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• Silvan Staub, Gouda († 2017)
• Daniel Adriaan de Vreugd, IJmuiden, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Helenius Gerardus Willibrordus Dros, Den Helder († 1972)
• Dimitri de GROOT, Drachten (Smallingerland) Friesland, Nederland († 2021)

• Anna Christina Kuipéri (82), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Anna Agatha van Haastert (83), Nootdorp
• 11-92 Vickie Sue Matthews (0), Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co MI
• Albertha Helena Wilberdina Lamers (69), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie (Anton) Veldmeijer (59), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfredo Kuhl (80), Limeira, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Adriana van den Cauwelaar (68), Nieuw Ginneken
• Alexandrine Clementine DUMEZ (86), Brest, 29019, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Agatha Mina Danalina Adriana de Jong (62), Amsterdam
• Guilielmus Matheus (Teeuw) Jansen (83), Kapellen (BE)

• 1969 » Philippe Adams, Belgian racing driver
• 1971 » Alice Peacock, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 » Jeremy McGrath, American motorcycle racer
• 1971 » Justin Chancellor, English bass player
• 1971 » Naoko Mori, Japanese-English actress and singer
• 1971 » Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, African-American author and activist
• 1971 » Tony Rich, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician
• 1972 » Sandrine Holt, English-American model and actress
• 1973 » Billy Currington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Savion Glover, American dancer and choreographer

• 1967 » Charles J. Watters, American priest and soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
• 1968 » May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Lewis Sargent, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1974 » George Brunies, American trombonist (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Elizabeth Taylor (novelist), English novelist, (b. 1912)
• 1975 » Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Roger D. Branigin, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Governor of Indiana (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Rudolf Kinau, Low German writer (b. 1887)
• 1976 » Basil Spence, Indian-Scottish architect and academic, designed the Coventry Cathedral (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 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.
• June 23 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
• September 4 » The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2018, it is the longest running game show on American television.
• November 11 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
• December 30 » Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

The temperature on November 19, 1972 was between -2.6 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.