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Dag van de Arbeid
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Dag van de Arbeid

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De Dag van de Arbeid is een feestdag van de socialistische, communistische en anarchistische arbeidersbeweging. De dag vindt in het grootste deel van de wereld elk jaar op 1 mei plaats. Enkele landen wijken af van deze datum. In Europa is 1 mei in bijna alle landen een officiële feestdag, waarbij Nederland een van de u…

Fabienne de Vries
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Fabienne de Vries
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Fabienne Monique de Vries is een Nederlandse presentatrice, actrice en zangeres.

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Het verloren transport (film)
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Het verloren transport is een film uit 2022 die geregisseerd werd door Saskia Diesing en met Hanna van Vliet, Bram Suijk…

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10 gebeurtenissen
2016
2016_Fort_McMurray_wildfire
The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14 months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.
2010
Faisal_Shahzad
Faisal Shahzad attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, New York City, but it failed to explode.
2002
Horncastle_boar's_head
The Horncastle boar's head (pictured), which probably once formed part of the crest of an Anglo-Saxon helmet, was found.
1991
Major_League_Baseball
In Major League Baseball, Rickey Henderson broke the record for stolen bases on the same night that Nolan Ryan broke his own record for no-hitters.
1974
Juan_Perón
Argentine president Juan Perón expelled Montoneros from a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.
1950
Gwendolyn_Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
1947
Salvatore_Giuliano
Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 33.
1945
World_War_II
Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate Rangoon, Burma.
1941
Citizen_Kane
Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered.
1931
Empire_State_Building
New York City's Empire State Building (pictured), at the time the tallest building in the world, opened.

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