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Personal data Kornelis Leegstra 


Household of Kornelis Leegstra

He is married to Antje Spoelman.

They got married on May 27, 1922 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1897, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/zerken.asp?g=1352447
  3. Huwelijksregister 1922, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday October 26, 1897

  • The temperature on October 26, 1897 was about 8.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
    • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
    • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
    • August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

Day of marriage May 27, 1922

  • The temperature on May 27, 1922 was between 6.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • January 11 » First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
    • April 20 » The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
    • June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
    • June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
    • July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
    • August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.

Day of death September 4, 1985

  • The temperature on September 4, 1985 was between 12.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • January 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
    • February 16 » Hezbollah is founded.
    • March 3 » Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
    • March 17 » Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
    • July 20 » The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
    • November 15 » A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1986 » Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
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