About the day » Tuesday December 12, 1972Calender converter

• Hendrina Francisca Adriana Edelbroek, Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johannis Gerrit Jan Milhous

• Allegonda Wilhelmina BRAEKEN (76), Essen (Dld)
• Charles Gaston BOUCHY (80), Landres (54), France
• Catharina Maria Anna (Toos) Pero (45), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Albert Mousie (64), Bussum, Nederland
• Camiel Jozef Van Belle (67), Brugge
• Arie van Duijvenvoorde (16), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Van Goethem (30), Geel,, Antwerpen, België
• Antonio das Neves (84), Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Aafje Post (68), Urk
• Antoon van de Ven (71), Eerde,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1970 » Tahir Bilgic, Turkish-Australian comedian and actor
• 1971 » David Sarnoff, Belarusian-American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Sammy Korir, Kenyan runner
• 1971 » Yechezkel Kutscher, Israeli philologist and linguist (b. 1909)
• 1972 » Craig Field, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 » Georgios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter
• 1972 » Hank Williams III, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Nicky Eaden, English footballer and coach
• 1972 » Wilson Kipketer, Kenyan-Danish runner
• 1973 » Tony Hsieh, American businessman, founded LinkExchange

• 1964 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1966 » Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1970 » Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)
• 1970 » George Terwilliger, American director and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1971 » David Sarnoff, Belarusian-American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Yechezkel Kutscher, Israeli philologist and linguist (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Richard Baggallay, English colonel and cricketer (b. 1884)
• 1976 » Jack Cassidy, American actor (b. 1927)
• 1978 » Fay Compton, English actress (b. 1894)

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.
• April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
• May 15 » The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
• May 30 » The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
• July 8 » Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
• November 8 » American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches, initially transmitting to 365 Teleservice Cable subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. First operating as a Northeastern U.S.-based regional service, HBO was one of the first cable-originated television channels. HBO's inaugural programming that evening consisted of its first event telecast—an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, and its first movie presentation—the 1971 Paul Newman–Henry Fonda film Sometimes a Great Notion.
• December 26 » Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.

The temperature on December 12, 1972 was between 2.2 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.