About the day » Sunday October 29, 1972Calender converter

• Chad Ellery Oviatt, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada († 1992)
• Joost Alexander Vos, Laren († 1999)

• Aaltje de Weert (62), Daarlerveen, Hellendoorn
• Cornelis Johannes van Diest (84), Sassenheim, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Heijligers (71), Borssele
• Aldegondis Antonia Cops (59), Hasselt, België
• Arend Lok (58), Geldrop
• Betsy Emilie Lambertine Keppenne (87), Gors-Opleeuw, Provincie Limburg, België
• Antje Afiena Amsinga (67), Uithuizermeeden (gem. Het Hogeland)
• freerk visser (40), dokkum
• Ben S. Thaden (76), Marvin, Grant County, South Dakota
• Anne (Andrew) Thijsses van der Hoek (86), Waupun, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten

• 1971 » Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematician, cryptologist, and academic
• 1971 » Greg Blewett, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1971 » Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer
• 1971 » Winona Ryder, American actress and producer
• 1972 » Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer
• 1972 » Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor
• 1972 » Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer
• 1973 » Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 » Adam Bacher, South African cricketer
• 1973 » Vonetta Flowers, American bobsledder, sprinter, and long jumper

• 1958 » Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Pops Foster, American bassist and trumpet player (b. 1892)
• 1971 » Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 1977 » Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926)
• 1980 » Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913)

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 10 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
• 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.
• February 15 » José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
• 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 8 » Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
• 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.

The temperature on October 29, 1972 was between 4.4 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.