Genealogy Van Zanen » Gerrit Quak (1906-2001)

Personal data Gerrit Quak 

  • He was born on March 3, 1906Rozenburg, South Holland, The Netherlands.
  • He died on November 25, 2001, he was 95 years oldMaassluis, South Holland, The Netherlands.
  • This information was last updated on January 7, 2014.

Household of Gerrit Quak

He is married to Elizabeth Petronella de Jong.

They got married on January 16, 1936, he was 29 years oldDe Lier, South Holland, The Netherlands.

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Birthday March 3, 1906

  • The temperature on March 3, 1906 was between 0.2 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
    • March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
    • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
    • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
    • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
    • December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

Day of death November 25, 2001

  • The temperature on November 25, 2001 was between 8.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 9.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
    • March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
    • April 7 » Mars Odyssey is launched.
    • June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
    • June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
    • July 21 » At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
    • September 13 » Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.


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