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• Rigo Hens, Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2009)
• Edwin Strijker, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1982)
• Sjef de Brouwer, Goirle († 1982)

• Alma M. Barker (71)
• Ate Cnossen (65), Hommerts, Friesland, Nederland
• Christina Bolijn (74), Zierikzee
• Aafke BOELMANS (45), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Vlap (73)
• Aartje Fredricka Johanna Hulleman (84), Ripon, San Joaquin County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Ate Lieuwesz Cnossen (65), Hommerts, wymbritseradeel.fr.nld
• Armand Debroeck (78), Dauville, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Christina Bolijn (74)
• Cornelia Francesca Petronella Maria van Dooren (92), 's-Gravenhage ('s-Gravenhage) (Zuid-Holland)

• 1970 » Eddie Guardado, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 » Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano and producer
• 1971 » Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1971 » Tiffany Darwish, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1972 » Aaron McKie, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 » Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1973 » Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
• 1973 » Melissa Harris-Perry, American journalist, author, and educator
• 1973 » Proof, American rapper and actor († 2006)
• 1973 » Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player

• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1975 » K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1981 » Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (b. 1920)
• 1985 » Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)

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. 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 13 » Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
• January 30 » Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
• February 3 » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
• May 30 » The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
• November 7 » US President Richard Nixon is re-elected President.
• December 7 » Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.

The temperature on October 2, 1972 was between 4.5 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.