About the day » Sunday March 12, 1972Calender converter

• Tanja Andrea Van der Veeke, Delft († 2006)
• André Sander Welling, Hilversum († 2014)
• Hans Dreijer, Arnhem († 2003)
• Gabrielle Margaretha Adriana Geerts, Dordrecht, Nederland († 1972)
• Gabrielle Margaretha Adriana GEERTS, Dordrecht (NL) († 1972)

• Catharina Johanna Elisabeth Schaapsmeerders (46), Uden
• Cornelia Maria van Vulpen (67), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Adrianus Schutte (78), Amsterdam
• Cornelia BerCkel (144), Bleiswijk
• Antonius Nicolaas Uiterwijk (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Fledderus (77), Hoogeveen
• Antonius Dionijsius Joannes Rijnen (55), Tilburg
• Arie Cornelis Rozendaal (44), Zwijndrecht
• Anna Catharina Ham (81), Bussum
• "Feodora" Karola Charlotte Marie Adelheid Auguste Mathilde von Sachsen-Meiningen (81), Freiburg im Breisgau, Allemagne

• 1970 » Dave Eggers, American author and screenwriter
• 1970 » Karen Bradley, British politician
• 1970 » Mathias Grönberg, Swedish golfer
• 1970 » Rex Walters, American basketball player and coach
• 1971 » Dragutin Topić, Serbian high jumper
• 1971 » Isaiah Rider, American basketball player and rapper
• 1972 » Doron Sheffer, Israeli basketball player
• 1974 » Charles Akonnor, former Ghanaian footballer
• 1974 » Steve Price, Australian rugby league player
• 1974 » Walid Badir, former Israeli footballer

• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
• 1971 » Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)
• 1973 » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1974 » George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1989 » Maurice Evans, English-American actor (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)

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. David
16. Johan

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 30 » Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
• March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
• April 10 » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
• July 8 » Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
• September 21 » Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
• October 11 » A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.

The temperature on March 12, 1972 was between -4.1 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.