Family tree Eilander » Gerhard van der Wal (1924-1988)
Personal data Gerhard van der Wal
- He was born on February 26, 1924.
- He died on March 22, 1988, he was 64 years old.
- He is buried in Wapenveld (Kwartelweg).
- A child of Hendrik Jan van der Wal and Gerritje Eilander
- This information was last updated on December 17, 2009.
Household of Gerhard van der Wal
He is married to Anna Geertruid Bredewout.
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Birthday February 26, 1924
- The temperature on February 26, 1924 was between -3.6 °C and -1.9 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
- March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
- May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
- May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
- October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
- November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
- November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
Day of death March 22, 1988
- The temperature on March 22, 1988 was between 3.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
- February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
- March 13 » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
- June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
- August 8 » The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
- November 3 » Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.
- November 19 » Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.
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P. Heres, "Family tree Eilander", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-eilander/I1099508186.php : accessed January 9, 2026), "Gerhard van der Wal (1924-1988)".