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Born on Saturday January 29, 1972
- NN ten Kleij, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
- Fransiska (Siska) Jusuf, Jakarta († 2011)
- Ingrid van der Vinne († 1989)
- Saskia Sytema, Wergea, Friesland, Nederland († 1972)
- Chad Aaron Engelkins, Morrison Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
- Francisca Hoekstra († 1990)
- Chad Aaron ENGELKINS, Morrison, IL († 2018)
- Verena Stroink, Bremen
- John Robert Hibma, Hartley, O'Brien County, Iowa († 2011)
- Josina Anna Martina van Buul, Eindhoven
Died on Saturday January 29, 1972
- Annie Hughes (88), Coalisland, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
- Arendje Jannetje Grootenboer (67), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alberta Alida van Daalen (77)
- Anna VAN GESTEL (62)
- Arie Pietersz Duijvenvoorde van (93), Leiden
- Apolonia Opdam (68), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Arie van Duijvenvoorde (93), Leiden
- ? De Wit (83), Den Ham, Aduard, Groningen, NL
- Arendje Jannetje Grootenboer (67), Melissant
- Ardith Philips (65), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 29, 1972 at Delpher
- De waarheid
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Nederlands dagblad : gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling ... [et al.]
- Limburgsch dagblad
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- De Telegraaf
- De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- De Telegraaf
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
Born on January 29
- 1966 » Romário, Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician
- 1967 » Stacey King, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1968 » Edward Burns, American actor, director, and producer
- 1968 » Susi Erdmann, German luger and bobsledder
- 1970 » Heather Graham, American actress
- 1970 » Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
- 1970 » Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian Islamist leader, founded Boko Haram († 2009)
- 1970 » Paul Ryan, American economist and politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1970 » Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician
- 1975 » Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host
Died on January 29
- 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
- 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
- 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
- 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
- 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
- 1970 » B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)
- 1977 » Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
- 1978 » Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (b. 1895)
- 1980 » Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1972
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1972
- 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.
- May 15 » The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
- June 16 » The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
- June 20 » Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
- June 23 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
- September 1 » In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
- December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.
Weather January 29, 1972
The temperature on January 29, 1972 was between -7.4 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.