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• Marco van den Hoven († 2016)
• Craig William SIEPMAN

• Adriana van Rijn (87), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Koster (62), Rotterdam
• Evert Jochemsen (86)
• Arend Francois Cornelis Phaff (81), Breda
• Cornelis Reindert Kruk (79), Den Helder
• ARIE KOSTER (62), ROTTERDAM
• Antonius Theodorus (Theo) Kesseler (69), Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Dreijer (76), Dörpen-Haar
• Emiel Joseph Vancalbergh (76), Jackson,Jackson County, Michigan (USA)
• Elisabeth Cornelia van Weerelt (76), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1969 » Mark Crossley, English-Welsh footballer and manager
• 1969 » Shami Chakrabarti, English lawyer and academic
• 1970 » Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
• 1970 » Cobi Jones, American soccer player and manager
• 1970 » Phil Mickelson, American golfer
• 1970 » Younus AlGohar, Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International
• 1971 » Tupac Shakur, American rapper and producer († 1996)
• 1972 » Kiko Loureiro, Brazilian guitarist
• 1973 » Eddie Cibrian, American actor
• 1974 » Glenicia James, Saint Lucian cricketer

• 1967 » Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
• 1970 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)
• 1971 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b. 1889)
• 1974 » Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912)
• 1979 » Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ghanaian general and politician, 6th Head of state of Ghana (b. 1931)
• 1979 » Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1896)

1. Jan
2. Richard
3. Johannes
4. Marco
5. Peter
6. Jeroen
7. Robert
8. Michael
9. Patrick
10. Ronald
11. Pieter
12. Hendrik
13. Marcel
14. Michel
15. Johan
16. David

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Saskia
7. Miranda
8. Elisabeth
9. Bianca
10. Patricia
11. Wendy
12. Ingrid
13. Jennifer
14. Nicole
15. Karin
16. Anna

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
• March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
• May 13 » Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
• May 30 » The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
• July 19 » Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
• November 21 » Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
• December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.

The temperature on June 16, 1972 was between 8.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.