Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Gijsbert "Gijs" van Eck (1934-2009)
Personal data Gijsbert "Gijs" van Eck
- Nickname is Gijs.
- He was born on January 26, 1934 in Zaltbommel.
- He died on December 24, 2009 in Bennekom, he was 75 years old.
- He is buried in Bennekom (Kerkhoflaan).
- A child of Jan Gijsbert van Eck and Maria Christina den Drijver
- This information was last updated on February 24, 2020.
Household of Gijsbert "Gijs" van Eck
He is married to Miep de Ruiter.
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Birthday January 26, 1934
- The temperature on January 26, 1934 was between -1.7 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
- January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
- May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
- May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
- August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
- October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
- November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
Day of death December 24, 2009
- The temperature on December 24, 2009 was between -2.7 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
- March 30 » Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
- April 7 » Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
- June 8 » Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
- June 21 » Greenland assumes self-rule.
- August 26 » Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
- December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
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The Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk publication was prepared by Helma Bovenschen-van Gelderen.
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