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Personal data Jan van Eck 


Household of Jan van Eck

He is married to Catharina Maria Dirkx.

They got married on November 6, 1936, he was 33 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday November 14, 1902

  • The temperature on November 14, 1902 was between 3.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
    • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
    • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
    • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
    • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
    • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.

Day of death January 2, 1985

  • The temperature on January 2, 1985 was between -3.8 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
    • October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
    • October 3 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight.
    • October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
    • November 13 » The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
    • November 21 » United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1898 » Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic († 1944)
  • 1900 » Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator († 1990)
  • 1904 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer († 1963)
  • 1904 » Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge († 1970)
  • 1904 » Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer († 1995)
  • 1905 » John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist († 1964)

Source: Wikipedia


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