Family tree Eilander » Bessel van Dijk (1922-1995)

Personal data Bessel van Dijk 

  • He was born on February 4, 1922 in Heerde.
  • He died April 1995 in Canada, he was 73 years old.
  • This information was last updated on November 3, 2005.

Household of Bessel van Dijk

He is married to Berendina Eikelboom.

They got married on January 29, 1947 at Heerde, he was 24 years old.


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Birthday February 4, 1922

  • The temperature on February 4, 1922 was between -10.4 °C and -4.5 °C and averaged -7.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • February 28 » The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
    • April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
    • June 30 » In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
    • August 26 » Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
    • September 18 » The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
    • December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

Day of marriage January 29, 1947

  • The temperature on January 29, 1947 was between -13.6 °C and -4.7 °C and averaged -10.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (71%). 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
    • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
    • August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
    • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
    • October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
    • December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.


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  • 1923 » Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor († 2013)
  • 1925 » Russell Hoban, American author and illustrator († 2011)
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