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• Inge Warnez, Roeselare († 1973)
• Natalie Posthumus, Amsterdam
• John Saarloos († 1999)

• Antonius Johannes Rettich (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Brand (79), Rhede
• Elisabeth Anna Maria Margaretha Broeckx (71), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Brand (79), Rhede
• Edward Workman (81), Fulton Township Cemetry, Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois (USA)
• Abel Talens (29)
• Christiaan Brouwers (72), Breda
• Elisabeth Anna Maria Margaretha (Lies) Broeckx (71), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Corbin Cutter (79), Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Leonard Kittrell [[KB 0123 FgcCrabOTNBu]]9 "Charley" (80), Morgan County, Tennessee ql

• 1970 » Adrian Fenty, American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
• 1970 » Mark Reckless, English politician
• 1970 » Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1971 » Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player
• 1971 » Craig Brewer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor
• 1971 » Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
• 1972 » Ewan Birney, Director of the European Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge, UK
• 1972 » Heather Mizeur, American lawyer and politician
• 1972 » Rick Short, American baseball player

• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
• 1972 » Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
• 1974 » Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
• 1976 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
• 1983 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
• 1983 » Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)

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. Johan
16. David

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Saskia
7. Miranda
8. Elisabeth
9. Bianca
10. Wendy
11. Patricia
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 18 » The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
• March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
• April 13 » Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
• May 2 » In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.
• July 23 » The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
• 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 6, 1972 was between 9.4 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.