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• Felder († 1972)
• Marcel Braam, Vethuizen, Nederland († 2022)
• Jeffrey Paul Johnson, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska († 2023)
• Sytze Lammert Binksma, Lutjegast
• Patrick Hubertus Josephus van der Borg, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Serge Sebastiaan Keizer, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Marie Benedicte Viola, Voorburg

• Alberta Henriette Cornelia Overmars (72), Oosterbeek
• Adriana van Lijssel (81), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Post (53), Amsterdam
• Edemundus Vitalis Raeman (66), Oostburg, Nederland
• Caroline Maria Bruggeman (94), Heemstede
• Charles Alexander BURKETT (64), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Albert Prijt (70)
• Aaldrik Hofstede (77), Loppersum
• Antoine Eilers (60), Borgerhout,, Antwerpen, België
• Amanda Caroline Phelps (68), Wilmington New Hanover County, North Carolina

• 1971 » Amanda Coetzer, South African tennis player
• 1971 » Jennifer Lee, American screenwriter, director, Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios
• 1971 » José Manuel Martínez, Spanish runner
• 1971 » Kornél Dávid, Hungarian basketball player
• 1972 » D'Lo Brown, American wrestler and accountant
• 1972 » Saffron Burrows, English-American actress
• 1972 » Víctor Saldaño, the only Argentine man sentenced to death in the US
• 1973 » Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1973 » Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
• 1973 » Mark van der Zijden, Dutch swimmer

• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Joseph Cahill, Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Muriel George, English singer and actress (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
• 1972 » James K. Baxter, New Zealand poet, writer, theologian, and social commentator. (b. 1926)
• 1973 » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1979 » Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and author (b. 1914)
• 1979 » Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (b. 1887)
• 1982 » Richard Hugo, American poet (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano and educator (b. 1894)

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.
• January 14 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
• March 22 » In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
• April 25 » Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
• June 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
• August 16 » In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
• September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.

The temperature on October 22, 1972 was between 5.6 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.