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• Brandon Patrick "Brandy" Kool, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada († 2023)
• Monique ?, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Peter Jan Freke, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2024)

• Augustinus Alphonsus Bernardus Gerritsen (60), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Adrianus Lommers (83), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Hermina Dorland (56), Rheden
• Bernardus Joannes Heisterkamp (85), Amsterdam
• Alberta Ambrosia van Loosbroek (67), Macharen
• Catharina Cornelia van der Burg (80), Alphen a/d/ Rijn
• Catharina Cornelia van der Burg (80), Alphen aan de Rijn, ZUI, Nederland
• ANTOINETTE WARNY (84), HARZE
• Anna Ida Houben (69), Obbicht
• Anna Maria Keirsebelick (86), Nijlen

• 1971 » Shannon Briggs, American boxer and actor
• 1972 » Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Yūko Miyamura, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1973 » Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player
• 1973 » Kate Rusby, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Michael Jackson, English footballer and manager
• 1973 » Mina Caputo, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1973 » Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league player
• 1973 » Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer
• 1974 » Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player

• 1967 » Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1969 » Fred Hampton, American Black Panthers activist (b. 1948)
• 1971 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)
• 1976 » W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
• 1980 » Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)

• 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.
• January 4 » Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
• March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
• May 26 » The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• June 18 » Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London's Heathrow Airport.
• July 11 » The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
• 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.

The temperature on December 4, 1972 was between 2.7 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.