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• Jason Leonard van de Kuijt, Hamilton, ON (CA) († 2001)
• Anna H.H.M. Teeuwen, Weerselo (o) († 2009)
• Annemarie Elisabeth Janine van Wengerden († 1972)
• Johanna Hendrica Maria van den Udenhout, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Miranda Aleida Kok, Amersfoort († 2010)
• John de Mol, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Nati morto, Itapeva, São Paulo, Brasil († 1972)

• Antionius van Erp (88)
• Antonius van Erp (88), Oss
• Augusta Maria RAES (74), Rochester,New York,U.S.A.
• Catharinus de Joode (62), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Bridges (92), Rutherford County, North Carolina
• Anna Helena Rozeman (49), Dedemsvaart
• Maria Welborn (37), Heemkerk
• Adelaide May Wiggill (95), Vereeniging
• Arend Marten Castelein (91), Sneek
• Adrianus Timmers (67), Veghel

• 1970 » Dominic Purcell, English-born Irish-Australian actor and producer
• 1971 » Denise Richards, American model and actress
• 1972 » Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
• 1972 » Lars Göran Petrov, Swedish singer and drummer
• 1972 » Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
• 1972 » Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1972 » Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model and businesswoman
• 1973 » Goran Bunjevčević, Serbian FR Yugoslavia international footballer, defender († 2018)
• 1973 » Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player
• 1974 » Kaoru, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer

• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)
• 1970 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1972 » Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922)
• 1979 » William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922)
• 1982 » Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (b. 1917)

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.
• March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
• May 13 » The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
• August 16 » In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
• October 29 » The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
• 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.
• December 13 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.

The temperature on February 17, 1972 was between 3.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.