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Household of Melle Leegstra

He is married to Jantje Sjoukje van der Haak.

They got married on October 3, 1935 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 21 years old.Source 2

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1914, Dantumadeel
  2. Huwelijksregister 1935, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday February 14, 1914

  • The temperature on February 14, 1914 was between 7.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 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 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
    • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
    • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
    • 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.
    • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
    • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Day of marriage October 3, 1935

  • The temperature on October 3, 1935 was between 7.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • February 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
    • February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
    • September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
    • October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
    • October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
    • November 3 » George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.


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