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• EELKE ANNE GERCAMA, Amsterdam († 2020)
• Luciana Johanna Faase, Puebla, Mexico
• Marieke Agterbos, Oldenzaal
• Simone Maria de Vries, Bakhuizen († 1972)

• Berendina van Nuil (68), Kloosterhaar
• Bastiaan Harm Dijk (59), Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Bernardina Maria ten Bulte (72), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Benjamin Huijser (75), Harlingen, Nederland
• Archie MacKenzie (66), Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
• Clarence Patrick McDonald (75), Hastings, NE, United States
• Agatha Maria Josephina Smulders (78), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• (Maria Ludivica) Julia Tournel (73), Hasselt
• Conradus Alosius Josephus Zalm van der (82), Loosduinen, ZH, Nederland
• Conradius_Alosius_Josephus van der Zalm (82), Den Haag

• 1971 » Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
• 1971 » Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
• 1971 » Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation
• 1972 » Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
• 1972 » David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer († 2003)
• 1972 » Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician
• 1973 » James Marsden, American actor
• 1973 » Mário Jardel, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 » Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1962 » Therese Neumann, German mystic (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (b. 1880)
• 1967 » John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1942)
• 1974 » Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922)
• 1975 » Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (b. 1907)
• 1977 » Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)

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 3 » Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
• March 30 » Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
• April 13 » The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
• April 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
• May 2 » In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.
• September 6 » Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.

The temperature on September 18, 1972 was between 7.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.