About the day » Saturday January 8, 1972Calender converter

• Rudy Jacob Sprangers, Turnhout, België († 1992)
• Leslie Gwen Todd ****, Butler, Choctaw, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1972)
• Marcus H.J. Wullems, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Nancy van der Steen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Schuurmans (88), Rosmalen
• Caroline Clementine Becker (87), Arnsberg
• Anna Eleonora Rädecker (87), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Arnoldus Blaauwwykel (89), Haren
• Antonius Jacobus Zwaans (67)
• Allan Edward Jones (71)
• arie van KERKHOF (63), haaften
• Annie GIBBS (75), New Zealand
• Arie van Kerkhof (63)
• Anje Blaauwijkel (89), Haren

• 1967 » Torsten Gowitzke, German footballer and manager
• 1971 » Jason Giambi, American baseball player
• 1971 » Jesper Jansson, Swedish footballer
• 1971 » Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer and coach
• 1972 » Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer
• 1972 » Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1973 » Mike Cameron, American baseball player
• 1975 » Harris Jayaraj, Indian composer and producer
• 1976 » Carl Pavano, American baseball player
• 1976 » Kenneth Andam, Ghanaian sprinter and businessman

• 1963 » Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Albert Hill, English runner and coach (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Elmar Kaljot, Estonian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Georges Guibourg, French actor, singer, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Kenneth Patchen, American poet and author (b. 1911)
• 1975 » Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Robert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 1979 » Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter and harp player (b. 1898)
• 1980 » John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (b. 1907)

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.
• February 22 » The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.
• March 2 » The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
• April 6 » Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
• June 23 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
• December 23 » A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.

The temperature on January 8, 1972 was between -1.4 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.