The Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao defeated Conejo Valley Little League of Thousand Oaks, California (USA) in the championship game of the 58th Little League World Series, the first for the Caribbean island.
The arrival of the detachments in Aruba and Curaçao was timely as on 16 February 1942, one of the A-20A made the first Command attack on a German U-Boat when a sub was attacked eight miles off Willemstad.
Blue Bay (Dutch: Blauwbaai) is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located close to the fishermen's village of Sint-Michiel to the north-west of Willemstad.
Daaibooi is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located close to the village of Sint Willibrordus, a 30 minutes drive to the north-west of Willemstad.
The French-held fortresses were later ordered abandoned due to the advances of the Allies, and the Meuse flotilla was scuttled in Willemstad.
It is located at the western side of the island, between the villages of Westpunt and Lagun, at 50 mins drive from Willemstad.
In the Netherlands the reformed church in Willemstad, North Brabant, Koepelkerk (Domed Church) (1607), the first Protestant church building in the Netherlands, was given an octagonal shape according to Calvinism's focus on the sermon.
Playa Kanoa is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located to the north of Willemstad.
Seaquarium Beach (also called Sea Aquarium Beach) is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located to the south of Willemstad.
Civard Sprockel (born 10 May 1983 in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a Dutch Antillean footballer who currently plays as a centre-back for Botev Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group.
The Consulate General of the United States of America Curaçao is located in Willemstad and serves Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten (countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) as well as Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius (special municipalities of the Netherlands).
She made the journey alone and took a route that led by Horta, Willemstad, Mazatlán, San Francisco, Honolulu, Guam, Yap, Manila, Ambon and Burma.
Luigison V. Doran (born 29 September 1987 in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a footballer with UNDEBA (Union Deportivo Banda Abou) in Curaçao.
Following the opening of the Panama Canal, Royal Dutch Shell established an important petroleum refinery in the port of Willemstad due to its naturally deep harbor, its stable government, and Curaçao's proximity to Venezuelan oil fields.
Marcello "Chelo" Michelangel Anthony Pisas (born 4 September 1977 in Willemstad) is a Curaçao footballer Professional who currently plays as a Goalkeeper for Centro Social Deportivo Barber in Netherlands Antilles First League.
In coordination with the attack on Willemstad U-156 moved into Aruba's San Nicolaas harbor shortly after midnight on 16 February 1942 to torpedo three tankers.
She also traveled to Cannes, France, on 9 December 2009, for the Five Star Diamond awards, with Miss USA Kristen Dalton, and to Willemstad, Curaçao and Barquisimeto, Venezuela, as well, in early January 2010, for the Procesión de la Divina Pastora (Procession of the Holy Shepherdess).
The Snoa in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles was built by Sephardic Portuguese Jews from Amsterdam and Recife, Brazil.