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• Becky R Primus, Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa († 2012)
• Rebekah Lee Crouse († 1972)
• Nicolaas Bernardus Bruin, Langedijk († 1998)

• Catharina Maria Pieterse (78), Nieuwkoop, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Auguste Singhof (68), Katzenelnbogen, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (50), Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus,1887 Hemert van, (84), Leiderdorp
• Anthony (Tony) Maggiore (91), Fresno, Fresno, California, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Sara Antonetta Maria ("Annie") Houtman (83), Alkmaar
• Arnoldus Adrianus Straathof (70), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Cordes (75), Aschendorf
• Adriaan (Adriaan, Adrianus) Bos (93)
• Catharina Berdina Johanna Lucia Adriaansen (72), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1970 » Ron Villone, American baseball player and coach
• 1971 » Jonathan Mangum, American actor
• 1971 » Josh Evans, American film producer, screenwriter and actor
• 1971 » Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player and coach
• 1972 » Ang Christou, Australian footballer
• 1972 » Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer and manager
• 1972 » Joe Horn, American football player and coach
• 1972 » Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
• 1972 » Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1974 » Marlon Anderson, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1967 » Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1968 » Bob Jones Sr., American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek archaeologist and judge (b. 1881)
• 1969 » Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
• 1971 » Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (b. 1919)
• 1972 » Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (b. 1888)
• 1978 » A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (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. David
16. Johan

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.
• 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.
• May 26 » The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• July 11 » The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
• July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
• August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
• December 13 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.

The temperature on January 16, 1972 was between -3.0 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.