Familie Van Eijk tak Zegveld en Ter Aar » Antoon Hendrik Willem van Eijk (1898-1988)

Day of marriage June 13, 1917

• The temperature on June 13, 1917 was between 15.4 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
  • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
  • April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
  • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
  • December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

Day of death February 22, 1988

• The temperature on February 22, 1988 was between 0.8 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 25 » The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
  • April 14 » In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
  • June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
  • August 17 » President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
  • September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
  • December 2 » Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.

Day of cremation February 25, 1988

• The temperature on February 25, 1988 was between -0.1 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
  • August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
  • August 21 » The 6.9 M_w  Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
  • September 8 » Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
  • November 2 » The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
  • November 22 » In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1985 » Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
• 1986 » John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
• 1987 » Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)
• 1992 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (b. 1906)