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• Monique van Roessel († 1964)
• Roelof Kleine, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Gerarda Henrica Martina Maria Minkels, Den Dungen († 1965)
• Hendrik Looijen, Wageningen (GL) († 1998)
• Jeanette Nijhoff, Nijverdal
• Mari Ann Lindeman († 1964)
• ANTHONY ADRIAAN BROEKHUIS, Almelo († 2004)
• Kristof Segaert († 1989)
• Adriana Maria de Jong, Voorhout, Nederland († 2007)
• David Ivan Brouwer, Kandiyohi, MN

• Adriaan Cornelis Maas (68), Vlissingen
• Baukje RIXTUM (76), Nieuw-Weerdinge (Emmen) Drenthe Netherlands
• Catherine Marie HARDY (69), Kanne (Limburg) (B)
• van Vessem (92), Sint Michielgestel
• Alphons August Burgemeestre (71), Den Haag
• * Marinus Verbeek (66), Rotterdam
• Anna Kaczor (69), Amsterdam
• Anna Antonia de Coninck (67), Breda
• Antonia Roefs (86), Ravenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Duitsland
• Arie Modder (92), Chicago, Verenigde Staten

• 1962 » Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Clark Gregg, American actor
• 1962 » Pierre Carles, French director and producer
• 1963 » Karl Beattie, English director and producer
• 1963 » Mike Gascoyne, English engineer
• 1964 » Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler
• 1964 » Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach
• 1965 » Rodney King, American victim of police brutality († 2012)
• 1966 » Bill Romanowski, American football player and actor
• 1966 » Teddy Sheringham, English international footballer, striker and coach

• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
• 1948 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1966 » C. S. Forester, English novelist (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1974 » Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1989 » Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Ronald
6. John
7. Cornelis
8. Hendrik
9. Paul
10. Pieter
11. Marcel
12. Richard
13. Mark
14. Gerrit
15. Willem
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Monique
6. Yvonne
7. Cornelia
8. Jolanda
9. Anita
10. Ingrid
11. Karin
12. Catharina
13. Wilhelmina
14. Jacqueline
15. Petra
16. Caroline

• 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
• January 13 » In Manchester, New Hampshire, fourteen-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment case Coolidge v. New Hampshire (1971).
• April 1 » The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
• April 4 » The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
• May 2 » Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong combat swimmers had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
• August 16 » Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
• December 14 » American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.

The temperature on April 2, 1964 was between 1.9 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.