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Household of Harm Leegsma

He is married to Grietje Kooistra.

They got married on April 30, 1942 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 31 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Harm Leegsma

Willem Rinderts Leegsma
1850-1930
Doetje Jakobs Iestra
1858-1946
Harm Alzerda
1852-1935
Antje Wybes Dijkstra
1857-1935

Harm Leegsma
1911-2006

1942

Grietje Kooistra
1916-< 2006


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1911, Kollumerland c.a.
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Historical events

Birthday March 23, 1911

  • The temperature on March 23, 1911 was between 3.0 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (45%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
    • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
    • May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
    • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
    • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
    • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.

Day of marriage April 30, 1942

  • The temperature on April 30, 1942 was between 0.7 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (78%). 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 27 » World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
    • May 22 » Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
    • June 23 » World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
    • August 21 » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
    • September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.
    • December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

Day of death August 1, 2006

  • The temperature on August 1, 2006 was between 14.1 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 14.8 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
    • April 17 » A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
    • May 17 » The aircraft carrier USSOriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
    • May 27 » The 6.4 Mw  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
    • September 29 » A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
    • November 8 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.
    • December 28 » War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1910 » Jerry Cornes, English runner, colonial officer and educator († 2001)
  • 1912 » Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic († 1996)
  • 1912 » Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach († 2013)
  • 1912 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer († 1977)

Source: Wikipedia


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