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• Harriette Lucia van Veen († 2001)
• Marcel van Vessem, Veghel († 2021)
• Lynsey Karen Parker

• Clara Frances Pope
• Cornelis Joannes de Crom (51), Heibloem
• Clasina Frederika de Niet (93), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Burdell W. SULLIVAN (40)
• Berend Kornelis Nienhuis (75), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Victor LAUREYS (65), Kallo
• Eduardes de Valk (73), Wijchen (Balgoij)
• Clasina Frederika de Niet (93), Bloemendaal
• Arie de Bruijn (70), Leimuiden
• Dorothea Petronella van Elswijk (67), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1971 » Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer and manager
• 1971 » Peter New, Canadian actor, voice actor and screenwriters
• 1971 » Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player
• 1971 » Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1972 » Jessica Hynes, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor
• 1973 » Michael Buettner, Australian rugby league player and official
• 1973 » Michael Oakes, English footballer and manager
• 1973 » Raci Şaşmaz, Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist

• 1963 » U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
• 1965 » Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1979 » Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, inventor of the "bouncing bomb" (b. 1887)
• 1982 » Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author and educator (b. 1907)

• 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 10 » Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
• April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
• July 23 » The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
• July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
• October 13 » Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. 28 survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.
• November 28 » Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.

The temperature on October 30, 1972 was between 5.6 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.