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Mpox is een virusinfectie die wordt veroorzaakt door het mpox-virus en vooral in West- en Midden-Afrika voorkomt. Het is een zoönose die vooral voorkomt bij knaagdieren in Afrika. De ziekte verloopt bij mensen meestal mild.

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Max Emilian Verstappen is een Nederlands-Belgisch autocoureur. Hij rijdt onder de Nederlandse vlag in de Formule 1 voor …

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10 gebeurtenissen
2026
2026_Liushenyu_coal_mine_explosion
A gas explosion at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi, China, leaves at least 82 people dead.
2014
Prayut_Chan-o-cha
Prayut Chan-o-cha (pictured), the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis.
2010
Mangaluru
Upon landing in Mangalore, Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway and fell down a hillside, killing 158 of the 166 people on board.
2002
Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons
Police announced that the skeletal remains of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy, who had been missing for a year, had been found in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.
1998
Public_Prosecutor_v_Taw_Cheng_Kong
In Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong, the Court of Appeal of Singapore overruled a High Court decision in the only time a statute in Singapore had been ruled unconstitutional.
1987
Religious_violence_in_India
During Hindu–Muslim rioting in Meerut, India, 19 members of the Provincial Armed Constabulary allegedly massacred 42 Muslims and dumped their bodies in water canals.
1980
Pac-Man
Location testing for Pac-Man, a Japanese arcade game that became an icon of 1980s popular culture, began in Shibuya, Tokyo.
1972
Dominion_of_Ceylon
The Dominion of Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth.
1960
1960_Valdivia_earthquake
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, registering approximately 9.5 Mw, struck near Valdivia, Chile, generating tsunamis that reached Hawaii and Japan.
1958
1958_anti-Tamil_pogrom
Ethnic riots mostly targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils broke out in Ceylon, resulting in at least 158 deaths over the next few days.

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