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unusual facts about Blokker, North Holland



Alkmaar, Suriname

Named after the town of Alkmaar in the Dutch province of North Holland, Alkmaar has regional significance as a government post and a medical centre.

Annie Palmen

Annie Palmen (born Anna Maria Palmen, 19 August 1926, IJmuiden, North Holland – 15 January 2000) was a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest.

Assassination of Pim Fortuyn

Pim Fortuyn, a Dutch politician was assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf in Hilversum, North Holland on 6 May 2002, nine days before the Dutch general election of 2002.

Blokker

Jaap Blokker (1942-2011), Dutch businessman and chief executive

Blokker, North Holland

The village is primarily known in The Netherlands because in 1964 The Beatles gave their two only concerts on Dutch soil there.

Colin Campbell Cooper

While at Drexel, he spent his summers abroad, primarily in the Dutch artists colony of Laren in North Holland and in Dordrecht in South Holland.

Gerrit Visser

Gerrit Visser (February 2, 1903, Nieuwendam, North Holland – December 1984, Cashmere, Washington) was a Dutch football (soccer) center forward who played in the Netherlands and the United States.

IJf Blokker

Blokker had minor roles in the television shows Zeg 'ns Aaa, SamSam, Pompy de Robodoll, Seth & Fiona, and Filmpje!, and in the 1990 television production of the Herman Heijermans play Eva Bonheur.

Blokker was born in Den Helder and studied drums at the Amsterdamse Muziekschool, and worked in a number of orchestras in the Netherlands and Germany, including the Snip en Snap Revue.

Jan Hendrik de Waal Malefijt

Jan Hendrik de Waal Malefijt (31 January 1852, Overveen, North Holland – 14 March 1931, Katwijk) was a Dutch politician.

Noorderkwartier

Noorderkwartier (a Dutch word meaning "North Quarter") is a historical term referring to the part of the former Dutch province of Holland north of the river IJ, covering the regions Kennemerland, Zaanstreek, Waterland and West-Friesland and now part of the modern province of North Holland.

Order of battle at the Battle of Camperdown

The Battle of Camperdown was an important naval action of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought off Camperduin on the North Holland coast on 11 October 1797 between a British fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Dutch fleet under Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter.

Sim Visser

Simon Hendrik (Sim) Visser (3 January 1908, Eierland (Texel), North Holland – 13 April 1983, Den Helder) was a Dutch politician.


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