2009 in the Netherlands

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History of the Netherlands

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

Incumbents

Monarch: Beatrix
Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende

Events

January

February

10: The Postbank completely mergers into the ING Bank.
25: Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashed during its approach to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.

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 Dalí is stolen from the Scheringa Museum of Realist Art.

June

4: 2009 European Parliament election in the 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.

November

December

13: The Thalys starts driving on the Highspeed-line Schiphol - Antwerp.
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.^[1]
March 25–29 Netherlands at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
July 1–5 Netherlands at the 2009 European Road Championships

The Netherlands won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Ellen van Dijk won gold in the Women's time trial and Chantal Blaak in the Women's road race

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

See also

References

^ 2009 World Baseball Classic Results

External links

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