About the day » Tuesday May 2, 1972Calender converter

• Antonius Jacobus Johannes Sven Amende († 2012)
• Michel Latour, Blankenberge († 1972)
• susanne a.p. bruijnen, helden-beringe
• Bianca Silvia Violetta Schriever, Ermelo († 1973)

• Anna Maria Debora Kiel (66), Axel
• Adrianus Cornelis Snoeren (71), Gemeente Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Vonk (56), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abel Sheely Ramirez (30), United States of America
• Antonius Hubertus Dolmans (51), Meerssen
• Adèle Mossel (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kooistra (77)
• Alphonsius Franciscus Uijtdewilligen (71), Essen, Antwerpen, België
• Adrianus Cornelis Snoeren (71), Tilburg
• Alfons UYTDEWILLIGEN (71), Essen, Antwerpen, België

• 1970 » Marco Walker, Swiss footballer and coach
• 1971 » Fatima Yusuf, Nigerian sprinter
• 1971 » Musashimaru Kōyō, Samoan-American sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna
• 1972 » Ahti Heinla, Estonian programmer and businessman, co-developed Skype
• 1972 » Dwayne Johnson, American-Canadian wrestler, actor, and producer
• 1972 » Paul Adcock, English footballer
• 1973 » Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director and screenwriter
• 1974 » Andy Johnson, English-Welsh footballer
• 1974 » Horacio Carbonari, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1974 » Janek Meet, Estonian footballer

• 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
• 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
• 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
• 1977 » Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922)
• 1979 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1980 » George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)

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.
• March 30 » Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
• April 2 » Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
• May 15 » In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become president.
• June 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
• August 22 » Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
• 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 May 2, 1972 was between 9.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.