About the day » Wednesday April 2, 1969Calender converter

• Paul Rijmenants, Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2007)
• Daniel Gene Schaver († 1969)
• Marinus Cornelis (Martin) Verboon, Groningen († 1992)
• James Rigterink († 1978)
• Rienk Frans Zwerver, Groningen
• Marinus Cornelis Verboon, Groningen († 1992)

• Amy Isabel WEBB (78)
• Angela Maria da Col Gattai (79)
• Antonius Cornelius Mommers (78), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius van Eekelen (60), Wuustwezel (B)
• Catharina Johanna Botter (96), Groningen, Netherlands
• Augustinus Johannes Antonius Maria Broekman (48), Nieuwe Pekela
• Aaltje Hoogendoorn (77), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charlotte Wilhelmina Dezentj√© (81), Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Cornelis Siereveld (65), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Barbara Martens (82), Meers-Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland

• 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
• 1969 » Ajay Devgan, Indian actor, director, and producer
• 1971 » Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer
• 1971 » Jason Lewry, English cricketer
• 1971 » Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler
• 1972 » Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer

• 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)
• 1992 » Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)

• 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.
• January 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
• April 1 » The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
• August 12 » Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
• September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
• November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
• November 12 » Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.

The temperature on April 2, 1969 was between 2.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.