1968 Event Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman 1951 Event 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est) 1944 Birthday Tom Okker, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, tennis player, nickname, The Flying Dutchman, world's top doubles player, 1969, world's top ten singles player for 17 years 1940 Death Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104 1933 Birthday Norman Bailey, British bass-baritone, Flying Dutchman 1910 Event JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory 1898 Birthday Cruys Voorbergh, Dutch actor and director, Flying Dutchman 1813 Birthday Richard Wagner, Leipsig Germany, composer, Ring, Flying Dutchman
