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Events on November 16 in history

Düren
1944Nov, 16

World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.

Düren (German pronunciation: [ˈdyːʁən]; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur.

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