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• Maria Adriana Johanna Faes, Alphen en Riel
• David Joseph Smith, Gateshead, Durham († 2002)
• Roy ter Haar, Albergen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Jozef Hermsen († 1972)
• Hajo Cornelis Beucker Andreae, Leiden,Gemeente Leiden,South Holland,Netherlands († 1973)
• Leonardo Michels, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Jennie Sipkes Oppedijk, Bolsward, Gem. Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Maddy Zekhuis, Geesteren († 2004)

• Arij Vader (83), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI
• Andries Tuls (64), Enschede
• Catharina Verspaandonk (87), Bladel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Anthonia Volkaert (89), Zelzate Oost-Vlaanderen
• Amadeus Jozef DE NYS (69), Beveren-Waas,9120,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arnoldus Johannes de Kort (62), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Achille Camille CASTELEYN (86), Wattripont
• Arnoldus Johannes de KORT (62), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
• Aren Jaques BRABER Mzn (89), Velsen, NL-NH
• Adriana Bijl van der (76), Alphen ad Rijn, ZH, Nederland

• 1970 » Steffen Freund, German footballer defensive midfielder and manager
• 1971 » John Wozniak, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 » Phil Nevin, American baseball player
• 1971 » Shawn Wayans, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Ron Killings, American wrestler and rapper
• 1972 » Sergei Zjukin, Estonian chess player and coach
• 1972 » Troy Wilson, Australian footballer and race car driver
• 1972 » Yoon Hae-young, South Korean actress
• 1973 » Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist
• 1973 » Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer and coach

• 1963 » Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
• 1968 » Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
• 1973 » Max Adrian, Irish-English actor (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)
• 1976 » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (b. 1886)
• 1979 » Moritz Jahn, German novelist and poet (b. 1884)
• 1980 » William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1898)

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 14 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
• February 1 » Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• April 6 » Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
• April 10 » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
• June 9 » Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160million in damage.
• November 10 » Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.

The temperature on January 19, 1972 was between -3.5 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.