About the day » Monday April 15, 1974Calender converter

• Henk Haitel († 1996)
• Albertine KES, Marken († 1974)
• Aaltje Elisabeth Dijkstra, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Troy Damian Hoffs, Southport, Australië († 1988)

• Antje Eelman (74)
• Barend DE WILDE (67)
• Alma Leif Peterson (78), Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States of America
• Adrianus Franciscus van Hest (86), Tilburg, Nederland
• Arthur Gustavius Click (92), Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Francisca Doorakkers (69)
• Antje Neeltje van der Wal (93), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aaron William Greer (85), Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, United States
• Aubrey Vaughan Croeser (77), Hermanus, Cape Province, South Africa
• Adrianus van der Meijde (63), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1972 » Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer († 2009)
• 1972 » Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
• 1974 » Danny Pino, American actor and screenwriter
• 1974 » Douglas Spain, American actor, director, and producer
• 1974 » Kim Min-kyo, South Korean actor and director
• 1974 » Mike Quinn, American football player
• 1974 » Tim Thomas, American ice hockey player
• 1975 » Sarah Teichmann, German-American biophysicist and immunologist
• 1976 » Darius Regelskis, Lithuanian footballer
• 1976 » Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
• 1967 » Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)
• 1971 » Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)
• 1979 » David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1912)
• 1980 » Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (b. 1904)
• 1982 » Arthur Lowe, English actor (b. 1915)
• 1984 » Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Johannes
4. Peter
5. Jeroen
6. Michael
7. Patrick
8. Richard
9. David
10. Robert
11. Marcel
12. Marco
13. Pieter
14. Dennis
15. Johan
16. Edwin

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Monique
4. Patricia
5. Johanna
6. Cindy
7. Esther
8. Bianca
9. Wendy
10. Ingrid
11. Anna
12. Jolanda
13. Nicole
14. Linda
15. Miranda
16. Saskia

• 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
• May 15 » Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
• May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
• September 11 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
• October 5 » Bombs planted by the PIRA kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
• November 23 » Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.
• December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

The temperature on April 15, 1974 was between 1.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.