About the day » Thursday December 21, 1972Calender converter

• Alwin Stoffers, Emmen († 2002)
• Marijke-Tietje Thomasdr. Ligthart, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1974)
• Onno Evert Kjeld Flach, Rotterdam
• Lori Ann Hinshaw, Springfield, OH
• Johan van Scherrenburg, Ede († 1993)

• Bouke Wessels Witteveen (84), Grootegast
• Albert Bouma (89), Groningen, Huize Patrimonium
• Agnes Lise Nolten (91), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Blanche Joséphine Elisabeth Léontine BOUTIN (79), Chemillé, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Clara M. Blackburn (84), Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
• Arend Leendert Bekink (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Constant SENGERS (85), Bladel, 3338, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia anna Maria Chrysosthoma De Wit (90), Oudenbosch(Nederland)
• Borghild Beate Løkstad (73), Lavangen, Troms, Norge
• Adrianus Carolus van Greunsven (78), Heeze

• 1967 » Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
• 1967 » Terry Mills, American basketball player and coach
• 1969 » Julie Delpy, French model, actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1969 » Mihails Zemļinskis, Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1971 » Matthieu Chedid, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Indian Politician, 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• 1973 » Irakli Alasania, Georgian colonel and politician, Georgian Minister of Defense
• 1973 » Matías Almeyda, Argentine footballer and manager
• 1974 » Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
• 1975 » Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina

• 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919)

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 8 » Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
• January 26 » JAT Fight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.
• April 16 » Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• May 4 » The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
• 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.
• December 8 » United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.

The temperature on December 21, 1972 was between -4.2 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.