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• luanne gratiana alberta (luanne) quax, haarlem
• Eddy THUIS († 2020)
• Louise Dik († 2003)
• Robert Walraven Gustaaf Albert Vonck, Hilversum († 2013)
• Ellen Paredaens, Bornem († 1972)
• Nita Van 'T Loo, Wormerveer († 2001)
• Tracy Deane Stroz, Harleyville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States of America

• Barbara Hogervorst (82), Katwijk
• Constant Adrianus Van Hooydonk (46), Kapellen, België
• Aloysia Maria Leopoldine Josepha Johanna-Nepomukena Huberta Servatia van Korff-Harkotten (87), Telgte, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Berendina Brinkhuis (70)
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Oudsen (64)
• Augusta Maria GEERAERT (78), Sint-Gillis-Waas,9170,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Alphonsus Busschots (69), Lier, België
• Albert Jans Luiting (69), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bram Valkenburg (74), Veenendaal
• Antonius Bosch (70), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1970 » Audie Pitre, American singer and bass player († 1997)
• 1970 » Josie Bissett, American actress
• 1970 » Matthew Knights, Australian footballer and coach
• 1971 » Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1971 » Tonia Antoniazzi, British politician
• 1972 » Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
• 1972 » Annely Akkermann, Estonian banker and politician
• 1972 » Grant Hill, American basketball player and actor
• 1972 » Thomas Roberts, American journalist and actor
• 1973 » Cédric Villani, French mathematician and academic

• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1985 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 » James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
• 1986 » Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (b. 1947)

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.
• February 21 » The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
• February 29 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
• March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
• April 10 » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
• November 21 » Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.

The temperature on October 5, 1972 was between 2.9 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.