About the day » Wednesday April 21, 1976Calender converter

• Evert van Harten, Ede († 1976)
• Frank KRABBE, Borne, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland († 2001)
• Leendert Thomas Westdijk, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1998)
• Leonora Johanna Maria Overbeek, Hoorn, Nederland

• Arie Moerman (58), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Cornelia Meijer (71), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barend Brunekreef (76), Kootwijkerbroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend Kleef (63), Annen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelius Reynhout (83), Tallmadge, Ottawa, Michigan, United States
• Aert van der Goes (85), Drachten,Gemeente Smallingerland,Friesland,Netherlands
• Albertje Westerling (91), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Annie Naomi Shuey (87), Carroll, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Jacobus Mondria (60), Hollandse Rading
• Anna Maria Louisa Overveld (68), Vlaardingen

• 1974 » David Peachey, Australian rugby league player
• 1974 » Maksim Gruznov, Estonian footballer
• 1974 » Orlando Jordan, American wrestler
• 1975 » Danyon Loader, New Zealand swimmer
• 1976 » Petero Civoniceva, Fijian-Australian rugby league player
• 1976 » Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player
• 1977 » Gyula Koi, Hungarian scholar and educator
• 1977 » Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater
• 1978 » Jacob Burns, Australian footballer
• 1978 » Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer

• 1971 » François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1973 » Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Chic Harley, American football player (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (b.1947)
• 1978 » Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (b. 1877)
• 1980 » Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)
• 1983 » Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor and singer (b. 1902)

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

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 2 » The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
• February 24 » The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
• March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
• May 15 » Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes in Viktorovka, Chernihiv Raion, killing all 52 people on board.
• September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.
• October 13 » The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.

The temperature on April 21, 1976 was between 4.6 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.