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• Kirsten van Rijn († 2009)

• Cornelia Catharina van der Kruijk (95), Poeldijk
• Antonie Cornelis Timmermans (84), Aalburg
• Elisabeth Jansen (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Anna Kanters (88), Breda
• Anthonius Clemens Storm (76), Delft
• Berdelia Maria terSteeg (89), Buffalo, Wright County, Minnesota, VS
• Christina (Tineke) Theresia Maria Werkhoven (60)
• Eunice Marie Wesley [Ob] (76), Science Hill, Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Arthur Rayman Freese (89), Waverly, Iowa
• Anna Maria Huberdina Peters (85), Amsterdam

• 1989 » Cally-Jo, English fine artist and tattoo artist
• 1989 » Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014
• 1990 » Abby Mavers, English actress
• 1990 » Luhan, Chinese singer and actor
• 1992 » Kristian Álvarez, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Marko Meerits, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Damian McKenzie, New Zealand rugby union player
• 1995 » Jean Marie Dongou, Cameroonian footballer
• 1997 » Alexander "Sascha" Zverev, German tennis player
• 1998 » Zachary Claman DeMelo, Canadian racing driver

• 2004 » Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (b. 1956)
• 2005 » Fumio Niwa, Japanese journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 2007 » Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
• 2008 » Monica Lovinescu, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (b. 1912)
• 2011 » Tim Hetherington, English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)
• 2012 » Bert Weedon, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)
• 2014 » Mithat Bayrak, Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1929)
• 2014 » Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (b. 1937)

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

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

• 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.
• January 26 » Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
• June 1 » Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
• June 5 » After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
• June 12 » A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
• June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
• December 3 » A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.

The temperature on April 20, 2009 was between 3.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.