Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Willem van Hanegem |
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Birthdate | February 20, 1944 |
Birth Place | Netherlands |
Age (in 2024) | 80 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Soccer Player |
Willem van Hanegem is best known as Soccer Player who has born on February 20, 1944 in Netherlands. Currently, Willem van Hanegem is 80 years, 9 months and 1 days old. Willem van Hanegem will celebrate 81st birthday on Thursday, 20th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Willem van Hanegem upcoming birthday.
Former midfielder who is widely regarded as one of the finest Dutch soccer players of all time, playing for more than two decades as a member of clubs like Feyenoord and FC Utrecht. He led the Netherlands to a runner-up finish at the FIFA World Cup in 1974.
He played on the Velox SC youth squad before making his senior debut with the club in 1962.
He won the Eredivisie and KNVB Cup titles as the manager of Feyenoord after his playing career.
His son Willem van Hanegem, Jr. produces electronic music as part of the duo W&W. His father, two brothers and sister were killed by the Germans during World War II.
He was teammates with Johan Cruyff on the Dutch team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
Willem van Hanegem is 80 years old today.
Willem van Hanegem was born on February 20, 1944 in Netherlands.
Willem van Hanegem zodiac sign is Pisces.
Willem van Hanegem was best known as Soccer Player.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Willem van Hanegem's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1965 | Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. |
1968 | The China Academy of Space Technology, China's main arm for the research, development, and creation of space satellites, is established in Beijing. |
1971 | The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert. |
1979 | An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java. |
1986 | The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years. |
1988 | The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. |
1991 | In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters. |
1998 | American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. |
2003 | During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others. |
2005 | Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. |
2009 | Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack. |
2010 | In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago. |
2014 | Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, many reportedly killed by snipers. |
2015 | Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services. |
2016 | Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. |
1985 | The birth of Julia Volkova, Russian singer and actress |
1985 | The birth of TJ Kirk, American YouTube personality and podcast host |
1987 | The birth of Luke Burgess, English rugby league player |
1987 | The birth of Miles Teller, American actor |
1988 | The birth of Kealoha Pilares, American football player |
1988 | The birth of Ki Bo-bae, South Korean archer |
1988 | The birth of Rihanna, Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress |
1988 | The birth of Jiah Khan, Indian singer and actress (d. 2013) |
1989 | The birth of Daly Cherry-Evans, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter |
1991 | The birth of Angelique van der Meet, Dutch tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Kyle Turner, Australian rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Kateryna Baindl, Ukrainian tennis player |
2003 | The birth of Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer |
2013 | The death of David S. McKay, American biochemist and geologist (b. 1936) |
2013 | The death of Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Walter D. Ehlers, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Garrick Utley, American journalist (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Govind Pansare, Indian author and activist (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of Henry Segerstrom, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of John C. Willke, American physician, author, and activist (b. 1925) |
2016 | The death of Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest and politician (b. 1934) |
2017 | The death of Vitaly Churkin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (b. 1952) |
2017 | The death of Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist (b. 1930) |
2017 | The death of Steve Hewlett, British journalist (b. 1958) |
2020 | The death of Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (b. 1952) |
2021 | The death of Nurul Haque Miah, Bangladeshi professor and writer (b. 1944) |
2021 | The death of Mauro Bellugi, Italian footballer (b. 1950) |
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