1977 Birthday Zephnad Wattimury, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen 1975 Birthday Arafath Hill, soccer player, FC Groningen 1974 Birthday Arjan Ebbinge, soccer player, FC Groningen 1974 Birthday Lucian Sahetapy, soccer player, FC Groningen 1974 Birthday Bob Mulder, soccer player, Appingedam, FC Groningen 1974 Birthday Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen 1973 Birthday Alex Pijper, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen 1973 Birthday Ronald Hamming, soccer player, FC Groningen, Fortuna Sittard 1972 Birthday Dick Kooijman, Dutch soccer player, Heracles, FC Groningen, Az 1972 Birthday Mariano Bombarda, Italian, soccer player, ACV, FC Groningen 1972 Birthday Raymond Beerens, Dutch soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen 1971 Birthday Marcel Boudesteyn, soccer player, Excelsior/FC Groningen 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 1971 Birthday Dick Schreuder, Dutch soccer player, PSV/FC Groningen/RKC 1971 Event Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen 1971 Birthday Romano Sion, soccer player, Dordrecht '90/FC Groningen 1970 Birthday Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player, FC Utrecht, FC Groningen 1969 Birthday Marian Chlad, soccer player, FC Groningen 1969 Birthday John Veenhof, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen 1968 Birthday Warry van Wattum, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen 1967 Birthday Patrick Lodewijks, Dutch soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen 1967 Birthday Roel Liefden, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen 1966 Birthday Claus Boekweg, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen, FC Zwolle 1963 Birthday Joop Gall, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen 1963 Birthday Harris Huizingh, soccer player, FC Groningen 1962 Event Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands 1961 Birthday Erwin Koeman, soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen 1960 Event Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen 1953 Birthday Peter Hoekstra, born in Groningen, Netherlands, Representative-R-Michigan 1993 - 1950 Death Robert W. Lehnhoff, Executioner of Groningen, SS fuhrer, executed 1945 Event German troops in Groningen surrender 1921 Event Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms 1918 Event Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen 1903 Birthday Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen 1887 Event Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen 1845 Event -5.3 degrees F (-20.7 degrees C) in Groningen 1813 Event Allied troops occupies Groningen 1793 Event Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new townhall 1729 Event Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Groningen 1710 Event Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen, Netherlands 1708 Event Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen 1701 Event Frisia and Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar 1700 Event Frisia/Groningen adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 1/12/1701 1632 Event Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Groningen 1625 Event Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen 1614 Event University of Groningen opens 1600 Death John Bruhesius, Bruhesen, bishop of Groningen, dies 1594 Event Groningen surrenders to earl Mauritius/Willem Louis 1594 Event Earl Mauritius and Willem Louis begins siege of Groningen 1587 Event Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break 1583 Event Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar 1580 Death Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies 1573 Birthday Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen 1540 Death George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen
