2009 in the Netherlands

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

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See also:	Other events of 2009 History of the Netherlands

Incumbents

• Monarch: Beatrix
• Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende

Events

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.

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.
• 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

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

See also

• Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
• Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
• List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2009
• 2009 in Dutch television

External links

• Results by country (2009)