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• Keri Lynn Jannusch, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Martina Ellenbroek, Linz Oostenrijk
• Suzanne Hobers, Wageningen
• Susanne Ellenbroek, Linz Oostenrijk

• Adriana Johanna de Goffau (73), Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Nijssen (91), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albert Pierik (77)
• Arie Jan Willem Verbeek (78), Beesd
• Bertha Maria Bungenaar (83)
• Agnès Ida Corneille LOBBEDEY (80), Leuven, 24062, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Anna Hoekstra (81), Harlingen
• Adrianus 't Hoen (72), Amsterdam
• Anne Cornelis Tijsen (68), Anna Paulowna
• Albertus Holtkuile (75)

• 1969 » Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian luger and bobsledder
• 1969 » Jarmo Lehtinen, Finnish racing driver
• 1969 » Lorenzo Fertitta, American entrepreneur, casino executive and sports promoter
• 1969 » Michael Schumacher, German racing driver
• 1971 » Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Lee Il-hwa, South Korean actress
• 1973 » Dan Harmon, American screenwriter and producer
• 1974 » Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist
• 1974 » Robert-Jan Derksen, Dutch golfer
• 1975 » Jason Marsden, American actor

• 1967 » Jack Ruby, American businessman and murderer (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Reginald Punnett, British scientist (b. 1875)
• 1969 » Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (b. 1909)
• 1969 » Tzavalas Karousos, Greek-French actor (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Gladys Aylward, English missionary and humanitarian (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (b. 1925)
• 1975 » James McCormack, American general (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1880)
• 1977 » William Gropper, American lithographer, cartoonist, and painter (b. 1897)

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.
• 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.
• January 30 » Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
• June 15 » Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
• 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.
• July 1 » The first Gay pride march in England takes place.
• August 14 » An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany, due to an in-flight fire, killing 156.

The temperature on January 3, 1972 was between -0.9 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.