* 1616 – Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.

The first European to visit Western Australia was the Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616.

The first European to visit Western Australia was a Dutch explorer, Dirk Hartog who on 25 October 1616 landed at what is now known as Cape Inscription, Dirk Hartog Island.

* October 25 – Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at Dirk Hartog Island off the Western Australian coast.

** Dirk Hartog, Dutch ship's captain and explorer ( d. 1621 )

Following the Dutch routes to the Indies, on 26 July 1699, Dampier reached Dirk Hartog Island at the mouth of what he called Shark Bay in Western Australia.

Map of Shark Bay area showing Dirk Hartog Island and Cape Inscription

Dirk Hartog ( baptized 30 October 1580, Amsterdam – buried 11 October 1621, Amsterdam ) was a 17th century Dutch sailor and explorer.

" He made landfall at an island off the coast of Shark Bay, Western Australia, which is now called Dirk Hartog Island after him.

Dirk Hartog left the employ of the VOC upon his return to Amsterdam in 1617, resuming private trading ventures in the Baltic.

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Mr. T was offered a cameo appearance in the film adaptation of The A-Team, but decided to turn it down, whereas Dwight Schultz and Dirk Benedict both made cameos in the film.

Volkswagen AG chairman Ferdinand Piëch personally choose Dirk van Braeckel as head of design, and the subsequent Octavia and Fabia models made their way to the demanding European Union markets.

On April 3, after weeks of circulating rumors about Dirk Lance's departure from the band, an official announcement was made by the band.

They have made occasional appearances in Latin America and Europe, even being rejoined by Dirk Bergen for a reunion concert in Aarschot ( De Klinker club ) in 2004 under the original lineup of Bresanutti, Bergen, Codenys and De Meyer.

* In the Tales of Symphonia Game, the Eternal Ring that forges Dirk for Lloyd is made of Adamantine and sacred wood.

Around 1120 the first reference to Dordrecht was made by a remark that count Dirk IV was murdered 1049 near " Thuredrech ".

With Providence ( 1977 ), Resnais made his first film in English, with a screenplay written by David Mercer, and a distinguished cast that included John Gielgud and Dirk Bogarde.

In 1954 she made a cameo appearance in Doctor in the House, opposite Dirk Bogarde as the sexually repressed Nurse Rigor Mortis.

At the start of the 1960s, Michael Rennie made his only Broadway appearance in Mary, Mary playing Dirk Winsten, a jaded film star.

In a series of letters from his mother and uncle Gordon, it is revealed that on his deathbed Culum legally made Tess tai-pan in complete accordance with Dirk Struan's " Legacy ".

" Classy " Freddie Blassie also made a cameo appearance as himself, along with " Wrestling's Living Legend " Bruno Sammartino, and Ric Flair in the 1986 film " Body Slam " starring Dirk Benedict, " Captain " Lou Albano, and " Rowdy " Roddy Piper.

An example from the thriller genre includes Clive Cussler, who made appearances in his own novels as a " rough old man " who advised action hero Dirk Pitt.

The Mavericks emerged as a perennial playoff contender, mostly due to the rise of star players such as Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, but Bradley's defense made a significant contribution.

In the course of his work as a marine engineer of the National Underwater and Marine Agency ( NUMA ), an oceanographic research organization headed by Admiral James Sandecker with Rudi Gunn as second in command, Dirk Pitt has made numerous important shipwreck discoveries, as well as thwarted a large number of plans by villains intent on global catastrophe or world domination.

Houtman then made landfall in the region known as Eendrachtsland which previous explorer Dirk Hartog had encountered.

made significant contributions, including Cerion Armour-Brown, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, Tom Hughes, Nicholas Nethercote, Paul Mackerras, Dirk Mueller, Bart Van Assche,

In 1005 Dirk was old enough to take over the rulership himself, but he still made thankful use of the good connections that his mother had made.

