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• Evert Meulie, Heemskerk, North Holland, Netherlands
• Joachim Stroink, Montreal, Canada
• Clemens Hermanus Bernardus Busscher († 1972)
• Claudia Verdouw
• van Heck, Beneden-Leeuwen
• Margaretha Neeltje Mons, Rhenen († 2016)
• Vincent Croonen, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1972)

• Anje Bosscher (68), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria (Cox) de Savornin Lohman (18), Leiden, Nederland
• Anje BOSSCHER (68), Zuidbroek Groningen Netherlands
• Berend Jan Post (82), Amsterdam
• Baron. Frederik Willem Anthonie van Haersolte Van Haerst (68), Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'azur, Frankrijk
• Arnoldus Luijendijk (61), Krimpen aan den Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arie van den Broek (80), Arnhem
• Albertje Wolters (79), Olst
• Cornelia Ida Maria VAN DER VOOREN (25), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomea Borg

• 1971 » Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire
• 1971 » Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Chipper Jones, American baseball player
• 1972 » Jure Košir, Slovenian skier and singer
• 1972 » Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
• 1973 » Brian Marshall, American bass player and songwriter
• 1973 » Damon Lindelof, American screenwriter and producer
• 1973 » Eric Snow, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 » Gabby Logan, English gymnast, television and radio host
• 1973 » Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer

• 1965 » Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)
• 1967 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
• 1970 » Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 1976 » Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (b. 1890)

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.
• January 4 » Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
• March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
• April 10 » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
• April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
• 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.
• December 18 » Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.

The temperature on April 24, 1972 was between 1.9 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.