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1995 Nico Adriaans, founder of Rotterdam Junkiebond, dies of AIDS at 37

1994 "Sound of Motown," premieres in Rotterdam

1992 Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die

1992 Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56

1991 Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam

1991 Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing

1986 M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily), dies at 79

1985 Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam

1983 Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies at 77

1982 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam

1982 Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam

1981 Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam

1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends

1975 Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94

1974 Andre van de Louw appointed mayor of Rotterdam

1974 Petra Kamstra, born in Rotterdam, Holland, tennis star, 1995 Surabaya doubles

1973 Kristie Boogert, Rotterdam Neth, tennis star, 1996 Paris

1972 Ajax wins Europe Cup 1 in Rotterdam

1970 Karin van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate, Sept, 1989

1970 Mirjam van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate, Sept, 1989

1970 Rotterdam harbor strikes end

1968 Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81

1968 A. C. Milan wins 8th Europe Cup II in Rotterdam

1968 Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix

1965 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam

1963 Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam

1962 Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to U.S.

1960 Oil pipeline from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens

1959 Rigardus "Rijn" Rijnhout, Giant of Rotterdam (2.375m), dies at 38

1958 Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam

1956 Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens

1953 Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam

1950 Rotterdam harbor strike end

1950 Rotterdam harbor strike begins

1946 Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam

1946 Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam

1946 NSB mayor of Rotterdam Neth, FE Muller sentence to 100 years in jail

1945 Queen Wilhelmina visits Rotterdam

1944 German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany

1944 Rotterdam Passage fight frees 46 prisoners

1943 U.S. errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326

1942 Resistance bombs Rotterdam railway

1942 German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and Hague

1942 Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens

1940 Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany

1939 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies

1938 Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Neth-Germany

1938 Alida JM Tartaud-Little, actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64

1937 Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam

1936 Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor, Erik Hunter-Laredo

1935 Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens

1933 Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano, Ilya-Idomeneo

1928 Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms

1922 Oud-burgem of Rotterdam Zimmerman becomes High Comm's of Austria

1922 Rotterdam metal strike ends

1920 New townhall of Rotterdam opens

1908 Feyenoord soccer team forms in Rotterdam

1906 M Rooi, editor-in-chief, New Rotterdam Daily

1905 Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam

1905 Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam

1905 Martinus A Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam, 1956-70

1904 Willem De Kooning, born in Rotterdam Netherland, artist, North Atlantic Light

1902 Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam

1902 Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia

1889 Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect, Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht

1888 Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam

1886 Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam, 1945-52

1884 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect, town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam

1879 Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor, entrance Rotterdam Zoo

1878 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper

1874 Rotterdam opens drink water pipes

1873 Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star, Rotterdam Stage

1869 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor, Rotterdam 1906-22, /Dir, League of Nations

1864 Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans

1855 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands

1852 Teunis Stoel, actor and director, Small Theater, Rotterdam

1850 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93

1846 Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67

1844 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)

1816 English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor

1800 John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46

1773 Pieter de Swart, architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63

1756 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner

1753 John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized

1740 Hunger strike in Rotterdam

1699 People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter

1619 Willem Kalf, Rotterdam Neth, painter, still lifes

1581 Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies

1340 Rotterdam Netherlands founded



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