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Household of Geeske Leegsma

She is married to Klaas Dijkstra.

They got married on June 11, 1942 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 22 years old.Source 2

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geeske Leegsma

Willem Rinderts Leegsma
1850-1930
Doetje Jakobs Iestra
1858-1946
Jacob Leegsma
1884-1967

Geeske Leegsma
1920-????

1942

Klaas Dijkstra
1919-????


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Historical events

Birthday May 17, 1920

  • The temperature on May 17, 1920 was between 7.2 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
    • February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
    • February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
    • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
    • August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
    • October 10 » The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.

Day of marriage June 11, 1942

  • The temperature on June 11, 1942 was between 2.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
    • February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
    • February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
    • April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
    • May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
    • July 18 » World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
    • December 2 » World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1919 » Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and screenwriter († 2007)
  • 1919 » Gustav Naan, Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher († 1994)
  • 1919 » Merle Miller, American author and screenwriter († 1986)
  • 1920 » Harry Männil, Estonian-Venezuelan businessman, co-founded ACO Group († 2010)
  • 1921 » Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter († 1998)
  • 1921 » Dennis Brain, English composer († 1957)

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