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1985Aug, 13

Gerrit van Look

Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach
Gerrit van Look (born 13 August 1985) is a retired German international rugby union player, having last played for the Berliner RC in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He was also, together with Colin Grzanna, for a time the coach of the Berliner RC.

Van Look plays rugby since 1989.His last game for Germany was against Spain on 15 November 2008 and he has since announced his international retirement. At the end of the 2009-10 season, he and his brother Hendrik retired from club rugby as well.With eight tries, he was his club's best try scorer in the 2008-09 season.

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  • 10Jan

    Daniel Ortega

    Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
  • 13May

    Philadelphia

    Police release a bomb on MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
  • 25May

    Tropical cyclone

    Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
  • 6Jun

    Auschwitz concentration camp

    The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
  • 13Sep

    Super Mario

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