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2009 in the Netherlands

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This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2009.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Beatrix
  • Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende

    • February

  • 10: The Postbank completely mergers into the ING Bank.

    • March

  • 29: KLM stops flying to Aruba. Subsidiary Martinair takes over the 4 flights a week.

    • April

  • 30: 2009 attack on the Dutch Royal Family

    • May

  • 1: Adolescence a work of Salvador Dali is stolen from the Scheringa Museum of Realist Art.

    • June

  • 4: European Parliament election, 2009 (Netherlands)

    • July

  • 1: The air-tax that was introduced on 1 July 2008 is abolished.
  • 30: 6 Dutch people die in a bus accident at Sant Pol de Mar, Spain. Dozens of other people are hurt.

    • August

  • 19: A family tragedy takes place in Kampen, Overijssel. During a fire in a house 4 young children die. The remaining family members, amongst them 10 other children, find a way out of the house in time.

    • September

  • 6: Dutch soldier Kevin van der Rijdt, corporal van het Corps Commando-troops,dies near Deh Rahwod, He's the 20th soldier to die since the beginning of the mission in Afghanistan:
  • 6:The HSL-Zuid is officially opened.
  • 7: The 21st soldier since the beginning of the mission in Afghanistan: Mark Leijsen, Sergeant-Major of the Pantsergenie, dies in Uruzgan in an assault with an improvised explosive.

    • October

  • 19: The DSB Bank is declared bankrupt.

    • December

  • 13: The Thalys starts driving on the Highspeed-line Schiphol - Antwerpen.
  • 25: Northwest Airlines Flight 253, a passengers-flight Amsterdam to Detroit, is the target of a failed bombing attempt.

    • Sport

  • March 5-23: The Netherlands participated at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The Netherlands lost to Puerto Rico in the Seeding game.
  • March 25-29 Netherlands at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
  • July 1-5 Netherlands at the 2009 European Road Championships
  • August 15-23 Netherlands at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
  • September 23-27 Netherlands at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships
  • October 18: Gilbert Yegon wins the Amsterdam Marathon

    • See also

  • 2008–09 Eredivisie
  • 2008–09 Eerste Divisie
  • 2008–09 KNVB Cup
  • 2009 Johan Cruijff Schaal

    • References

    2009 in the Netherlands Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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