About the day » Monday April 19, 1976Calender converter

• Paula Mary Sharpe, Dublin, Ireland († 2007)
• Elisabeth Francisca Boogers, Gilze
• Levenloos Kraaij, Apeldoorn († 1976)

• Arnold Herman Ebbers (74), Apeldoorn
• Charles James Woodward (68), Bendigo,Victoria, Australia
• Adrianus Johannes Anthonius van der Voort (83), 's-Gravenhage
• Bertha Augusta van Aerde (77), Sluiskil, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aagje Tijl (78), Nieuwe Tonge
• Bregje van der Nol (85), 's Gravenzande
• Derkje Siegers (87), Nieuw Roden
• Augustinus Antonius Muësen (82), Meerle (België)
• Bernardus Johannes Tersteeg (67), Doesburg
• Aafke Van der Molen (64), Lutjegast, Grootegast,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1975 » Jason Gillespie, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1975 » Jussi Jääskeläinen, Finnish footballer
• 1976 » Kim Young-oh, South Korean author and illustrator
• 1976 » Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist
• 1976 » Scott Padgett, American basketball player, coach, and radio host
• 1977 » Anju Bobby George, Indian long jumper
• 1977 » Dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player
• 1977 » Joe Beimel, American baseball player
• 1977 » Jonny Storm, English wrestler and trainer
• 1977 » Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer

• 1960 » Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Max Hainle, German swimmer (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Konrad Adenauer, German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Hugh Brannum, American vocalist, arranger, and composer (b. 1910)
• 1989 » Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Frankie Howerd, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1993 » David Koresh, American religious leader (b. 1959)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Robert
10. Michael
11. Dennis
12. Hendrik
13. Pieter
14. Richard
15. Bart
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Jennifer
11. Saskia
12. Bianca
13. Cindy
14. Judith
15. Tamara
16. Patricia

• 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 13.7 million citizens.
• January 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
• February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
• April 7 » Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death.
• June 16 » Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
• June 27 » Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
• July 18 » Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

The temperature on April 19, 1976 was between 6.4 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.