Van Basten was heavily criticised for dropping Ruud van Nistelrooy ( who had scored 28 goals for the Netherlands ) before this game, in favour of Dirk Kuyt, who did not score throughout the entire tournament.

In May 2007, Van Basten announced the end of his long-running dispute with Real Madrid forward Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had previously declared never to play for a Dutch national squad with Van Basten as its manager.

Van Nistelrooy began his career with Den Bosch, before moving onto Heerenveen, eventually making a name for himself at PSV Eindhoven where he won two Dutch leagues.

Born in Oss, North Brabant, Van Nistelrooy started his professional career in 1993 with Dutch second division side Den Bosch, where he was converted from a central midfielder to centre forward after playing part-time for Nooit Gedacht and Margriet.

Van Nistelrooy capped off the year by winning the Dutch Player of the Year award.

According to a 2001 interview with The Telegraph, Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson said that his son Darren, who was at tryouts for Eredivisie rival Heerenveen at the time, begged his father, " You've got to sign Van Nistelrooy right away, he's fantastic.

" Ferguson sent team representatives to PSV's next league game and signed Van Nistelrooy the next day.

Van Nistelrooy looked set to complete an £ 18. 5 million transfer to Manchester United in the summer of 2000.

Van Nistelrooy playing for Manchester United against Chelsea F. C.

Van Nistelrooy signed a five-year contract after passing his medical.

" During his first season, Van Nistelrooy scored 23 goals in 32 league games.

Van Nistelrooy missed most of the 2004 – 05 season due to injury, but nonetheless scored a Champions League-best eight goals.

At the start of the 2005 – 06 season, Van Nistelrooy scored in United's first four Premier League games.

By the end of his fifth season with United, Van Nistelrooy had amassed 150 goals in fewer than 200 starts.

Van Nistelrooy shields the ball during a match against Tottenham Hotspur F. C.

Van Nistelrooy was benched for the League Cup Final against Wigan Athletic, fuelling speculation of a rift between him and coach Alex Ferguson, which Van Nistelrooy denied.

Ferguson claimed that Van Nistelrooy was angry at the decision and left the stadium three hours before kick-off.

Van Nistelrooy allegedly criticised Ronaldo's tendency to hold onto the ball instead of passing to his team-mates, which sparked the fight, after which Van Nistelrooy remarked, " Go crying to your daddy.

In September 2005, Kid Rock filled in for Johnny Van Zant, the lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd on the band's hit " Sweet Home Alabama " at the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert.

Van Cleef also had a supporting role in John Carpenter's cult hit Escape from New York.

As the Bullies had put intimidation to good use the past three years, the Flyers ' rugged style of play led the Soviets to leave the ice midway through the first period, protesting a hit on Valeri Kharlamov, whom Clarke had slashed on the ankle in the famous Summit Series ' 72, by Ed Van Impe.

However, the album contained the Van Leer-penned " Sylvia " which became a major hit in many markets outside the US and was spent eleven weeks in the UK Singles Chart where it peaked at No. 4.

The decade began with the release of The Best of Van Morrison ; compiled by Morrison himself, the album was focused on his hit singles, and became a multi-platinum success remaining a year and a half on the UK charts.

When the album itself was rejected by Reprise, the song " Sail On, Sailor " ( a collaborative, Brian Wilson-led effort dating from 1971 ) was inserted at the instigation of Van Dyke Parks and released as the lead single ; it promptly garnered a considerable amount of FM radio play, became a minor chart hit, and entered the band's live sets as a concert staple.

* 1994 – Van Nuys was hit by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.

On April 21, 1996 at 11: 12 p. m., a category F3 tornado hit the Fort Smith / Van Buren area causing extensive damage.

His hit single I Can't Drive 55 came from his 1984 album VOA, produced by Ted Templeman who had also produced Hagar's first album Montrose, as well as all of Van Halen's albums up to that point.

The 1986 Van Halen album 5150 was a hit, becoming the band's first No. 1 album on the Billboard charts, driven by the keyboard-dominated singles " Why Can't This Be Love " (# 3 U. S .), " Dreams ", and " Love Walks In " ( Top 30 U. S .).

