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• Anne Marie Brouwer, Oak Park, IL
• Alexander Nicolaas Endhoven, Amsterdam († 1977)
• Geske Leann Slottje († 1983)
• Peter de Jong, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• sandra johanna marie (sandra) janssen, venlo
• Rudi van der Vleuten, Sint-Oedenrode († 1972)
• Daniel HAMANN, Langensoultzbach,67360,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE († 1983)
• Kristof Wydooghe, Sint-Niklaas (B), België († 1996)
• Inge Mandeleen Stoeten († 2005)
• Sonja Gerrika Hooijer, Baarn († 1974)

• Abraham Verstraten (47), Fontana, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Jan (Cees) Onvlee (25), Braunschweig (Duitsland)
• Aartje Huisman (84), Staverden, gem. Ermelo
• Allegonda Wilhelmina Jacoba Leijgraaf (68), Eindhoven
• Eldon Avery Bush (46), Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Alfred Planté (74), Réaup,, Friesland, Nederland
• Aartje Huisman (84), Ermelo
• Bradley Allen Homeyer (19), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
• Cornelia Sabina Schouten (60), Oosterblokker, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelius Matheus de Bruin (64), Tilburg

• 1971 » Arun Luthra, Indo-Anglo-American saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer, and arranger
• 1972 » Antti Niemi, Finnish international footballer, goalkeeper and coach
• 1972 » Archie Panjabi, Indo-British actress
• 1972 » Christian McBride, American bassist and record producer
• 1972 » Dave Roberts, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 » Frode Estil, Norwegian skier
• 1974 » Chad Campbell, American golfer
• 1974 » Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Japanese comedian and singer
• 1975 » Mac Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 » Colin Farrell, Irish actor

• 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
• 1970 » Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)
• 1976 » Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1977 » William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1978 » József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 1981 » Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (b. 1914)
• 1982 » Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)
• 1983 » Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (b. 1895)

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 10 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 23 » The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
• September 24 » Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
• December 23 » A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.

The temperature on May 31, 1972 was between 8.5 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.