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Bashir Abdi
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Bashir Abdi

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Bashir Abdi is een Belgische atleet van Somalische origine. Aanvankelijk deed hij in de winter aan veldlopen en legde hij zich in de zomer toe op middellange afstanden. De laatste jaren focust hij zich vooral op de lange afstanden op de weg. Hij is nationaal recordhouder op de uurloop en de marathon en heeft sinds 4 se…

Keirin
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Keirin
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Keirin is een discipline in het baanwielrennen, die ontstaan is in Japan; de sport is daar ook populair onder gokkers. H…

Sifan Hassan
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Sifan Hassan
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Sifan Hassan is een Nederlandse atlete van Ethiopische afkomst, die zich heeft toegelegd op de middellange en lange afst…

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10 gebeurtenissen
2012
2012_East_Azerbaijan_earthquakes
At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
1999
Ken_Levine_(game_developer)
Ken Levine's System Shock 2 was released to mediocre sales, but later received critical acclaim and influenced subsequent first-person shooter game design.
1999
1999_Salt_Lake_City_tornado
A tornado struck downtown Salt Lake City, damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people.
1979
Aeroflot
Two Aeroflot passenger jets collided in mid-air near Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian SSR, killing all 178 people on both aircraft.
1977
National_Highway_Traffic_Safety_Administration
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford Pinto (example pictured) to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision.
1975
Timorese_Democratic_Union
The Timorese Democratic Union launched a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.
1973
DJ_Kool_Herc
At a party in New York City, Jamaican musician DJ Kool Herc (pictured) began rapping during an extended break, laying the foundation for hip hop music.
1952
Talal_of_Jordan
King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein.
1945
Kraków
Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in Kraków, a crowd of Poles took part in a pogrom, resulting in at least one death.
1929
Bud_Billiken_Parade_and_Picnic
The first Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, the oldest and largest African-American parade in the United States, was held in Chicago.

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