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• Saskia Sytema, Wergea, Friesland, Nederland († 1972)
• overleden voor geboorte, Deventer
• Josina Anna Martina van Buul, Eindhoven
• NN ten Kleij, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Tim Lintermans, Lier
• Verena Stroink, Bremen
• Ingrid van der Vinne († 1989)
• Fransiska (Siska) Jusuf, Jakarta († 2011)

• Arie van Duijvenvoorde (93), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arentje Jannetje Grootenboer (67), Ouddorp
• Anna VAN GESTEL (62)
• Anna Gertrud HELLMANN (86)
• De Wit (83), Den Ham, Aduard, Groningen, NL
• Arendje Jannetje Grootenboer (67), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Frederika Maria Timp (89), Utrecht Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie Pietersz Duijvenvoorde van (93), Leiden
• Arie van Duijvenvoorde (93), Leiden
• Anton de Vries (64), Amsterdam

• 1966 » Romário, Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician
• 1967 » Stacey King, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1968 » Edward Burns, American actor, director, and producer
• 1968 » Susi Erdmann, German luger and bobsledder
• 1970 » Heather Graham, American actress
• 1970 » Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
• 1970 » Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian Islamist leader, founded Boko Haram († 2009)
• 1970 » Paul Ryan, American economist and politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1970 » Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician
• 1975 » Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host

• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
• 1970 » B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
• 1978 » Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (b. 1895)
• 1980 » Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893)

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 30 » The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
• May 4 » The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
• August 3 » The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
• October 11 » A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.
• November 23 » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.

The temperature on January 29, 1972 was between -7.4 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.