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Born on Monday April 2, 1990
Died on Monday April 2, 1990

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 2, 1990 at Delpher


Born on April 2

Died on April 2
  • 1987 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
  • 1989 » Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
  • 1992 » Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (b. 1909)
  • 1992 » Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)
  • 1994 » Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916)
  • 1994 » Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist (b. 1908)
  • 1995 » Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
  • 1997 » Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)
  • 1998 » Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
  • 2001 » Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)

Names that were popular for boys in 1990
  1. Thomas
  2. Jan
  3. Michael
  4. Johannes
  5. Mark
  6. Kevin
  7. Tim
  8. Jeroen
  9. Dennis
  10. Nick
  11. Rick
  12. Alexander
  13. Robin
  14. Bas
  15. Robert
  16. Wouter
Names that were popular for girls in 1990
  1. Laura
  2. Anne
  3. Anna
  4. Linda
  5. Maria
  6. Jessica
  7. Charlotte
  8. Samantha
  9. Sanne
  10. Sarah
  11. Chantal
  12. Johanna
  13. Stephanie
  14. Kim
  15. Michelle
  16. Daniëlle

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1990
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • April 16 » "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
  • April 25 » Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
  • May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
  • June 20 » The 7.4 Mw  Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
  • June 22 » Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
  • October 2 » Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
Weather April 2, 1990

The temperature on April 2, 1990 was between 7.7 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.

Source: KNMI