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Personal data Leonard Abraham Willem van der LEK 


Household of Leonard Abraham Willem van der LEK

He is married to Catherina KOOMANS.

They got married on March 20, 1925 at Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.


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The couple were divorced from November 14, 1933 at Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.

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Historical events

Birthday May 31, 1902

  • The temperature on May 31, 1902 was between 15.8 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (51%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
    • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
    • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
    • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
    • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
    • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

Day of marriage March 20, 1925

  • The temperature on March 20, 1925 was between 1.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 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 year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
    • February 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
    • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
    • May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
    • May 15 » Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
    • May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.

Day of death July 3, 1962

  • The temperature on July 3, 1962 was between 9.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
    • July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
    • July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
    • August 30 » Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
    • November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
    • December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1900 » Lucile Godbold, American Olympic athlete († 1981)
  • 1901 » Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer († 1983)
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About the surname Van der LEK


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