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• Marcel rijneveldshoek († 2014)
• Hendrika Willemina Opperman, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Raoul Ernesto Brunings, Paramaribo († 1991)
• 11-92 Vickie Sue Matthews, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co MI († 1972)
• Hendrika Willemina Opperman, Rhenen († 2001)
• Eugenie Aurelia van Dissel, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Schenkeveld, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adelheid Bouts (74), Meerssen
• Anna Maria de Prenter (77), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christoffel Prins (88), Meppel
• Adriaan Willem Kleinepier (60), Valkenisse, Zeeland, NL
• Andréas Johannes Vest (55), Amsterdam
• Blanche Hazel Day (81), Pottawatomie, Kansas, VS
• Arend Slinger (72)
• Arie de Jager (90), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Johanna van der Hoorn (64), Uithoorn
• Beulah Naoma Hasbrouck (68), Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa

• 1970 » Logan Mader, Canadian-American guitarist and producer
• 1970 » Martha Plimpton, American actress
• 1971 » Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer and coach
• 1971 » Annely Peebo, Estonian soprano and actress
• 1971 » Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer and manager
• 1971 » Tanja Damaske, German javelin thrower and shot putter
• 1971 » Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1972 » Missi Pyle, American actress and singer
• 1973 » Brendan Laney, New Zealand-Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Christian Horner, English race car driver and manager

• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (b. 1943)
• 1972 » Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Alan Watts, English-American philosopher, author, and educator (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
• 1976 » Jack Foster, English cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)

• 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 30 » Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
• August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
• November 7 » US President Richard Nixon is re-elected President.
• November 23 » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
• November 28 » Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.
• December 23 » A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.

The temperature on November 16, 1972 was between 0.6 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.