About the day » Wednesday December 13, 1972Calender converter

• Diane Cornelia Macan († 2015)
• Niels Martijn Lapré, Delft († 1999)
• Patrick G Verspaget, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Machteld Kikkert († 1972)
• Dr. Manuela Sauer, Neuburg/Donau

• Arie Ouwehand (83), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Nobach (76), Alkmaar
• Arie Huigensz Ouwehand (83), Leiden
• Adriana Cornelia van der Knijff (75), Ter Aar
• Catharina Maria Bakker (79), Utrecht
• Berend Schoenmaker (55)
• Clara TEN DOLLE (80), Sheboygan Sheboygan County Wisconsin U.S.A
• Anna Jacoba Nobach (76), Alkmaar
• Bartholomeus Johannes Antonius Rovers (66), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adam Petrus Stuyt (77), Wormerveer

• 1970 » Eoin Jess, Scottish footballer
• 1970 » Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian mountaineer
• 1970 » Tonja Buford-Bailey, American hurdler and coach
• 1971 » Leanne Wood, Welsh academic and politician
• 1971 » Naomi Long, Northern Irish engineer and politician, 54th Lord Mayor of Belfast
• 1971 » Park Jin-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and record executive
• 1971 » Scott Sattler, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Chris Grant, Australian footballer
• 1972 » James Murdoch, Australian-American businessman, son of Rupert Murdoch
• 1974 » Sara Cox, English broadcaster

• 1961 » Grandma Moses, American painter (b. 1860)
• 1962 » Harry Barris, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)
• 1969 » Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Henry Green, English author (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Oğuz Atay, Turkish engineer and author (b. 1934)
• 1979 » Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet and translator (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Jon Hall, American actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Alexander Schmemann, Estonian-American priest and theologian (b. 1921)

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.
• May 13 » The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
• September 15 » A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
• 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.
• October 29 » The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
• November 8 » American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches, initially transmitting to 365 Teleservice Cable subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. First operating as a Northeastern U.S.-based regional service, HBO was one of the first cable-originated television channels. HBO's inaugural programming that evening consisted of its first event telecast—an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, and its first movie presentation—the 1971 Paul Newman–Henry Fonda film Sometimes a Great Notion.
• November 21 » Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.

The temperature on December 13, 1972 was between 6.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.