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Spaanse griep
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Spaanse griep

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De Spaanse griep was een grieppandemie in de jaren 1918-1920. Deze wereldwijde epidemie eiste naar schatting 17 tot mogelijk 100 miljoen levens, een aantal dat het totale dodental van de Eerste Wereldoorlog overtreft. Het virus dat de Spaanse griep veroorzaakte was van het type H1N1. In Nederland stierven 38.000 mensen…

Coronavirussen
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Coronavirussen
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De coronavirussen zijn een onderfamilie van virussen met positief enkelstrengig RNA als genetisch materiaal. Ze danken h…

Bisdom Haarlem-Amsterdam
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Bisdom Haarlem-Amsterdam
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Het bisdom Haarlem-Amsterdam, tot 1 januari 2009 bisdom Haarlem geheten, is een van de zeven bisdommen waaruit de Nederl…

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2021
Tatmadaw
The Burmese military and police forces killed at least 65 civilians during the Hlaingthaya massacre in Yangon, including those protesting a recent coup d'état.
1991
Escondida
Escondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
1988
Johnson_South_Reef_skirmish
China defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.
1984
Gerry_Adams
Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Féin, was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by Ulster Freedom Fighters in central Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1973
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: After having been captured by North Vietnamese forces five and a half years earlier, U.S. Navy pilot John McCain was released with 108 other prisoners of war.
1972
Giangiacomo_Feltrinelli
Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, known for his translation of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago after it had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union, died in an explosion.
1945
Royal_Air_Force
The Royal Air Force first used the Grand Slam, a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb, on a strategic railway viaduct in Bielefeld, Germany.
1931
Alam_Ara
Alam Ara, the first Indian sound film, premiered at the Majestic Cinema in Bombay.
1885
The_Mikado
The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's most frequently performed Savoy opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in London.
1885
The_Mikado
The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's most frequently performed Savoy opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in London.

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