1996 Event Curaeao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte) 1994 Event Stanley Betrian sworn in as leader of Curaeao 1994 Death Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curaeao, murdered at 58 1994 Death Michiel P "Michael" Gorsira, Governor of Curaeao 1951 - 1967, dies at 80 1993 Event Amstel brewery on Curaeao produces 1,000,000,000th bottle 1992 Event Curaeao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education 1986 Event Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaeao 1977 Death Maria Realino, teacher (Botany of Curaeao), dies at 87 1967 Event Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curaeao, kills 15 1964 Event At Plesman airport, Curaeao, 125.5 mm rainfalls (record) 1961 Death Maria Radulphus, Adrian Hermus, Curaeao school inspector, dies at 91 1946 Birthday Ricardo Anasagasti, Ricardo M Meul, Curaeao, dancer/actor 1935 Event KLM begins flight path between Curaeao and Aruba 1933 Birthday Sonia Garmers, Justina, Curaeao, author, Dear Queen 1930 Birthday Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curaeao 1929 Event Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curaeao kidnap governor Fruytier 1913 Birthday Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Curaeao, 1951-67 1903 Birthday Telesforo A. Palm, Curaeao, composer/pianist 1891 Birthday Maurus H Hulsman, Dutch priest/editor, Amigoe di Curaeao 1886 Event Friars of Tilburg arrives on Curaeao 1885 Death Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curaeao, dies at 58 1877 Death Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curaeao (Affair-S), dies 1877 Event Hurricane strikes Curaeao and Bonaire kills 200 1874 Death Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curaeao, dies at 86 1868 Birthday Petrus A. Euwens, Dutch vicar/editor, Amigoe di Curaeao 1863 Birthday Adolf A. Wolfschoon, Curaeao, poet 1860 Death Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curaeao (christened slaves), dies at 63 1843 Birthday Christiaan A. Ulder, Curaeao, composer, waltzes/tumbas 1833 Event Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves 1831 Death Paul R Cantzlaar, Governor of Saba/Curaeao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60 1826 Birthday Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuela publisher on Curaeao 1812 Event 1st newspaper on Curaeao (Curaeao Gazette and Commercial Advertiser) 1787 Birthday Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch writer/engineer on Curaeao 1678 Event French Admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao 1678 Event French conquering fleet at Curaeao, 1200 die 1634 Event Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curaeao" 1513 Death Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curaeao and Bonaire), dies
