About the day » Friday April 18, 1969Calender converter

• Kevin Myrowski († 1970)
• Steven Anthony Opdam, Australië († 2007)
• Barbara Mariëlle Stephanie MENS, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Margot Nicolle Stufkens, Sydney († 1992)
• Remko Smid († 2018)
• Mario de Smet, Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2009)
• Jacobus Jozef Slaman, Onderdijk (bij Wervershoof, gem. Medemblik, NH)
• Jan Rijndert Muntjewerff, Den Helder
• Jan Rijndert Muntjewerff, Den Helder
• Esther van Hal († 2014)

• Anna Hubertina Luijten (81), Houthem-Valkenburg (ValkeHouthem, Martinus: DHO register 1755-1798nburg aan de Geul), Limburg, Nederland
• Antonetta Cornelia van den Berg (87), Appleton, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Tegelaar (78), Leiden
• Catharina Maria Elizabeth Meindersma (62), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bartel Johan Baayens (27)
• Charles Louis Martinet (80), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Dressler (80), Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Akke Hijlarides (84)
• Antonie VERMEER (60), Epe
• Catharina Johanna Reijnders (56), Wanroij, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1967 » Maria Bello, American actress and writer
• 1969 » Keith DeCandido, American author
• 1969 » Robert Změlík, Czech decathlete
• 1969 » Stefan Schwarz, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1970 » François Leroux, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host
• 1970 » Greg Eklund, American drummer and guitarist
• 1970 » Rico Brogna, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 » Saad Hariri, Saudi Arabian-Lebanese businessman and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Lebanon
• 1970 » Tatiana Stefanidou, Greek journalist and talk show host
• 1971 » Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player

• 1955 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Maurice Gamelin, Belgian-French general (b. 1872)
• 1959 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Percy Smith, English footballer and manager (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (b. 1892)

• 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
• April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
• July 30 » Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.
• September 1 » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
• September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
• October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
• November 20 » Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.

The temperature on April 18, 1969 was between 0.2 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.