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Dixie Dansercoer
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Dirk (Dixie) Dansercoer was een Belgische ontdekkingsreiziger, atleet en fotograaf. Hij vestigde records of behaalde prijzen voor mountainbiken, ultramarathonrennen, windsurfen en zijn expeditiedocumentaires. Hij ondernam meerdere expedities naar Antarctica en het Hoge Noorden.

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Gert en Hermien Timmerman vormden lang een Nederlands artiestenduo. Ze werden vooral bekend door het nummer Shalalie sha…

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2009
2009_imprisonment_of_American_journalists_by_North_Korea
Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.
2008
2008_Akihabara_massacre
A Japanese man drove a truck into a crowd of pedestrians in Akihabara, Tokyo, and proceeded to stab at least 12 people, killing 7 and wounding 10, before being apprehended.
2008
2008_Akihabara_massacre
Seven people were killed and 10 others were injured in vehicle and knife attack in Tokyo, Japan.
2007
2007_New_South_Wales_storms
A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia.
1982
Falklands_War
Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked British transport ships while unloading supplies off Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, killing 56 British servicemen and wounding 150 others.
1982
Falklands_War
Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked the neutral oil tanker Hercules while she was traversing the South Atlantic.
1972
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of a naked nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing after being burned by napalm.
1967
Israeli_Air_Force
The Israeli Air Force attacked the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 people and wounding 171 others.
1953
1953_Flint–Beecher_tornado
An F5 tornado struck Flint and Beecher, Michigan, causing 116 fatalities, 844 injuries and $19 million in damage during a larger tornado outbreak sequence.
1950
Thomas_Blamey
Thomas Blamey became the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.

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