Family tree Van Dijk » Gerardus Marinus van den Heijkant (1911-1988)
Personal data Gerardus Marinus van den Heijkant
- He was born on August 9, 1911 in Made en Drimmelen, Gemeente Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on June 5, 1988 in Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 76 years old.
- A child of Petrus van den Heijkant and Johanna Maria van Bragt
Household of Gerardus Marinus van den Heijkant
He is married to Maria Frijters.
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Historical events
Birthday August 9, 1911
- The temperature on August 9, 1911 was between 16.4 °C and 32.2 °C and averaged 24.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
- February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
- April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
- May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
- September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
- November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Day of death June 5, 1988
- The temperature on June 5, 1988 was between 8.7 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
- March 6 » Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.
- March 13 » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
- July 6 » The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
- July 8 » The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
- November 8 » U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
- December 7 » The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.
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F. van Dijk, "Family tree Van Dijk", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom_van_dijk/R31272.php : accessed March 10, 2026), "Gerardus Marinus van den Heijkant (1911-1988)".