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Sheila Sitalsing is econoom, journalist, columnist en schrijver, gelauwerd met de Heldringprijs en de E. du Perronprijs.
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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2024
While landing at Haneda Airport, Japan Airlines Flight 516 collided with a De Havilland Canada Dash 8 which killed five people in total.
2016
Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia, was executed by the Saudi government along with 46 other people.
2009
Sri Lankan civil war: The Sri Lankan army captured the town of Kilinochchi from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, concluding the Battle of Kilinochchi.
2004
The Stardust space probe flew by the comet Wild 2 and collected particle samples from its coma, which were later returned to Earth.
1991
Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as the mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first African-American woman to hold the position.
1976
An extratropical cyclone began affecting parts of western Europe, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern portions of the North Sea and leading to at least 82 deaths.
1967
Ronald Reagan began his career in government when he was sworn in as the 33rd governor of California.
1963
Vietnam War: The Viet Cong won its first major victory at the Battle of Ap Bac.
1959
The Soviet Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon, was launched by a Vostok rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
1944
World War II: United States and Australian forces successfully landed in Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat.