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• Ivan Verdonck, Hasselt († 1980)
• Richard Kriegsman, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1996)
• Marc De Backer († 1972)
• LeAnn L. Anderson, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• John David Clark († 1972)

• Clara Emma Hahn (97), North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Joannes Koper (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barbera Langhout (53), Roermond
• Christianus Franciscus Cornelis Boons (56), Eindhoven
• Cornelia Petronella Falck (73), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Blommaert (61), Kruibeke
• Barendt Faasse (73)
• Arend Cornelis van Schoten (77), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Cornelis A. M. de Roos (71), Breda
• Anne Offereins (76), Epe

• 1971 » Eric Stonestreet, American actor
• 1971 » Henry Thomas, American actor and guitarist
• 1972 » Félix Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
• 1972 » Goran Višnjić, Croatian-American actor
• 1972 » Jakko Jan Leeuwangh, Dutch speed skater
• 1972 » Mike Hampton, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 » Miriam Oremans, Dutch tennis player
• 1972 » Natasha Kaplinsky, English journalist
• 1972 » Xavi Pascual, Spanish professional basketball coach
• 1973 » Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player

• 1969 » Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer (b. 1906)
• 1975 » John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (b. 1892)
• 1978 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1892)
• 1979 » Norrie Paramor, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1980 » John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1981 » Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. 1901)
• 1981 » Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1907)

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. 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.
• February 15 » Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
• March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
• 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.
• September 15 » A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
• December 19 » Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
• December 23 » A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.

The temperature on September 9, 1972 was between 11.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.