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Personal data Gerardus "Gerard" van Eck
- Nickname is Gerard.
- He was born on April 15, 1878 in Houten (UT).
- Profession: Spoorwegbeambte.
- He died on January 4, 1957 in Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL), he was 78 years old.
- He is buried in Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL).Source 1
- A child of Johannes van Eck and Aartje van Nooij
- This information was last updated on October 16, 2014.
Household of Gerardus "Gerard" van Eck
He is married to Trijntje Moesbergen.
They got married on April 26, 1906 at Schalkwijk (UT), he was 28 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Gijsbertus van Eck 1907-
- Marinus van Eck 1910-1925
- Jan van Eck 1913-1972
- Melis van Eck ± 1915-1917
- Melis van Eck 1918-2004
- (Not public)
- Dirkje van Eck 1922-1923
- van Eck 1924
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Birthday April 15, 1878
- The temperature on April 15, 1878 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
- February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
- February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
- March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
- June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
- September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
Day of marriage April 26, 1906
- The temperature on April 26, 1906 was between -2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
- June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
- June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
- June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
- December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
- December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
- December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Day of death January 4, 1957
- The temperature on January 4, 1957 was between 3.8 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
- January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
- January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
- January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
- March 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
- June 9 » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
- August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
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