Family tree Van Leeuwen » Leonardus Wilhelmus "Leo" van Leeuwen (1918-2002)

Day of marriage February 4, 1942

• The temperature on February 4, 1942 was between -5.8 °C and -3.5 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • March 12 » The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
  • May 7 » World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
  • June 3 » World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
  • September 10 » World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
  • October 26 » World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
  • December 7 » World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.

Day of death February 19, 2002

• The temperature on February 19, 2002 was between 4.2 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (54%). 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 27 » An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
  • May 6 » Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
  • May 7 » A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
  • July 27 » Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
  • September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
  • November 19 » The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.

Day of cremation February 25, 2002

• The temperature on February 25, 2002 was between 3.0 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 14.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • April 11 » The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
  • May 6 » Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
  • June 14 » Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
  • July 1 » Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collide in mid-air over Überlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 on board both planes.
  • August 20 » A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
  • October 31 » A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric (b. 1943)
• 2000 » Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
• 2001 » Charles Trenet, French singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (b. 1913)
• 2002 » Sylvia Rivera, American transgender LGBT activist (b. 1951)
• 2003 » Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)