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April 22, 1996Born on Tuesday April 23, 1996
Died on Tuesday April 23, 1996
- Andries Hendrik MOERKERKEN (86), Rotterdam, Nederland
- Adrianus (Arie) Hendrikus Andreas van Nierop (66), Leidschendam, Nederland
- Albert van der Weij (82), Dronten, Flevoland, Nederland
- Catharina Maria de Graaf (79), 't Veld
- Charles Edward Keaghy (58)
- August Wilhelm Antonius Jansen (67), Tietjerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Caroline Elisabeth Petronella Martine van VUGT (88), Eindhoven
- Christina Sonneveld (89), Den Haag, Nederland
- Antje Boven (88)
- Cornelia IJpelaan (80), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Born on April 23
- 1989 » Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
- 1990 » Dev Patel, English actor
- 1990 » Rui Fonte, Portuguese footballer, winger
- 1991 » Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter
- 1991 » Nathan Baker, English footballer
- 1991 » Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player
- 1994 » Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer
- 1994 » Song Kang, South Korean actor
- 1995 » Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality
- 1997 » Zach Apple, American swimmer
Died on April 23
- 1995 » Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)
- 1995 » Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)
- 1995 » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)
- 1995 » Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (b. 1904)
- 1996 » Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
- 1996 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (b. 1899)
- 1997 » Denis Compton, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1918)
- 1998 » James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1928)
- 1998 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)
- 1998 » Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and lyra player (b. 1920)
Names that were popular for boys in 1996
- Pieter
- Thomas
- Jan
- Kevin
- Tim
- Niels
- Robin
- Michael
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Rick
- Jasper
- Mike
- Hendrik
- Max
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1996
- Laura
- Lisa
- Anna
- Jessica
- Kim
- Emma
- Lotte
- Iris
- Charlotte
- Anne
- Sarah
- Amber
- Julia
- Sanne
- Naomi
- Maria
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1996
- 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
- February 13 » The Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the Kingdom of Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).
- February 17 » In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
- August 6 » NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
- October 2 » Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
- November 12 » A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.
- December 30 » Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
Weather April 23, 1996
The temperature on April 23, 1996 was between 9.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.