieve optredens. Hij staat oo…

Pieter Derks
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Pieter Derks
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Pieter Derks is een Nederlandse cabaretier en columnist.

Cobra (vuurwerk)
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Cobra (vuurwerk)
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Cobra is de naam voor verschillende vuurwerkproducten van de Italiaanse producent Di Blasio Elio Fireworks.

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2006
War_in_Somalia_(2006–2009)
War in Somalia: Transitional Federal Government forces attacked the last stronghold of the Islamic Courts Union in the town of Jilib.
2004
Taipei_101
Taipei 101 (pictured) in Taipei, Taiwan, opened to the public as the world's tallest building.
1999
Vladimir_Putin
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.
1999
Torrijos–Carter_Treaties
In accordance with the Torrijos–Carter Treaties, Panama assumed full control of the Panama Canal Zone from the United States.
1998
European_Exchange_Rate_Mechanism
The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.
1993
Brandon_Teena
Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.
1986
Dupont_Plaza_Hotel_arson
Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in American history.
1983
Wells_and_Wellington_affair
Two Australian biologists published an article titled "A Synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia", initiating the Wells and Wellington affair.
1972
Roberto_Clemente
Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente (pictured) died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.
1965
Jean-Bédel_Bokassa
Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

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