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• Johan Buijs, Edam Volendam († 2023)
• Karen Lynn (Karen) Peetsma, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Bastiaan Gerard Suters, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland

• Abigaël Slabber (76), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Abigael Slabber (76), Westkapelle
• Bartele Swierstra (78)
• Barend Jan Gerrit van 't Land (0), Wageningen, Gld, NL
• Alexander Garfield Todd (90), Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
• Antonius Polak (69), Haarlem, Nederland
• Amelia Craner (80)
• Aleida Jacoba Willemsen (75), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Maria Jozef Vermeulen (58)
• Antoon van Dijk (72), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1970 » Lee Abramson, American bass player and composer († 2016)
• 1970 » Louise Lombard, English actress
• 1970 » Martín Herrera, Argentinian footballer
• 1971 » Ben Alexander, Australian rugby league player († 1992)
• 1971 » Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player and coach
• 1971 » Manabu Namiki, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1971 » Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
• 1973 » Carlo Nash, English footballer and photographer
• 1973 » Christine Arron, French runner
• 1973 » Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager

• 1967 » Leonard Lord, English businessman (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded Saudi Binladin Group (b. 1903)
• 1967 » Robert George, English air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian poet and philosopher (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
• 1977 » Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882)

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.
• May 30 » In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
• May 30 » The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
• August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
• September 4 » The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2018, it is the longest running game show on American television.
• 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 September 13, 1972 was between 9.9 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.