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• Elizabeth Magdalena Amsterdam, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Berber Jelles Jelsma, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Edwin van Pelt, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Michel ter Horst, Enschede
• Stefan Vingerhoed, Koersel († 2008)
• Berber Jelsma († 1999)

• Derval Ferreira da Rosa Aquino (56), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Maria Mori (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Byron Cecil Powers (74), Ohio, Kentucky
• Arnolda Maria Mulder (61), Amsterdam
• Evelyn Shoudice (63)
• Adrianus de Nijs (85), Kaatsheuvel
• Geertje Jans VAN DER MEULEN (85), Burgum (Tytsjerksteradiel) Friesland Netherlands
• Dirk Harmen Hoogenhoud (71), Nigtevecht
• Alexander Adrianus Fictoor (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste Erna Müller (74), Neukölln, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

• 1969 » Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
• 1969 » Paulo Jr., Brazilian bass player
• 1969 » Warren Defever, American bass player and producer
• 1972 » Takako Tokiwa, Japanese actress
• 1973 » Leigh Francis, English comedian and actor
• 1974 » Christian Tamminga, Dutch athlete
• 1975 » Johnny Galecki, American actor
• 1976 » Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1976 » Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player
• 1976 » Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter

• 1970 » Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)
• 1974 » Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1980 » Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (b. 1949)
• 1983 » Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (b. 1897)
• 1983 » George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1913)

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.
• February 21 » The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
• April 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
• April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
• September 1 » In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
• 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.
• December 7 » Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.

The temperature on April 30, 1972 was between 8.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.