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Rudolphus Franciscus Marie (Ruud) Lubbers was een Nederlands christendemocratisch politicus, minister van staat, ondernemer en diplomaat. Hij was van 4 november 1982 tot 22 augustus 1994 minister-president van Nederland.

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Petra De Sutter is een Belgisch arts, rector en politica voor Groen.

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Jasmine Paolini is een tennis­speelster uit Italië. Paolini begon op zesjarige leeftijd met tennis omdat haar oom tennis…

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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
Akihabara_massacre
Seven people were killed and 10 others were injured in a 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 the neutral oil tanker Hercules while she was traversing the South Atlantic.
1982
Falklands_War
Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked British transport ships (damaged ship pictured) while unloading supplies off Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, killing 56 British servicemen and wounding 150 others.
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.
1949
Nineteen_Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian political novel by the English writer George Orwell about life under a fictional totalitarian government, was published.

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