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• Miranda Elisabeth Maria de Koning
• Heather Nicole Lichter, fortasse, somewhere in IA († 1981)
• Alison Leigh van Wyk
• Piet van Bragt († 1983)
• Jan Willem Hekman († 1972)
• Christian WIARDA, Osnabrück Lower Saxony Germany († 1996)

• Anna Hellingwerf (92), Makkum (Wonseradeel), Friesland, Nederland
• Adolph Sweder Hubertus van Rechteren Limpurg (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• * Wilhelmus (Willem) Hoeben (70), Deurne
• Abraham Bakker (79), Loenen aan de Vecht
• Clara Margurite MacDonald (73), Hudsonville, Ottawa, Michigan, United States
• Andrea Clemence Rosa VAN KERCKHOVE (50), gent
• Antje Reebergen (98), Doorn, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Zengers (69), Eindhoven
• Adriana Weijling (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Sweder Hubert van Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1970 » Tyson Beckford, American model and actor
• 1971 » Karen Pickering, English swimmer
• 1972 » Alyssa Milano, American actress and television personality
• 1973 » Erick Wainaina, Kenyan runner
• 1973 » Michalis Grigoriou, Greek footballer and coach
• 1973 » Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist
• 1974 » Eduard Ivakdalam, Indonesian footballer
• 1974 » Felipe Lopez, Dominican-American basketball player
• 1974 » Jake Plummer, American football player and sportscaster
• 1974 » Joe Jurevicius, American football player

• 1968 » Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Ahmet Emin Yalman, Turkish journalist, author, and academic (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Giuseppe Caselli, Italian painter (b. 1893)
• 1982 » Dwight Macdonald, American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1984 » Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (b. 1903)
• 1986 » V. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923)
• 1986 » Werner Dankwort, Russian-German colonel and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1987 » August Mälk, Estonian author, playwright, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1988 » Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Stella Gibbons, English journalist, author, and poet (b. 1902)

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.
• February 28 » China–United States relations: The United States and China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
• March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
• September 29 » China–Japan relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
• October 11 » A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.
• October 29 » The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
• December 11 » Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.

The temperature on December 19, 1972 was between -0.8 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.