About the day » Tuesday April 21, 2009Calender converter

• Jeroen Hendrik Maurits Chorus, Londen,SW1A 1AA,Greater London,Engeland,Verenigd Koninkrijk

• Edward P. Westra (89), Markesan, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Berendina Krüs (79), 'sGravenhage
• Bert de Kleijn (48), Niftrik, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dorothy Clark (85), Jensen Beach, Martin, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Dina Cornelia Geertuida Schaberg (87), Poortugaal
• Dennis Edward Katzer (65)
• Anna Hubertina Luijten (89), Sittard (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Camillus Wilhelmus (Wim) de Maat (83), Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Consuela Louise Cecilia Johanna Therese Ghislaine Meeûs d'Argenteuil (84), Kampenhout, Brabant, Vlaanderen
• Anna Hubertina Luijten (88), Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1988 » Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1988 » Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Ricky Berens, American swimmer
• 1989 » Carlos Muñoz, Chilean footballer
• 1989 » Tatyana McFadden, Russian-American sprinter and skier
• 1990 » Aleksandar Prijović, Swiss-born Serbian footballer
• 1992 » Isco, Spanish footballer
• 1992 » Joc Pederson, American baseball player
• 1992 » Rene Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 » Mitchell Weiser, German footballer

• 2006 » Johnny Checketts, New Zealand commander and pilot (b. 1912)
• 2006 » T. K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922)
• 2006 » Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1941)
• 2009 » Vivian Maier, American photographer (b. 1926)
• 2010 » Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 2010 » Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1920)
• 2010 » Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (b. 1930)
• 2011 » Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Doris Betts, American author and academic (b. 1932)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Lucas
3. Thijs
4. Jesse
5. Daan
6. Ruben
7. Thomas
8. Levi
9. Tobias
10. Jan
11. Tim
12. Lars
13. Luuk
14. Mitchel
15. Jayden
16. Sem

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Eva
8. Noor
9. Anne
10. Sanne
11. Charlotte
12. Lisa
13. Isa
14. Delphine
15. Evi
16. Lotte

• 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• February 10 » The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
• March 12 » Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
• April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
• June 28 » Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
• November 10 » Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
• December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.

The temperature on April 21, 2009 was between 5.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.