About the day » Wednesday October 18, 1972Calender converter

• anne harm (andre) Bolwijn, assen
• Gerardus Martinus Polak, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hedwig Yvonne Maria de Roos, Hoeven († 2012)
• Rachmawaty, Palembang, Indonesie
• BERT LUBERTUS MAAT, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Cornelis Burger (17)
• Cryn Dorsman (87), Artesia, California, Verenigde Staten
• Basil Arthur Towler (52), Leeds West Yorkshire
• Arlone Lucille Dotzenrod (52), St. James, Minnesota, VS
• Anna Catharina Wassink (79), Ter Heijde, Nederland
• Eduard Petrus Leonardus BAARS (69)
• Adriana Pieternella Kraat (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• EDGARD AUGUST VAN DAELE (63), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Bastiaantje Herwig (76), Ridderkerk
• anna catharina (anna) sonnemans (72), roermond

• 1970 » Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 » Mike Starink, Dutch television host and actor
• 1971 » Nick O'Hern, Australian golfer
• 1972 » Alex Tagliani, Canadian race car driver
• 1972 » Mika Ninagawa, Japanese photographer and director
• 1973 » James Foley, American photographer and journalist († 2014)
• 1973 » Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
• 1973 » Rachel Nichols, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1973 » Sarah Winckless, English rower
• 1973 » Stephen Allan, Australian golfer

• 1966 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)
• 1973 » Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Graham Haberfield, English actor (b. 1941)
• 1975 » K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Andreas Baader, German militant (b. 1943)
• 1977 » Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1940)

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. David
16. Johan

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.
• February 21 » The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
• March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
• April 13 » The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
• July 19 » Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
• November 30 » Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.
• December 23 » The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.

The temperature on October 18, 1972 was between -1.0 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.