Family tree Weening » Anne Leegstra (1926-2002)
Personal data Anne Leegstra
- He was born on April 15, 1926 in Twijzelerheide, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- He died on July 23, 2002 in Wouterswoude, gem. Dantumadeel (Fr), he was 76 years old.
- He is buried in Wouterswoude, gem. Dantumadeel (Fr).
- A child of Ruurd Leegstra and Eelkje van der Veen
- This information was last updated on August 20, 2026.
Household of Anne Leegstra
He is married to Frederika Kempenaar.
They got married.
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Birthday April 15, 1926
- The temperature on April 15, 1926 was between 5.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
- March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
- April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
- May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
- June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
- July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
- August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
Day of death July 23, 2002
- The temperature on July 23, 2002 was between 15.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast 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 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.
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- May 7 » A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
- May 25 » China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
- June 22 » An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
- October 7 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
- November 13 » Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
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