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• Tiemen Hidde Pieter Koenes, Thesinge, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Diny Kroondijk, Wolvega († 2011)
• Marianne Dor, Zimbabwe, Bulawayo
• Johanna Gerarda Maria Stippen van, Bergharen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1973)
• James Westwood, Kingsbarns
• Gerda ten Hoor, Ter-Apel, Groningen, Nederland († 2023)
• Jean-Paul Jozef Marie van den Beuken, Venlo († 2016)
• Diana Nasveld, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• desiree zegers, venray

• Albert Nienhuis (73), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Winfield FLEEGE (80), Elk Point, Union, South Dakota, United States of America
• Emline Emmaline Emaline Morris (77), Perry Co, KY
• Cornelia Johanna Dalhuisen (50), Wenum, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Eugenie Ryckewaert (81), Eernegem
• Anna Odilia Everaert (83), Moorsel
• Edith McGary [KB] (81), Marietta, Washington County, Ohio
• Astrid Helga Eggebrecht (79), Statshospitalet Middelfart
• Christina Gerritdina Kruisdijk Bonhof (56)
• Edith Emma Wheals (88), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

• 1967 » Glenn Thomas Jacobs, American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician
• 1967 » Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress and singer-songwriter
• 1967 » Toomas Tõniste, Estonian sailor and politician
• 1970 » Dean Austin, English footballer and manager
• 1970 » Kristen R. Ghodsee, American ethnographer and academic
• 1970 » Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States
• 1970 » Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1971 » Jay DeMarcus, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1972 » Jason Bargwanna, Australian racing driver
• 1972 » Kiko, Spanish footballer

• 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
• 1968 » John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Richard
6. Hendrik
7. Cornelis
8. Edwin
9. Mark
10. Michael
11. Marcel
12. David
13. Pieter
14. Willem
15. Patrick
16. Ronald

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

• 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 17 » Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
• May 15 » People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
• July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
• November 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
• December 1 » Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.

The temperature on April 26, 1969 was between 7.1 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.