Historical Context:

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1. -1921/22: Noordwijk Vuurtoren is constructed
   

2. -1932: Zuider Zee Project commences
   

3. -1933: Hitler appointed as Chancellor of Germany
   

4. -1939: Dutch government opens Westerbork as a refugee camp
   

5. - 1939 (September):
   

    Nazi Germany invades Poland

    World War II commences.

    Netherlands declares neutrality

    England and Canada declare war on Nazi Germany

1. -1940 (May):
   

    Germany invades Netherlands

    Germany severely bombs Rotterdam

    Netherlands surrenders and becomes occupied territory

    Queen Wilhelmina evacuates to England establishes government in exile

- 1940: Princess Juliana in exile in Ottawa

- 1941 (January): Princess Margriet is born in Ottawa Canada

1. -1941 (December):
   

    Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

    USA enters WWII

1. -1942: Nazis convert Westerbork refugee camp into a deportation camp. Anne Frank was interned in Westerbork before being send to her death in Bergen Belsen.
   

2. -1942: Construction of the “Atlantic Wall” begins in Noordwijk
   

3. -1944:Nazis commence V-1 rocket attacks on London from Noordwijk area
   

4. -1944 (June) : D-Day invasion by Allied Forces
   

5. -1945:
   

    May:

    NL is liberated by Canadian forces.

    VE Day (Victory in Europe)

    August: VJ Day (Victory in Japan)

1. -1948 (September): Queen Wilhelmina abdicates the Dutch throne in favour of her daughter Queen Juliana
   

2. -1949: Mao Zedong establishes the People’s Republic of China
   

3. -1969: First Man on the Moon
   

4. -1980: Queen Juliana abdicates the Dutch throne in favour of her daughter Beatrix
   

5. -1986: Bill Vander Zalm (a native of Noordwijkerhout NL) is elected Premier of British Columbia
   

6. -1989: Canada/US Free Trade Agreement
   

7. -1992: North American FTA (NAFTA)
   

8. -1993: Maastricht Treaty - formation of the European Union
   

9. -1998: Google is founded in Menlo Park CA
   

10. -2000: Population estimates:
    

    ..World - 6.1 billion

    ..Europe - 700 million

    ..Netherlands - 16 million

    ..Canada - 31 million

1. -2001: attacks on World Trade Center in NYC and Pentagon in Washington DC
   

2. -2012 (Oct): Hurricane Sandy strikes the Caribbean and eastern North America
   

3. -2013:  Queen Beatrix abdicates the Dutch throne in favour of her son Willem-Alexander ....becoming the first Dutch king in 123 years since the death (in 1890) of his great great grandfather, King Willem III)