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• Scott Daniel Marron
• Mildred Kalkman, Groningen († 1972)
• Wayne Henry van Roekel, Pella, Marion County, Iowa († 1972)
• Diana Jolanda Woltman, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Alfredo Cuellar, Brownsville, Texas († 1972)

• Antje Sportel (65), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• August BAERT (86), Ardooie
• Anna Elsabé Rink (78), Bussum
• Adrianus van Erp (90), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje van Loenen (93), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes van der Sanden (61), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriaan Johannes Ketting (63), Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barbertje (Barry) BAKKER (56), Apeldoorn Gelderland Netherlands
• Aartje van Loenen (93), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Fokker (54), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1969 » Andrew Micallef, Maltese painter and musician
• 1971 » Anita Tsoy, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1972 » Robyn Lively, American actress
• 1973 » Juwan Howard, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 » J Dilla, American rapper and producer († 2006)
• 1974 » Nujabes, Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger († 2010)
• 1974 » Steve Nash, South African-Canadian basketball player
• 1975 » Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 » Rémi Gaillard, French comedian and actor
• 1975 » Wes Borland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1959 » Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1960 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
• 1964 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (b. 1923)

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. Wendy
11. Patricia
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 28 » China–United States relations: The United States and China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
• March 3 » Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
• March 30 » Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
• May 2 » In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.
• July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
• September 4 » Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.

The temperature on February 7, 1972 was between 4.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 11.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.