Family tree Van Dijk » Gerardus Hendricus Petrus van Dijk (1908-1988)
Personal data Gerardus Hendricus Petrus van Dijk
- He was born on September 23, 1908 in Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on December 22, 1988 in Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 80 years old.
- A child of Petrus Arnoldus van Dijk and Joanna Maria Reukers
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Birthday September 23, 1908
- The temperature on September 23, 1908 was between 12.4 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
- January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
- March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
- April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
- May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
- July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
- October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
Day of death December 22, 1988
- The temperature on December 22, 1988 was between 8.6 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
- April 14 » The USSSamuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
- June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
- August 20 » The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
- August 31 » Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
- September 18 » The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
- September 27 » The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
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- 1909 » Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor († 1991)
- 1910 » Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author († 2009)
- 1985 » D. Boon, American singer and musician (b. 1958)
- 1986 » David Penhaligon, Cornish Liberal Politician (b. 1944), MP for Truro (1974-1986)
- 1986 » Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904)
- 1987 » Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
- 1988 » Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (b. 1944)
- 1989 » Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
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F. van Dijk, "Family tree Van Dijk", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom_van_dijk/R34795.php : accessed February 25, 2026), "Gerardus Hendricus Petrus van Dijk (1908-1988)".