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Robert Oppenheimer

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Julius Robert Oppenheimer was een Joods-Amerikaanse natuurkundige. Hij verwierf vooral bekendheid als wetenschappelijk directeur van het Manhattanproject, het project waarin tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog de eerste kernwapens ontwikkeld werden. Hij wordt daarom ook wel de "vader van de atoombom" genoemd.

Mariëlle Paul
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Mariëlle Lucienne Josepha Paul is een voormalig Nederlands minister, staatssecretaris en Tweede Kamerlid namens de Volks…

Jonas Vingegaard
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Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Deense uitspraak: 'joːnɛs 'vɪŋəɡɔː] is een Deens wielrenner die sinds 2019 rijdt voor Team Visma…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2019
Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack
An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.
2014
Silvio_Berlusconi
The conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been found guilty of paying for an underage prostitute, was overturned on appeal.
2012
2012_Burgas_bus_bombing
A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, resulting in the military branch of Hezbollah being designated a terrorist organization by the European Union.
1995
Selena
Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was released posthumously.
1989
Rebecca_Schaeffer
American actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, eventually prompting the passage of anti-stalking laws in California.
1984
Murder_of_Catrine_da_Costa
Parts of the dismembered body of Swedish prostitute Catrine da Costa were found in Stockholm.
1984
San_Ysidro_McDonald's_massacre
A gunman massacred 21 people and injured 15 others at a McDonald's restaurant in the district of San Ysidro of San Diego, California.
1976
1976_Summer_Olympics
At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event.
1966
Racism_in_the_United_States
Angered by racism and poverty, African American residents of the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland began to riot for six days.
1949
Francisco_Javier_Arana
Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of President Juan José Arévalo.

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