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1999 Dirk Bogarde, actor/writer, A Tale of Two Cities, dies at 78

1992 1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space

1986 Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60

1981 Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, vs. England at Lord's

1980 Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class debut, NSW vs. Victoria

1979 Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/Secretary-General NATO, dies at 82

1972 Dirk Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, pursuit cyclist, Olympics-92, 96

1967 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at 72

1964 Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78

1963 Dirk Tazelaar, cricketer, Queensland and Surrey left-arm pace bowler

1961 Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO

1961 Dirk de Vries, Dutch pop bassist, Kong-Slauerhoff

1960 Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89

1959 Dirk Wellham, cricketer, century on NSW debut and Australian debut

1957 Dirk Blocker, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four

1956 Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69

1954 Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85

1954 Dirk Verbeek, actor and director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70

1951 Dirk Kempthorne, Sen-R Idaho

1950 Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES

1944 Dirk Benedict, born in Helena, Montana, actor on A-Team, Battlestar Galactica

1942 Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed

1941 Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83

1941 Dirk D. Frimout, born in Belgium, cosmonaut

1939 Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr

1931 Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57

1925 Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], SS'er

1920 Dirk Fock appointed as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies

1920 Dirk Bogarde, born in London, England, actor, Death in Venice, Servant

1916 Dirk Bos, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53

1915 Bert [Albert L F] Peleman, [Dirk Dyckmans], Flemish writer

1908 Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname

1902 Dirk A M Binnendijk, critic, Authoritarian Regimes in Transistion

1897 Dirk U Stikker, director, Heineken, /Dutch foreign minister/NATO

1894 Dirk J Bush, Dutch/US mathematician, Concise History of Mathematics

1894 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright, Verschaeve Gives Evidence

1891 Dirk Vollenhoven, Dutch composer/philosopher

1887 Dirk Koster, literary, New Noises

1887 Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect

1885 Dirk H W Filarski, Dutch painter/lithographer, Bergense School

1883 Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor and director, Hofstad Stage

1873 Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer, Javanese Rhapsody

1870 Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier, 1926-29, 39-40

1868 Dirk B Nanninga, Dutch painter

1864 Dirk Dark Curtius, attorney/liberal minister of Justice, dies at 71

1862 Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament

1858 Dirk Fock, governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1921-26

1822 Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61

1819 Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland, dies at 55

1792 Dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice, liberal

1764 Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland

1761 Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War

1761 Dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War

1735 Dirk T van Cloon, Dutch lawyer/gov-gen of E Indies, dies at about 46

1534 Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83

1346 Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle

1268 Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies

1228 Dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies

1203 Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies

1157 Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies

1132 Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered

1121 Dirk VI becomes count of Holland

1091 Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies

1089 Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies

1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies

988 Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland



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