Family tree Van der Eijk Van Busschbach Leegwater Stiemer » Pieter Leegwater (1882-1942)

Day of marriage May 31, 1906

• The temperature on May 31, 1906 was between 9.3 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
  • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Day of death March 6, 1942

• The temperature on March 6, 1942 was between -8.5 °C and -4.8 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
  • June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
  • August 25 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
  • August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
  • September 5 » World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
  • October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1935 » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1939 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
• 1941 » Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)