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• Jaime Bernardo de Bourbon de Parma, Nijmegen
• Maria Johanna Kikkert, Santa Domingo Dominicaanse Republiek
• Pascal Vollmuller, Culemborg
• Margarita Maria Beatrix van Bourbon de Parme, Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Levenloos Kind Min, Venraij, Limburg, Nederland († 1972)
• Margarita Maria Beatriz de Bourbon de Parma, Nijmegen
• Jaime Bernardo van Bourbon de Parme, Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Janine Donnelly, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Nn Min, Venray († 1972)
• Petra Schelling, Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)

• Arie Lagendijk (76)
• Berend Senkeldam (60), Hengelo
• Antonia Cornelia Margaretha Stael (76), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ARIE LAGENDIJK (76), ROTTERDAM
• Aloysius De Kock (83)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Hilgers (87), Rotterdam
• Adriana Maria Broos (82), Princenhage
• Abraham Christiaan Derks (83), Nijmegen
• Anna van Asselt (54), Grant, Newaygo County, Michigan
• Steven Roseboom (84), Veenendaal

• 1970 » Paul Potts, English tenor
• 1970 » Rob Howley, Welsh rugby player and coach
• 1970 » Serena Altschul, American journalist
• 1971 » Billy Bush, American television journalist and radio host
• 1971 » Pyrros Dimas, Albanian-Greek weightlifter and politician
• 1971 » Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Summer Sanders, American swimmer and sportscaster
• 1973 » Brian Dawkins, American football player and coach
• 1973 » Matt Hughes, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1973 » Peter Dumbreck, Scottish race car driver

• 1961 » Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
• 1966 » Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Albert Mandler, Austrian-Israeli general (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (b. 1953)
• 1974 » Ed Sullivan, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Otto Binder, American author (b. 1911)
• 1979 » Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (b. 1886)

• 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.
• February 15 » José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
• May 15 » In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become president.
• September 6 » Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
• October 29 » The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
• December 13 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.

The temperature on October 13, 1972 was between 0.8 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.