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• Elisabeth Gerarda Catharina "Esther" van Vliet
• N.N. Zondervan, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1972)
• Gerardus Johannes Lambertus Marinus van Thiel († 1990)
• Sander Baars, Voorburg
• Paul Gordon Korver, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada († 1981)
• Monique Klein Klouwenberg († 2021)

• Dietert Brugma Lapré (81), 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelis Hendricus Kunst (87), Bussum
• Christina Nieuwenhuisen (44), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes Franciscus Marie Kriellaars (18)
• Cornelis Hendrikus Kunst (87), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta van der Staaij (85), Breskens, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andries Jeens de Leeuw (86), Leeuwarden
• Bertha Thiron (48)
• Andries Jeens de Leeuw (86), Leeuwarden
• Catharina Degeling (76), Spierdijk

• 1970 » Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1970 » Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 » Michaela Watkins, American actor and comedian
• 1972 » Marcus Jensen, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 » Miranda Hart, English actress
• 1973 » Falk Balzer, German hurdler
• 1973 » Pat Burke, Irish basketball player
• 1973 » Saulius Štombergas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1973 » Tomasz Radzinski, Polish-Canadian footballer
• 1974 » Billy Koch, American baseball player

• 1963 » Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
• 1964 » William Bendix, American actor (b. 1906)
• 1970 » Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, German Reich Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, Bangladeshi linguist and scholar (b. 1926)
• 1971 » Munier Choudhury, Bangladeshi author, playwright, and critic (b. 1925)
• 1971 » Shahidullah Kaiser, Bangladeshi journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 1974 » Walter Lippmann, American journalist and author (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Arthur Treacher, English-American entertainer (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat, co-founded the College of Europe (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)

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.
• April 13 » Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
• 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.
• June 17 » Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process.
• October 11 » A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.
• November 11 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South 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 December 14, 1972 was between 9.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.