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• Babette Bakker († 2005)
• sandra w.m. keijsers, helden-koningslust
• Marinus Robert Kemner, Australie
• Andre Ricardo Overeem, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2005)
• Eise van der Veen († 1972)
• Anja Maria Hubertina Schoffelen, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland

• Bartholomeus Frijters (74), Breda
• Aart Romeijn (94), giessenburg (zuid holland)
• Adriaantje Aaltje van Eersel (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Veraart (70), Bergen op Zoom
• Belle D Day (89), Texas City, Galveston, Texas
• Aaltje Notenboom (76), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Tulkens (82), Weert, Gemeente Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Nubé (86), Brooten, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Alice Blanche Fowler (81), Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
• Antonia Hendrika Winters (70), Hengelo (Beckum)

• 1970 » Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
• 1971 » Justin Lin, American film director
• 1971 » Oleksandr Pomazun, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1971 » Petra Haden, American violinist and singer
• 1972 » Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
• 1973 » Brendan B. Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Dmitri Young, American baseball player and radio host
• 1973 » Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer
• 1973 » Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
• 1973 » Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer and manager

• 1961 » Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
• 1976 » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
• 1977 » MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)

• 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 20 » Pakistan launched its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
• April 13 » Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
• May 4 » The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
• May 13 » Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
• September 21 » Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
• December 30 » Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

The temperature on October 11, 1972 was between 3.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.