2002 Death Edsger Dijkstra, programmer, helped to vanquish the GOTO statement in programming, dies at 72 1964 Event Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) wins Olympic gold for figure skating 1962 Event Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater 1942 Birthday Sjoukje Dijkstra, born in Holland, figure skater 1964 Olympic gold