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• Sergius Johannes Adrianus Maria van Eijck, Breda († 1972)
• Myrna van Dissel, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1998)
• Mariska van Beelen († 2011)
• Jacobus Johannes Weijers, Haalderen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ludovica Agatha Maria Apeldoorn, Egmond aan Zee († 2015)
• sonja j.m. (sonja) verlinden, helden-panningen

• Adrianus Martinus Cornelis Schenkels (66), Den Haag
• Alfredo Cuellar (0), Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Jacob Kiel (83), Hoek Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis van Rooij (71), Goirle
• Anna Bos (85), Den Helder
• Anne Epkes Talsma (82), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Klonen (83), Heerlen
• Albertus Gerardus Antonius Schiphorst (84), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Heesch (70), Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Versteeg (70), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1970 » Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
• 1970 » Neil Sullivan, English born Scottish international footballer, goalkeeper and coach
• 1971 » Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Josh Bernstein, American anthropologist, explorer, and author
• 1971 » Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
• 1972 » Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 » Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
• 1973 » Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
• 1973 » Chris Fehn, American drummer
• 1973 » Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach

• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 » Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1986 » Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)

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. David
16. Johan

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.
• April 16 » Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• May 6 » Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
• June 23 » Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.
• July 23 » The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
• August 14 » An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany, due to an in-flight fire, killing 156.
• September 24 » Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.

The temperature on February 24, 1972 was between 0.1 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.