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• Alexander van Liechtenstein, Basel
• Patrick Vledder, Lemmer († 2012)
• Mike Kleijer, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Wolfgang René Hötzl, Graz
• Roger Donders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Rubert Boeldak

• Antoinetta Louisa de Paus (85), Haarlem
• Edith VanderMeer (86), Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana, United States
• Cornelis Antonius Schoenmakers (75), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Mayer (64), Weidling
• Cornelia Constance van Ommen (51), Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Marie Beemsterboer (71), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Ariana Ardina Anna Hebbing (90), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Adriana van der Mark (96), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Archie Delos CARPENTER (63)
• Cornelius Antonius Josephus HAANS (63), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1970 » K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer
• 1970 » Nia Zulkarnaen, Indonesian actress, singer and producer
• 1970 » Regina Narva, Estonian chess player
• 1970 » Stuart Cable, Welsh drummer († 2010)
• 1971 » Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator
• 1971 » Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1973 » Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
• 1974 » Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster

• 1958 » Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1958 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)
• 1958 » Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)
• 1969 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
• 1984 » John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)

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.
• January 8 » Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
• February 18 » The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
• February 29 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
• June 16 » The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
• November 21 » Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
• November 30 » Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.

The temperature on May 19, 1972 was between 3.4 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.