Van Halen III did produce a hit however, " Without You ", and additionally the song " Fire in the Hole " appeared on the Lethal Weapon 4 soundtrack.

His first big profit in the business came when Vanilla Ice ( Robert Van Winkle ) agreed to sign over royalties from Van Winkle's smash hit " Ice Ice Baby, because the song included material written by Knight's client Floyd ' Earthquake ' Brown.

Van Zan fires but the male destroys the arrow before it can hit.

The song from the film's opening, “ Blues ' Theme ” ( sometimes listed as “ Blue's Theme ”), an aggressive, repetitive and very catchy instrumental showcasing Allan's new fuzzed-out ( heavily distorted ) guitar sound became their biggest hit ( it was also one of the first songs Eddie Van Halen learned to play on brother Alex's guitar ).

There were reunions and subsequent tours from Van Halen ( with Hagar in 2004 and then Roth in 2007 ), The long awaited Guns N ' Roses album Chinese Democracy was finally released in 2008, but only went platinum in the U. S., produced no hit singles, and failed to come close to the success of the band's late 1980s and early 1990s material.

* In 1989, American alternative rock group Camper Van Beethoven scored a number one hit on Billboard magazine's Modern Rock Tracks chart with a cover version of " Pictures of Matchstick Men ".

Colonel Van Rensselaer was hit by a musketball as soon as he stepped out of his boat on the Canadian shore.

In 1993, Van Zandt wrote and produced " All Alone on Christmas " for the soundtrack of the Chris Columbus film Home Alone, which yielded singer Darlene Love her first hit since " A Fine, Fine Boy " from 1963, thirty-one years earlier.

'" Me Wise Magic ," Van Halen's virtuosic display of psychedlia-influenced rock with Roth on vocals became a # 1 Billboard Mainstream Rock hit in 1996.

Several of Van Zandt's compositions were recorded by other artists, such as Emmylou Harris who, with Don Williams, had a No. 3 country hit in 1981 with " If I Needed You ," and Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, the pair taking " Pancho & Lefty " to number one on the country charts in 1983.

Post-match, Van Dam offered Furnas a handshake, but Furnas instead hit Van Dam with a short-arm clothesline, starting a rivalry between the two.

Eric Bischoff came out and restarted the match, saying RVD didn't escape through the door or climb out Bischoff ordered the referees to put Rob Van Dam's body back inside the cage Kane eventually hit a chokeslam from the side of the cage to pick up the victory.

Two pioneers to be noted: Hobart Johnstone Whitley, promoter extraordinaire, one of the " Boomers " who built towns in a day after the 1889 " Oklahoma Land Rush ," who drew the designs for some 150 towns with a stick in the dust, including the San Fernando Valley cities of Van Nuys, Reseda, and Canoga Park, and founder of Hollywood, just over the hill.

Despite an average ticket price of approximately $ 150, Van Halen's " A Different Kind of Truth Tour " proved to be a commercial success as well, with nearly all U. S. arena shows " either sold-out, or close to it.

From Upper Canada 150 were sent to the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land and Sydney, Australia.

In 1993 a Van Mieghem Museum opened its doors in Antwerp with a collection of 150 of his works.

Van Nistelrooy signed with Spanish La Liga side Real Madrid on 28 July, departing Old Trafford after five seasons with a total of 150 goals in 220 appearances.

Van den Ende & Deitmers Venture Capitalist Partners focuses on West European cross media companies via two venture capital funds with a total value of 150 million Euro.

Van Daalen destroyed several villages, killing at least 2, 900 Acehnese, among which were 1, 150 women and children.

Approximately 150 policemen surrounded the entire park on horseback and foot to secure the area for the performance, which included Van Zandt, Bono, Springsteen, the Fat Boys, Mötley Crüe, Afrika Bambaataa, Nona Hendryx and many others.

15 copies printed on Japanese paper and signed ; 150 numbered copies on Holland Van Gelder Zonen paper.