1996 Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997
1996 Ruth Holland, journalist, dies at 54
1996 1st competitive game played on turf in Holland (in third grade)
1996 James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90
1995 Holland's debut in English domestic comp (vs. Northants, NatWest)
1994 Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83
1993 Arab terror group planning bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught
1993 John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65
1989 Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe
1989 German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland
1988 Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60
1986 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
1985 Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts
1984 Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
1984 Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 and Bob Holland age 38 (v WI)
1980 Jools Holland quits Squeeze
1979 Richard Sykes, British ambassador, assassinated in Holland
1978 Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
1977 Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
1977 Bas Zuiderent, cricketer for Holland all-rounder 1996 World Cup
1974 Petra Kamstra, born in Rotterdam, Holland, tennis star, 1995 Surabaya doubles
1973 Darius Holland, NFL defensive tackle, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
1972 Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler, Somerset and Holland
1972 Tara Dawn Holland, Overland Park Kansas, Miss America 1997
1971 Jonathan "Adam" Holland, Philadelphia, rower 1996 Olympics
1970 Karin van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate, Sept, 1989
1970 Mirjam van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate, Sept, 1989
1970 Klaas Van Noortwijk, cricketer, Holland batsman 1996 World Cup
1970 Saskia Linssen, Venlo Holland, playmate, Jun, 1991
1969 Candy Dulfer, Amsterdam Holland, saxophonist, Lily Was Here
1969 Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes
1969 Marcel Schewe, cricketer, Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup
1968 Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman, Holland 1996 World Cup
1968 Tim De Leede, cricketer, Holland batsman 1996 World Cup
1967 Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air
1965 Robert Holland, CFL defensive back for the BC Lions
1963 Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler, Glamorgan and Holland
1962 Maruschka Detmers, Schoonebeek Holland, actress, Devil in the Flesh
1962 Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft)
1961 Sidney Holland, PM of New Zealand (1949-57), dies at 67
1959 Mary Holland, born in San Diego, California, WPVA volleyballer
1956 Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary
1955 Julian Holland, rocker, Squeeze
1951 Laurel Masse, Holland, Michigan, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Operator
1948 Agnieszka Holland, Warsaw Poland, actress/director, Europa Europa
1948 Nolan Clarke, cricketer, Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart
1947 Richard Dreyfuss, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Jaws, Nuts, Mr. Holland's Opus
1947 Theodore Samuel Holland, composer, dies at 69
1946 Bob Holland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner at age 38
1946 Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72)
1945 Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist, Holland's secret service
1945 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna)
1945 General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland"
1944 German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland
1944 Ard Schenk, Holland 1500m, 5K, 10K speed skater, Olympics gold 1972
1944 Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law
1944 Kristina Holland, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father
1944 Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet, Venus in Holland
1943 Vegetables and fruit rationed in Holland
1943 Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39
1943 Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland
1943 Holland Taylor, Philadelphia, actress, Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth
1942 Potatoes rationed in Holland
1942 Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp
1942 Sjoukje Dijkstra, born in Holland, figure skater 1964 Olympic gold
1942 Ruth Holland, journalist
1942 Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland
1941 Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland
1941 Jam rationed in Holland
1941 Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor, Houston Opera-1976
1941 Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle
1941 Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis
1941 Potatoes rationed in Holland
1941 Milk rationed in Holland
1941 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies
1941 Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland
1940 Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ, Olympics gold 1972
1940 Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland
1940 Bread and flour rationed in Holland
1940 Coffee and tea rationed in Holland
1939 Eddie Holland, U.S. singer and songwriter, Jamie, Leaving Here
1939 Hans Pieter Verhagen, poet, Hoepla/Holland's Hole
1938 Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Holland, speed skater, world champ
1938 Kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland
1938 Geoffrey Holland, civil servant
1936 Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor, Erik Hunter-Laredo
1934 Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo 1964 Olympic gold
1933 Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano, Ilya-Idomeneo
1932 Communist Party of Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committees
1931 KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland
1930 Rudolf Hapke, historian (Entstehung Holland Wirtschaft), dies at 45
1929 Johan N Block, aviation pioneer, Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland
1927 NY-New Jersey Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens
1927 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey opens
1926 Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
1925 Communist Party of Holland splits
1924 Child labor laws strengthened in Holland
1920 Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City
1918 Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH
1918 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler, Olym-gold-1948
1917 3 British warships come close to Holland
1917 Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
1914 John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies
1914 Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer, Holland's Glory
1913 Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper 1928 Olympics silver
1910 Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter, Holland Festival
1908 Heemskerk's government begins in Holland
1907 Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor, Melbourne 1967-71
1907 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead)
1906 Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman, Olympics gold 1920
1905 James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser
1905 Kuyper government forms in Holland
1905 Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School
1902 Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia
1898 Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman, Olympics gold 1920
1895 Hans Fischbock, Austria, Finance minister, Nazi-occupied Holland
1894 Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer, 3 Songs for Chinese
1893 Sidney Holland, NZ, PM of NZ, 1949-57
1891 Operations begin at Philips and Co in Holland
1891 Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium
1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, born in Holland, aircraft pioneer, Spider
