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The annual gay pride festival has been held in Amsterdam every year since 1996. [85] The festival attracts several hundred-thousand visitors each year and thus one of the largest publicly held annual events in the Netherlands. Amsterdam has also been the host city of the Europride twice, in 1994 and 2016. The latter attracted more than 560,000 ...
The first Jewish boat participated in the Amsterdam Pride Canal Parade. [314] Marianne van Praag, a Reform rabbi from The Hague, was the only rabbi aboard. [315] [316] The first Moroccan boat also participated in the Amsterdam Pride Canal Parade. [317] Cosmopolitan magazine, a women's magazine, offered sex advice to lesbians for the first time ...
The unemployment rate of Moroccans, the most disadvantaged large immigrant group, declined from 50% to 10% between 1989 and 2001. [9] In the post-1998 period government policies have become stricter and while previous integration policies furthered diversity, diversity now was perceived to obstruct integration into Dutch society.
1968 Protest against the Vietnam War in Amsterdam, April 1968. Art & Project gallery opens. Theaterschool founded. [42] 1969 March: Bed-In for Peace held. [43] May: Student protest occurs at the University of Amsterdam Maagdenhuis . [4] STEIM cultural venue established. 1970 - Population: 807,095. 1971 - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station ...
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The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, Dutch: Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlands still in operation.
Carter, the 39th president, died Sunday at the age of 100. His death prompted those on both sides of the aisle, including Trump, to come forward praising his legacy and long life.
December 7, 2017: Wray defends the FBI. Four months after Wray is sworn in as the eighth director of the FBI, he publicly defends the agency from Trump’s criticism of its role in investigating ...