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• Suzan Antonia Martina ( Suzan ) Pothast, Enschede
• Wim Lenaerts, Bornem († 2020)
• Inge Hobers, Nieuw-Amsterdam
• Arjan Christiaan Mouthaan, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1996)

• Clarence N. London
• CORNELIA DOMINICUS (70), TILBURG
• Arendje van der Plas (58), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arentje Kruijk (85), Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Hendrikus Jeurissen (77), Erica, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Archie L. Luckett (39), Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
• Arendje van der Plas (58), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clazina Van OCHTEN (82), Rotterdam
• Arendje Siersema (61), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Coenraad Elie (97), Meerssen

• 1971 » Geoff Barrow, English drummer, DJ, composer, and producer
• 1971 » Nick Hysong, American pole vaulter and coach
• 1971 » Petr Nedvěd, Czech-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-French tennis player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Michael Corcoran, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1972 » Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
• 1972 » Saima Wazed Hossain, Bangladeshi psychologist
• 1972 » Tré Cool, German-American drummer and songwriter
• 1973 » Fabio Artico, Italian footballer
• 1973 » Vénuste Niyongabo, Burundian runner

• 1965 » Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge, 3rd President of the European Court of Justice (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Artem Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan Company (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Feroz Khan Noon, Pakistani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor and painter (b. 1874)
• 1971 » Rev. Aeneas Francon Williams, Church of Scotland Minister, Missionary in India and China, writer and poet (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Louella Parsons, American writer and columnist (b. 1881)
• 1975 » William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1896)

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. 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 3 » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
• March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
• April 2 » Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
• May 15 » The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
• June 23 » Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.
• October 29 » The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.

The temperature on December 9, 1972 was between 1.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.