1884 Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist, Nobel 1936
1878 Theodore Samuel Holland, composer
1872 Piet Mondriaan, born in Holland, abstract painter, Broadway Boogie Woogie
1870 Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar, Verzen
1869 Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, Holland Tooneelgezelschap
1855 Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies
1853 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, born in Holland, physicist, Nobel 1902
1848 Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77
1840 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building
1838 Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law, Nobel 1911
1827 Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81
1824 Great North Holland Canal opens
1824 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79
1823 Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens
1819 Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland, dies at 55
1819 Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde, journalist, History of Holland
1809 Holland Brigade under brig gen Chasse reaches Madrid
1808 Holland Brigade battle at Durango, Spain
1808 Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain
1806 Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland
1801 Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66
1791 Nikolaj A. Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter, Account about Holland
1780 Britain declares war on Holland
1774 Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68
1771 Adam FJA van der Duyn, Dutch governor, South Holland
1764 Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland
1749 Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland
1747 Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht
1746 Jan David Holland, composer
1744 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland
1735 States of Holland forbid Free Masonry
1735 Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51
1732 Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna
1730 States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"
1722 Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor, Amsterdam
1705 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician, Chiswick
1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France
1689 Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland
1684 Justus van Effen, writer/founder, Holland Spectator
1683 English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland
1682 English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland
1674 Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer
1672 Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
1672 States of Holland declares "Eternal Edict" void
1667 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict
1661 Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53
1661 Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
1660 Jacob Cats, [Father Cats], pension advisor of Holland, dies at 82
1653 Johan de Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland
1647 Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland
1646 Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35
1638 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx
1634 Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland, 1672-88
1633 Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67
1632 Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter, Procuress, Astronomer
1629 Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings
1625 Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland
1625 Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
1625 Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland
1594 Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62
1593 State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft
1585 Gerbrant A. Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright, Klucht van de Koe
1583 Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law
1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
1583 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders
1581 States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange
1574 Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies
1573 Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland
1572 Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht
1570 Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
1559 Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht
1558 Maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43
1549 Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies
1544 Rene van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25
1544 Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland
1540 Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"
1539 Reynier Brunt, procureur-general of Court of Holland, dies
1538 Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg and Dietz, viceroy of Holland, dies
1532 Zealand/South Holland flooded
1516 John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78
1514 Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland
1483 Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland
1482 Maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25
1466 Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author, In Praise of Folly
1456 Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies
1451 Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge
1441 Holland and Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty
1438 John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland
1436 Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35
1425 Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good
1425 Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies
1425 John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
1421 Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed
1421 Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown
1417 Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies
1417 Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen
1410 John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia
1381 John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies
1362 Machteld, countess of Holland, dies
1349 Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand
1346 Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand
1345 Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27
1337 Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49
1304 Willem III becomes earl of Holland
1301 Battle at Breukelen: Holland vs Lichtenberg
1299 Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15
1296 Floris V, count of Holland and Zeeland, dies
1258 Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies
1256 Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
1248 Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor
1247 Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor
1234 Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament
1222 Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies
1210 Floris IV, Count of Holland
1203 Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies
1190 Floris III, Count of Holland, dies
1163 Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods
1157 Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies
1144 Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies
1132 Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered
1122 Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies
1121 Dirk VI becomes count of Holland
1091 Floris II de Vette becomes earl of Holland
1091 Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies
1061 Floris I, count of Holland, dies
1049 Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle
1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies
988 Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland
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