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George Michael, geboren als Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, was een Brits popzanger, liedjesschrijver en muziekproducent.
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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2024
After the loss of aircraft systems, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashed near Aktau International Airport while attempting to perform an emergency landing after being hit by a Russian defense missile.
2016
A Tupolev Tu-154 of the Russian Defence Ministry crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking off from Sochi International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
2009
Aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear.
2009
A fire destroyed Longford's 19th-century St Mel's Cathedral, considered the "flagship cathedral" of the Irish midlands.
2007
A tiger at the San Francisco Zoo escaped from its enclosure and attacked three patrons before it was shot and killed.
2000
Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill officially adopting a new national anthem, with music by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov originally composed for the anthem of the Soviet Union.
1991
In a nationally televised speech, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union.
1990
British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee introduced WorldWideWeb, the world's first web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor.
1989
Romanian Revolution: Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena were condemned to death on a wide range of charges and executed.
1968
In Tamil Nadu, India, families of striking Dalit workers were massacred by a gang, allegedly led by their landlords.