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• Lonnie D Oertel († 2001)
• Willem Maarten Boer, Terschelling
• Esther Jane van Hunnik, Rhenen, Nederland († 2004)
• Martijn Zuyderhoudt, Rotterdam
• Johanna Maartje (Marjo) van Leeuwen, Amersfoort († 2015)

• Bartholomeus Ligthart (89), Naaldwijk
• Albertien Sanders (82), Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Kraaijeveld (76), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Glorieux (66), Harelbeke
• Arendje Maliepaard (89), stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee)
• Cornelis Jansz de Koning (76), Rijnsburg
• A.A.J. (Ton) Kers (28), Rotterdam
• Anna Bell Best (88), Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Leroy Barber (56), Downey, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Adriana Lans (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1969 » Ian Bremmer, American political scientist and author
• 1969 » Jason Cundy, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1970 » Elektra, American wrestler, model, and dancer
• 1970 » Oscar Strasnoy, French-Argentine composer
• 1970 » Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 » Tonya Harding, American figure skater
• 1971 » Chen Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and activist
• 1972 » Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer
• 1973 » Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
• 1974 » Alessandro Birindelli, Italian footballer

• 1958 » Gustaf Söderström, Swedish shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (b. 1865)
• 1962 » Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Taher Saifuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Johanna von Caemmerer, German mathematician († 1971)
• 1972 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Tommy Wisdom, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)
• 1981 » William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)

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.
• March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
• April 6 » Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
• May 5 » Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
• 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 7 » US President Richard Nixon is re-elected President.

The temperature on November 12, 1972 was between 5.0 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.