About the day » Thursday April 15, 2004Calender converter

• Jesley Esbach († 2004)
• Albertha Post († 2004)

• Charlotte Mary Stickelmeyer (66), Stevens County, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Anton Gerrit Josef Maria Dreesmann (69), 's-Hertogenbosch, N-Br, NL
• Aaldert Johannes de Weijer (81), Bennekom, 6721, Nederland
• CLAYTON HILLIS BOWMAN (82), TOPEKA, SHAWNEE, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Albertha Post (0)
• Anna Sels (92), Hillegom
• Annie Heerkens (87), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Beerd Knikker (79), Oosterwolde, Nederland
• Cornelia Broertjes, Hoorn
• Carmen Sylvia Lont (74), Den Helder

• 1989 » Darren Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Emma Watson, English actress
• 1991 » Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor
• 1991 » Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
• 1992 » Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player
• 1994 » Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player
• 1994 » Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
• 1995 » Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer
• 1999 » Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player
• 2001 » Shanti Dope, Filipino rapper

• 1999 » Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (b. 1944)
• 2000 » Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 2002 » Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922)
• 2004 » Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (b. 1934)
• 2007 » Brant Parker, American illustrator (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (b. 1921)
• 2009 » Clement Freud, German-English journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1924)
• 2009 » László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1907)

1. Samuel
2. Thomas
3. Sam
4. Lucas
5. Sem
6. Jelle
7. Daan
8. Lars
9. Claus-casimir
10. Tim
11. Niels
12. Thijs
13. Noah
14. Max
15. Johannes
16. Rick

1. Amber
2. Sanne
3. Anna
4. Emma
5. Isa
6. Lotte
7. Anne
8. Iris
9. Lisa
10. Chiara
11. Femke
12. Ameila
13. Julia
14. Noa
15. Charlotte
16. Anouk

• 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• January 21 » NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
• May 29 » The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
• July 4 » Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
• October 4 » SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
• November 7 » Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
• December 20 » A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.

The temperature on April 15, 2004 was between 2.5 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.