2010 Event Joran van der Sloot is extradited from Chile to Peru to face charges of killing a Peruvian woman; he is suspected of killing Natalie Holloway in Aruba 1994 Event Parliamentary election in Aruba 1994 Event Aruba government of Oduber falls 1993 Death Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/procureur-general (Aruba), dies at 63 1986 Event Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaeao 1985 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts "status" of Aruba 1977 Birthday Karen Ann Peterson, Miss Aruba Universe 1997 1976 Birthday Taryn Mansell, Aruba, Miss Universe-2nd place 1996 1967 Death Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51 1944 Death Segundo "Boy" Ecury, Aruba, WW II resistance fighter, executed at 22 1942 Event German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery 1940 Event French marines stationed on Aruba 1935 Birthday Dominico Tromp, Aruba, stage leader 1935 Event KLM begins flight path between Curaeao and Aruba 1929 Birthday Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba 1922 Birthday Boy Ecury, Aruba, resistance fighter 1920 Birthday Juan .C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer
