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• Miranda Elisabeth Maria de Koning
• Sylvie, Paulette,Georgette FOSSOUL, Mont-Saint-Aignan 76 († 1991)
• Christian WIARDA, Osnabrück Lower Saxony Germany († 1996)
• Jan Willem Hekman († 1972)
• Piet van Bragt († 1983)
• Alison Leigh van Wyk
• Heather Nicole Lichter, fortasse, somewhere in IA († 1981)

• Anna Cornelia Zengers (69), Eindhoven
• Adolf Sweder Hubert van Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Lassche (77), Nijverdal
• Adolph Sweder Hubertus van Rechteren Limpurg (62), Utrecht, Nederland
• Adolph Sweder Hubertus Graaf van Rechteren Limpurg (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adolf Sweder Hubert Graaf van Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld (62), Utrecht
• Adolph Sweder Hubert van Rechteren Limpurg (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• * Wilhelmus (Willem) Hoeben (70), Deurne
• Albert Van Wulfften Palthe (87), Leiden
• Annemarie Elisabeth Janine van Wengerden (0)

• 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)

• 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.
• April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
• June 9 » Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160million in damage.
• September 5 » Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
• 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.
• December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.

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.