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• Twan Wijnen, Maasbree († 1999)
• Teetske Frouke van Gorcum, Eerbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Pieternella Kleine, Wieringermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Wilhelmus Hendrikus (Wilbert) Jaspers, Gennep († 1996)
• Roland Girardet, Paris († 2005)
• Serge van der Weijden, Amsterdam
• Juan Jose RUANO ABAD, Madrid (SP),, France
• Garth Antonio BROMFIELD, Top Hill, St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica († 1980)

• Abraham Calkoen (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Carolina van Westreenen (74), Lienden
• Catharina Hendrika Schoots (66), Zoelen
• Alida Moolenbeek (79), Amersfoort
• Aiko Hazelhof (71), haren
• Arie van Heusden (69), Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aiko Hazelhof (71), Haren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hermans (63), Heerlen
• Alida Maria Jeanette van Beresteyn (78), Zeist,Gemeente Zeist,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Bernardus Werink (82), Hardenberg

• 1969 » Cory Booker, African-American lawyer and politician
• 1969 » Darcey Bussell, English ballerina
• 1971 » Olari Elts, Estonian conductor
• 1972 » Almedin Civa, Bosnian footballer and coach
• 1972 » Nigel Barker, English photographer and author
• 1973 » Duško Adamović, Serbian footballer
• 1973 » Sébastien Lareau, Canadian tennis player
• 1973 » Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish bass player and songwriter
• 1974 » Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player
• 1974 » Richard Johnson, Australian footballer

• 1961 » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1967 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 » René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
• 1970 » Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
• 1973 » Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1988 » Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902)

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 1 » Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• March 22 » In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
• April 6 » Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
• 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 5 » Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
• December 8 » United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.

The temperature on April 27, 1972 was between 2.3 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.