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• Marti Bastiana van Dijk († 1990)
• Maarten Soeteman, Delft, NL
• Annemarieke Louise Noordhoff, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Saskia François Mariette Van Oudendijck, Lier († 1973)

• Arie Cornelis Adrianus Remmerswaal (75), IJmuiden
• Barend Huisman (87), Amsterdam
• Catharinus Marinus Schoewert (91), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Fedde Popkes van der Werf (77), Franeker
• Engelina Velthuis (69)
• Anna Petronilla van Schilt (80), Bergen op Zoom
• Dries Hollander (75), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Fedde Popkes VAN DER WERF (77), Franeker (Franekeradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Denis van den Hout (42), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Baukje Visser (94), Grijpskerk

• 1970 » Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 » Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
• 1970 » Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and singer
• 1971 » Christian Pescatori, Italian race car driver
• 1971 » Emily Mortimer, English actress
• 1971 » John Schlimm, American author and educator
• 1971 » Mika Pohjola, Finnish-American pianist and composer
• 1972 » Bart Millard, American singer-songwriter
• 1972 » Stanton Barrett, American race car driver and stuntman
• 1973 » Steve Gibb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1964 » Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
• 1964 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
• 1973 » David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
• 1975 » Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
• 1975 » Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
• 1981 » Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 1984 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)

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.
• January 11 » East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
• March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
• June 17 » Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process.
• June 29 » The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
• September 5 » Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
• September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.

The temperature on December 1, 1972 was between 4.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.