As a result of a promise he had made during the frisian rebellion, Dirk III went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

A claim of a planetary system was again made by Dirk Reuyl and Erik Holberg in 1943.

Dirk Pellett of Iowa State University and Flint Pellett of the University of Illinois made substantial enhancements to the game from 1976 to 1985.

Vlaams Belang underlined that Ali supposedly made the statement on the occasion of a debate organised by the left-liberal think tank Liberales, whose president is Dirk Verhofstadt.

Like most other Belgians, Dirk Ivens was thoroughly revulsed by the Marc Dutroux affair, and made this album partly in order to deal with those emotions.

A film adaptation of the play, with the same title, was made in 1958, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Leslie Caron and Dirk Bogarde.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by Douglas Adams, first published in 1987.

Dirk learns that the missing cat was never missing in the first place as a result of their actions, and charges the client a small amount for the finding of the lost cat, adding " saving the entire human race from extinction – no charge ".

Many details may appear superfluous, but turn out to be integral to the plot ( such as a sofa that Richard ordered which has somehow become trapped on his staircase in a position where it not only cannot be removed, but could not apparently have arrived in the first place ; this is explained by the time machine having appeared in the staircase wall while the removal men were bringing it in, Dirk opening the door to help them get it up the stairs before the machine departed ).

The book has been adapted for stage performance as Dirk and in 2005, some fans of Douglas Adams produced an amateur radio series based on the first book.

The first series began on 3 October 2007 and features Harry Enfield as Dirk, Billy Boyd as Richard, Olivia Colman as Janice, Jim Carter as Gilks, Andrew Sachs as Reg, Felicity Montagu as Susan, Robert Duncan as Gordon, Toby Longworth as the Monk, Michael Fenton Stevens as Michael, Andrew Secombe, Jon Glover, Jeffrey Holland, Wayne Forester and Tamsin Heatley.

A television version featuring the character was announced during Hitchcon, the first Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy convention by Ed Victor, a literary agent who represents Adams ' estate, announced that a television adaptation of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was in production.

Dirk pays a visit to Kate Schechter ( who had first appeared in The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ) and tells her that prior to the potential client, he had been so bored that he had started a habit of dialling his own phone number and discovered he'd answered his own calls.

The Pistons then won Game 5 in The Palace of Auburn Hills, but the Heat answered by winning Game 6 and advanced to their first NBA Finals in franchise history against Dirk Nowitzki's Dallas Mavericks, who were also in their first NBA Finals.

The Mavericks returned to prominence in the 2000s, first led by a new " Big Three " of Dirk Nowitzki, Michael Finley and Steve Nash.

Ron Nasty first met Dirk McQuickly in January 1959, at the now-historical address of 43 Egg Lane, Liverpool.

The first signs of a community started back in 925 when the area became part of the county of Graaf Dirk II and a church was built.

In 1568 construction started on the first set of dikes and in 1586 the land known as Roosenburgh was leased to Dirk Ariensz.

The first confirmed existence is from 1276 when Dirk van Santhorst received the " Soetrewold " fiefdom from Floris V, Count of Holland.

Paul Dirk ( Derrick ) and Peter Ham were the first settlers of Center Brunswick.

It is the second book by Adams featuring private detective Dirk Gently, the first being Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

He gradually moved away from neoliberalism ( partly under the influence of his brother Dirk, a social liberal political philosopher ), and became more of a centrist figure, a change which especially became clear during his first term as Prime Minister.

It is best known for having been an early label of Adam and the Ants, releasing their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox in November 1979 ( which in January 1980 was the first ever Number One on the UK Independent Albums Chart and in February 1981 became a UK Top 20 album ) as well as singles Zerox in June 1979 and Cartrouble in March 1980, the latter being not only a Number One on the UK Independent Singles Chart but also the debut collaboration between Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni following the departure of the original Ants to form Bow Wow Wow.

Poperinge is the birthplace of Dirk Frimout, Belgium's first astronaut, after whom the town park is named.