1994 Event Stanley Betrian put in charge of Curacao 1991 Death Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies 1973 Birthday Verna Vasquez, Miss Universe-best swimsuit, Curacao, 1997 1969 Event Frente Obrero y Liberacion (FOL) forms in Curacao 1969 Event People revolt in Willemstad, Curacao 1965 Event Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao 1951 Event Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curacao 1943 Birthday Selly Fernandes, Curacao poet, Winking with Selly 1943 Birthday Elmer R. Wilsoe, Island mayor, Curacao 1942 Event "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 1939 Event Snip departs for 1st flight to Paramaribo/Curacao 1936 Birthday Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curacao 1936 Event Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms 1934 Event 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934) 1924 Birthday Julian B Coco, Curacao guitarist/bassist, Utrecht Symphony Orchestra 1922 Event Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto 1920 Birthday Lucila Engels-Boskaljon, Curacao painter 1918 Birthday Nilda Pinto, NM Geerdink-Jesurun P, Curacao writer, Nanzi 1918 Event Oil refinery on Curacao opens 1918 Event King Oil/Shell refinery on Curacao officially opens 1917 Birthday Wilhelmus C Wijen, Broeder Pius, social worker, Curacao 1916 Birthday Hipolito M Ocalia, born in Curacao, landscape painter 1915 Birthday May Henriquez-Alvarez, Curacao, sculptor 1910 Event Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao) 1902 Birthday Murk Ozinga, Dutch building historian, Monuments of Curacao 1898 Birthday Marie J Hugenholtz, Doctor Grandi, surgeon on Curacao 1891 Birthday Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer 1889 Birthday Maria Realino, Frederikus Janssen, teacher, Botany of Curacao 1887 Birthday Rudolf F. W. Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer 1887 Birthday Enrique E Ecker, Curacao, bacteriologist 1885 Birthday Willem H. Winkel, Dutch physician/founder, Red Cross of Curacao 1884 Birthday Bastiaan de Gaay Fortman, Dutch historian/Justice of Curacao 1880 Birthday Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer 1877 Birthday David Mendes Chumaceiro, born in Curacao, poet, Crisalidas 1869 Birthday Maria Radulphus, inspector on Curacao, Radulphus College 1867 Event 2nd synagogue in Curacao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated 1863 Birthday Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer and conductor 1861 Birthday Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist 1860 Birthday Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor, Curacao 1853 Birthday Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter 1849 Birthday John Godden, English explorer, Curacao 1837 Birthday David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao 1831 Birthday Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer 1817 Event Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight 1807 Event Curacao is taken by English, until March, 1816 1804 Event British Vice-Admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao 1800 Event Dutch colony Curacao transfered to England 1800 Event Curacao in English hands (until Jan 1803) 1796 Birthday Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curacao, christen slaves 1795 Event Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday 1795 Event Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao 1795 Event Tula, leader of Curacao slave opposition, imprisoned 1795 Event Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher 1795 Event Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves 1793 Event Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange 1782 Birthday Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet 1771 Birthday Paul R Cantzlaar, government of Saba/St-Eustatius/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies 1750 Event Slave uprising on Curacao 1713 Event French troops bomb Willemstad Curacao 1713 Event French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao 1634 Event Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao 1634 Event Johan van Walbeecks ships bypass St-Anna Bay, Curacao 1499 Event Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island
