About the day » Thursday April 2, 2009Calender converter

• Emma Louise EAVENSON (94), Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
• Eddie Jacob Dangerfield (89), Summerville, Dorchester, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Aart Pater (70), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gerardus Petrus Maria Wolthuis (65), Hengelo
• David John Fleming (46), unbekannt
• Annie Johanna Geertruida Maria Bolk (68), Doetinchem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• André Vloemans (86), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gary Dean Lile (61), Osceola, St Clair County, Missouri
• Corrie Blijsie (77), Assen
• Frans Ulrich Johan Clemens Christoph Anthonie Bonaventura Maria Vorst Kinsky van Vchinitz-Tettau (72), Buenos Aires, Argentinië

• 1986 » Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Marc Pugh, English footballer
• 1987 » Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
• 1988 » Jesse Plemons, American actor
• 1990 » Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
• 1990 » Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
• 1991 » Quavo, American rapper
• 1993 » Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
• 1997 » Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer
• 1997 » Dillon Bassett, American race car driver

• 2006 » Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (b. 1910)
• 2008 » Yakup Satar, Turkish World War I veteran(b. 1898)
• 2009 » Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (b. 1911)
• 2009 » Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1926)
• 2010 » Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)
• 2011 » John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)
• 2012 » Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2012 » Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (b. 1959)
• 2012 » Mauricio Lasansky, American graphic designer and academic (b. 1914)

• 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.
• June 1 » General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
• June 8 » Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
• June 12 » A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
• August 10 » Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
• November 5 » U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
• December 17 » MVDanny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.

The temperature on April 2, 2009 was between 5.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.