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• Willem Verhage, Middelburg, Zeeland, NL († 2014)
• Wim Verhage, Vrouwenpolder, 4354, Nederland († 2014)
• charif bouyaziden, Zeist
• Saskia Visser, Rotterdam († 2016)
• Minou Hendrikx, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hermanus Courbois, Epe, Ned

• Bouke Tjeerts Mulder (87), Beekbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Baukje Sjoerds van der Meer (88), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthony Carel Evers (78), Vledder,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alexander JAMBON (88), Ekeren, Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Aart Christiaan Johannes van Bemmel (68)
• Anna Hedwig Haberland (58), Halle an der Saale, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• "Eva" Jenny Clara Amalie von Wedel-Jarlsberg (79), Tegernsee, Allemagne
• Andries van der Werf (55), Zuidbarge, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Susanna Laarman (82), Amsterdam
• Anna HONKOOP (70), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1969 » Kristin Lauter, American mathematician and cryptographer
• 1971 » Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1972 » Édson Ribeiro, Brazilian sprinter
• 1972 » Indrek Allmann, Estonian architect
• 1972 » Janae Marie Kroczaleski, American powerlifter
• 1973 » Corey Taylor, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
• 1974 » Cristian Castro, Mexican singer
• 1974 » Nick Zinner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1974 » Tony Simmons, American football player and coach
• 1975 » Kevin Harvick, American race car driver

• 1963 » Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Eleni Ourani, Greek poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)
• 1978 » Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)
• 1980 » John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1982 » André Kamperveen, Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1982 » Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)

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 25 » Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
• 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.
• August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
• September 6 » Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
• November 21 » Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
• December 18 » Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.

The temperature on December 8, 1972 was between 2.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.