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Piet Hein (zeevaarder)
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Piet Hein (zeevaarder)

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Pieter Pietersen Heyn, meestal Piet Hein genoemd was een Nederlandse luitenant-admiraal en commandant van de West-Indische Compagnie. Hein is vooral bekend van de verovering van de Spaanse zilvervloot in 1628, maar vond zelf dat hij voor zijn eerdere wapenfeiten te weinig erkenning kreeg.

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Jimmy Savile
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Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE, KCSG was een Brits presentator, diskjockey en fondsenwerver.

Leopold II van België
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Leopold II van België
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Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor van Saksen-Coburg en Gotha, prins van België, hertog van Saksen, prins van Saksen-C…

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10 gebeurtenissen
2025
Air_India_Flight_171
Air India Flight 171 (wreckage pictured) crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people.
2016
Pulse_nightclub_shooting
An Islamic terrorist killed 49 people in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida.
2010
Abby_Sunderland
Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world.
1999
NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia
In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered the territory with a mandate of establishing a secure environment.
1994
Boeing_777
The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden flight.
1991
Sri_Lankan_Tamils
More than 150 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the military in the village of Kokkadichcholai.
1987
Cold_War
Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" (speech featured).
1981
Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise, was released.
1978
David_Berkowitz
American serial killer David Berkowitz, popularly known as the "Son of Sam", was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison for each of six killings.
1967
Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws restricting interracial marriage in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia.

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