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2012 Event - Jan van Eyck is credited as the painter of 'The three mary's at the tomb' a painting from the 1430's held in a Rotterdam museum

2012 Event - The China Central Television Headquarters, designed by the Officer for Metropolitan Architecture, a firm based in Rotterdam ten years ago, is finally completed in Beijing

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

1994 Event - "Sound of Motown," premieres in Rotterdam

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

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

1991 Event - Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam

1991 Event - Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing

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

1985 Event - Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam

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

1982 Event - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam

1982 Event - Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam

1981 Event - Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam

1977 Event - Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends

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

1974 Event - Andre van de Louw appointed mayor of Rotterdam

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

1973 Birthday - Kristie Boogert, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, tennis star, 1996 Paris

1972 Event - Ajax wins Europe Cup 1 in Rotterdam

1971 Birthday - Ernest Faber, born in Geldrop, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for the Netherlands national football team, PSV Eindhoven, FC Groningen and Sparta Rotterdam

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

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

1970 Event - Rotterdam harbor strikes end

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

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

1968 Event - Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix

1965 Event - Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam

1963 Birthday - Mike Snoei, born in Rotterdam, Holland, professional soccer player, coach, played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, Excelsior Rotterdam and Sparta Rotterdam

1963 Birthday - Sonny Silooy, born in Rotterdam, Holland, born Jan Jacobus Silooy, professional Dutch soccer player from 1981 - 2002

1963 Event - Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam

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

1960 Event - Oil pipeline from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens

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

1958 Event - Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam

1956 Event - Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens

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

1950 Event - Rotterdam harbor strike end

1950 Event - Rotterdam harbor strike begins

1946 Event - Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam

1946 Event - Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam

1946 Event - NSB mayor of Rotterdam, Netherlands, FE Muller sentence to 100 years in jail

1945 Event - Queen Wilhelmina visits Rotterdam

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

1944 Event - Rotterdam Passage fight frees 46 prisoners

1943 Event - U.S. errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326

1942 Event - Resistance bombs Rotterdam railway

1942 Event - German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and Hague

1942 Event - Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens

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

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

1938 Event - Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Netherlands-Germany

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

1937 Event - Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam

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

1935 Event - Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens

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

1928 Event - Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms

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

1922 Event - Rotterdam metal strike ends

1920 Event - New townhall of Rotterdam opens

1908 Event - Feyenoord soccer team forms in Rotterdam

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

1905 Event - Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam

1905 Event - Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam

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

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

1902 Event - Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam

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

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

1888 Event - Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam

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

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

1879 Birthday - Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor, entrance Rotterdam Zoo

1878 Event - 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper

1874 Event - Rotterdam opens drink water pipes

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

1869 Birthday - Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor, Rotterdam 1906 - 1922, Dir, League of Nations

1864 Event - Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans

1855 Event - 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands

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

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

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

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

1816 Event - English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor

1800 Death - John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46

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

1756 Birthday - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant and ship owner

1753 Birthday - John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized

1740 Event - Hunger strike in Rotterdam

1699 Event - People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter

1619 Birthday - Willem Kalf, Rotterdam, Netherlands, painter, still lifes

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

1340 Event - Rotterdam Netherlands founded

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