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1994 Event - Stanley Betrian put in charge of Curacao

1991 Death - Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies

1973 Birthday - Verna Vasquez, Miss Universe-best swimsuit, Curacao, 1997

1969 Event - Frente Obrero y Liberacion (FOL) forms in Curacao

1969 Event - People revolt in Willemstad, Curacao

1965 Event - Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao

1951 Event - Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curacao

1943 Birthday - Selly Fernandes, Curacao poet, Winking with Selly

1943 Birthday - Elmer R. Wilsoe, Island mayor, Curacao

1942 Event - "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338

1939 Event - Snip departs for 1st flight to Paramaribo/Curacao

1936 Birthday - Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curacao

1936 Event - Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms

1934 Event - 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934)

1924 Birthday - Julian B Coco, Curacao guitarist/bassist, Utrecht Symphony Orchestra

1922 Event - Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto

1920 Birthday - Lucila Engels-Boskaljon, Curacao painter

1918 Birthday - Nilda Pinto, NM Geerdink-Jesurun P, Curacao writer, Nanzi

1918 Event - Oil refinery on Curacao opens

1918 Event - King Oil/Shell refinery on Curacao officially opens

1917 Birthday - Wilhelmus C Wijen, Broeder Pius, social worker, Curacao

1916 Birthday - Hipolito M Ocalia, born in Curacao, landscape painter

1915 Birthday - May Henriquez-Alvarez, Curacao, sculptor

1910 Event - Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao)

1902 Birthday - Murk Ozinga, Dutch building historian, Monuments of Curacao

1898 Birthday - Marie J Hugenholtz, Doctor Grandi, surgeon on Curacao

1891 Birthday - Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer

1889 Birthday - Maria Realino, Frederikus Janssen, teacher, Botany of Curacao

1887 Birthday - Rudolf F. W. Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer

1887 Birthday - Enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist

1885 Birthday - Willem H. Winkel, Dutch physician/founder, Red Cross of Curacao

1884 Birthday - Bastiaan de Gaay Fortman, Dutch historian/Justice of Curacao

1880 Birthday - Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer

1877 Birthday - David Mendes Chumaceiro, born in Curacao, poet, Crisalidas

1869 Birthday - Maria Radulphus, inspector on Curacao, Radulphus College

1867 Event - 2nd synagogue in Curacao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated

1863 Birthday - Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer and conductor

1861 Birthday - Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist

1860 Birthday - Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor, Curacao

1853 Birthday - Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter

1849 Birthday - John Godden, English explorer, Curacao

1837 Birthday - David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao

1831 Birthday - Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer

1817 Event - Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight

1807 Event - Curacao is taken by English, until March, 1816

1804 Event - British Vice-Admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao

1800 Event - Dutch colony Curacao transfered to England

1800 Event - Curacao in English hands (until Jan 1803)

1796 Birthday - Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao, christen slaves

1795 Event - Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday

1795 Event - Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao

1795 Event - Tula, leader of Curacao slave opposition, imprisoned

1795 Event - Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher

1795 Event - Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves

1793 Event - Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange

1782 Birthday - Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet

1771 Birthday - Paul R Cantzlaar, government of Saba/St-Eustatius/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies

1750 Event - Slave uprising on Curacao

1713 Event - French troops bomb Willemstad Curacao

1713 Event - French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao

1634 Event - Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao

1634 Event - Johan van Walbeecks ships bypass St-Anna Bay, Curacao

1499 Event - Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island

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