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Harry Van Raaij
Hendrikus Jacobus Maria "Harry" van Raaij (29 August 1936 – 16 November 2020) was a Dutch functionary, who served as the chairman of PSV Eindhoven, a Dutch sports club, between 1996 and 2004. Biography Van Raaij was born in Haps on 29 August 1936. He was a proponent of the Atlantic League, which would have been a competition for larger clubs in smaller European countries. Professionally, he was a manager at Philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i .... Van Raaij died on 16 November 2020 at the age of 84. References 1936 births 2020 deaths Dutch football chairmen and investors People from Cuijk PSV Eindhoven non-playing staff Philips employees {{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sint Anthonis
Sint Anthonis () is a village and former municipality in the southern Netherlands in the Province of North Brabant. The locals refer to the town as ''Sint Tunnis''. An inhabitant is called a "Sintunnisenaar". The former municipality had a population of in . Sint Anthonis, Boxmeer, Cuijk, Grave, and Mill en Sint Hubert merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022. History The town was mentioned in a last will as early as 1312. The town was called ''Oelbroec'' at the time. As the church of St. Anthony The Abbot was completed in 1477, people started referring to the town as the "Parish of St. Anthony in Oelbroec", and by 1570 the name Oelbroec had disappeared. Church Book registration started in 1640 and are to be found on the BHIC web site. Sint Anthonis was a part of the lordship of Boxmeer during the ancien régime. After the French rule, Sint Anthonis was parted from Boxmeer. Together with the village of Ledeacker it formed the municipality of "Sint An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
