October 21 - Annniversary of Antilles Day

Posted on October 21, 2021 

This is an update of my post published on October 21, 2010:

The Netherlands Antilles (aka the Dutch Antilles) was the name of a self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was located in the Caribbean Sea and was made up of five major islands. (For a while, a sixth island, Aruba, was part of the Dutch Antilles.) On October 21 each year, stores and offices and schools closed up for a national holiday called Antilles Day.

But the Netherlands Antilles dissolved in 
October of 2010, so this holiday is no more!

The five islands had different fates. Three of them—Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius—became special municipalities of the Netherlands, but the other two—Curaçao and Sint Maarten—became constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Aruba

 

Bonaire

Saba

Sint Eustatius

Curaçao

Sint Maarten

Also on this date:

Anniversary of the first Apple Day in the U.K. 

Singer Celia Cruz's birthday

G4G Day

Reptile Awareness Day

Remembrance Day in Serbia

Armed Forces Day in Honduras

St. Ursula's Day in the British Virgin Islands

Ndadaye Day in Burundi

Birthday of animator and Disney Legend Mary Blair

Plan ahead:

Check out my Pinterest boards for:

• October holidays
• October birthdays
• Historical anniversaries in October
  

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• November holidays
• November birthdays
• Historical anniversaries in November