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• Ciska ten Cate († 1991)
• Annet Groenewoud, Waddinxveen († 2000)
• Claudia Gertruda Petra Maas, Nijmegen († 1993)
• Josepha Roovers († 1974)
• Corine Francisca Adriane VOS
• Barrie Vale, Bad Oeynhausen, Duitsland († 1983)

• Bene de Wal (80), Winschoten
• Cornelia Lut (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Marie Gerlich Doyle (84), Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Carl Bontekoe (62), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Douwe Lieuwes Cnossen (81), Brockville Ontario Canada
• Dirk de Vos (77), Tholen, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• neeltje de boer (84), surhiusem
• Elisabeth Petronella Ockers (62), Nijmegen
• Aafke Rondhuis (89), Bierum gem. Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia LAGERWEIJ (92), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1970 » Kirk Cameron, American actor, screenwriter, and Christian evangelical/anti-evolution activist
• 1970 » Patrick Musimu, Belgian diver and physiotherapist († 2011)
• 1971 » Bronzell Miller, American football player and actor († 2013)
• 1971 » Steve Johnston, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1971 » Tony Fiore, American baseball player
• 1972 » Juan Manuel Silva, Argentinian race car driver
• 1972 » Neriah Davis, American model and actress
• 1972 » Tom Van Mol, Belgian footballer
• 1973 » Lesli Brea, Dominican baseball player
• 1973 » Martin Corry, English rugby player

• 1967 » Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter and academic (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (b. 1912)
• 1970 » Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian-American illustrator and painter (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet and academic (b. 1930)
• 1971 » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Gene Vincent, American musician (b. 1935)
• 1972 » Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor and politician (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (b. 1899)

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 24 » Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
• April 10 » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
• May 21 » Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
• May 26 » The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
• September 21 » Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.

The temperature on October 12, 1972 was between 1.4 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.