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The Bombardment of Curaçao refers to a 1942 German naval bombardment of a Bullen Baai Company petroleum storage facility on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao during World War II. The raids purpose was to ignite and destroy the petroleum held on Curaçao.
An explosion alleged to have been caused by a welding accident at the Marcelino Ugalde School. Most of the dead were children. [9] 16 November 1980 Thailand: Dusit District, Bangkok: 60 400 A series of explosions at an army munitions depot. [10] 25 November 1980 Turkey: Danaciobasi, Kırıkkale Province: 105 unknown Explosion at an engagement ...
On a map created by Hieronymus Cock in 1562 in Antwerp, the island was called Qúracao. [ 19 ] A persistent but undocumented story claims the following: in the 16th and 17th centuries—the early years of European exploration—when sailors on long voyages got scurvy from lack of vitamin C , sick Portuguese or Spanish sailors were left on the ...
Google Maps captures the inside of the theatre, gutted by strikes, the roof having caved in. Maternity Hospital Just days before the theatre bombing, Russian forces launched a fierce attack on a ...
The ABC islands is the physical group of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.These islands have a shared political history and a status of Dutch underlying ownership, since the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 ceded them back to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as Curaçao and Dependencies from 1815.
Curacao starter Helmir Helmijr threw 5 ⅓ innings, allowing just the one hit and throwing four strikeouts. He left the game after reaching the 85-pitch limit to a standing ovation.
Dead Injured Location Article Details Perpetrator Part of; February 17 Car bombing: 27: 70: Oshakati, South-West Africa: 1988 Oshakati bomb blast: Car bombing of the Barclays bank. SWAPO, the main Namibian liberation organization, and the South African police were both blamed by each other. SWAPO or South African police: South African Border ...
In Riyadh, two policemen were shot dead in an attack blamed on ISIL. [72] [73] 2 Iraq: April 17 A series of bombings by ISIL in Baghdad. [74] 40+ 59+ Iraq: April 17 A car bomb exploded at the entrance of the US consulate in Erbil. ISIL took credit for the attack. [75] 3 5 Afghanistan: April 18 A suicide bomb detonated in front of a bank in ...