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• Robert Franciscus Hemelop, Rotterdam
• Hendrik Loonstra († 1973)
• Nicole Liesveld († 2015)
• Kevin Leslie Willink, USA
• Marco Stolk, Ridderkerk Z.H († 2006)
• Cheryl Renee (Sherrie) Hess, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Mary Ellen van der Beek
• Susan Ann Hoeve († 1966)
• - van der Schuur, Groningen († 1965)
• Julie Ann Oldenkamp, Riverside, CA, V.S († 1969)

• Anna Cornelia BEKX (77), Leiden (NL/ZH)
• Alva Westley Handerson (75), Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
• Agnes Johanna Maria van Wijk (72), Den Haag,-
• * Hendrik Leusink (57), Dordrecht
• Adrianuis Cornelis Janssen (71), Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ada White (82), Los Angeles, Los Angeles California
• Alida Maria Bos (66), Groningen
• - van der Schuur (0), Groningen
• Abraham Sprangers (85), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Kalkman (88), Vlaardingen

• 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
• 1967 » Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 » Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter

• 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. Cornelis
6. Ronald
7. Hendrik
8. Willem
9. John
10. Richard
11. Paul
12. Hans
13. Michael
14. Pieter
15. Eric
16. Johan

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
• February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
• March 6 » Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
• May 27 » Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
• August 29 » The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
• September 9 » The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
• October 28 » Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.

The temperature on April 2, 1965 was between -0.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.