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Born on Saturday April 2, 1994
Died on Saturday April 2, 1994

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 2, 1994 at Delpher


Born on April 2

Died on April 2
  • 1987 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
  • 1989 » Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
  • 1992 » Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (b. 1909)
  • 1992 » Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)
  • 1994 » Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916)
  • 1994 » Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist (b. 1908)
  • 1995 » Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
  • 1997 » Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)
  • 1998 » Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
  • 2001 » Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)

Names that were popular for boys in 1994
  1. Thomas
  2. Jeroen
  3. Jan
  4. Kevin
  5. Michael
  6. Willem
  7. Robin
  8. Johannes
  9. Niels
  10. Daniel
  11. Rick
  12. Dennis
  13. Max
  14. David
  15. Tim
  16. Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1994
  1. Laura
  2. Anne
  3. Lisa
  4. Tessa
  5. Michelle
  6. Sanne
  7. Anna
  8. Melissa
  9. Charlotte
  10. Eva
  11. Amanda
  12. Esther
  13. Johanna
  14. Elisabeth
  15. Iris
  16. Eline

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1994
  • 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • April 7 » Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.
  • May 10 » Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
  • May 24 » Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
  • August 14 » Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
  • August 21 » Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
  • November 8 » Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally). Thus bringing a close to four decades of Democratic domination.
Weather April 2, 1994

The temperature on April 2, 1994 was between 1.4 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.

Source: KNMI