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Personal data Leendert van Dam 


Household of Leendert van Dam

He is married to Catharina Hendrika de Graaf.

They got married on February 4, 1938 at Westbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands, he was 23 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Leendert van Dam  1938-1938


Second World War victim


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Leendert van Dam

Leendert van Dam
1914-1945

1938

Catharina Hendrika de Graaf
1921-1993

Leendert van Dam
1938-1938

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Sources

  1. https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/31309/via-openarch-nl/?utm_source=OpenArchieven&utm_medium=browser&utm_campaign=OpenData
  2. https://www.openarch.nl/show.php?archive=hua&identifier=C935F12D-6320-4AD4-8CD6-7430229783F9⟨=nl
  3. http://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/zerken.asp?g=389011&utm_source=OpenArchieven&utm_medium=browser&utm_campaign=OpenData
  4. https://www.openarch.nl/show.php?archive=hua&identifier=F6C0F0E3-A8AB-E53E-E043-4701000A1872⟨=nl

Historical events

Birthday December 9, 1914

  • The temperature on December 9, 1914 was between 5.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
    • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
    • August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
    • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
    • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.

Day of marriage February 4, 1938

  • The temperature on February 4, 1938 was between 4.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
    • July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
    • July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
    • September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
    • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
    • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

Day of death May 5, 1945

  • The temperature on May 5, 1945 was between 4.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • March 26 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
    • May 4 » World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.
    • July 28 » A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
    • September 2 » World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USSMissouri in Tokyo Bay.
    • September 7 » World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
    • October 12 » World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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