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• Henricus Franciscus Wilhelmus Thomassen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Diane Margaret Gotsch, Geneva († 1988)
• Henricus Christianus Sijkens, Eindhoven († 2013)
• Olivier André Béatrice Marie Gervais, Leuven,, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Bram Stolk († 2024)
• Michel Stolk, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2024)
• Femia Krijger
• Linda Termonia, Hasselt, België († 2018)

• Adrianus van Breukelen (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Westerman (79)
• Arie,Jillis Hemert van, (83), Breda
• Ada Simmons (97), Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
• Adriana Johanna Maria Kaptein (75), Hazerswoude
• Adriana Johanna Maria Kaptein (75), Hazerswoude
• Antoinette Petronella Elisabeth Klingen (75), Nice
• Albert Jan Jeulink (62), Vorden
• Aarnout Adriaan Lensen (60)
• Albertus Waltherus (Albert) Berx (66), Hasselt, België

• 1969 » Birdman, American rapper and producer
• 1970 » Shepard Fairey, American artist and activist
• 1971 » Alex Borstein, American actress, voice artist, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Renee O'Connor, American actress, director, and producer
• 1972 » Jaromír Jágr, Czech ice hockey player
• 1973 » Amy van Dyken, American swimmer
• 1973 » Kateřina Neumannová, Czech skier
• 1974 » Alexander Wurz, Austrian race car driver and businessman
• 1974 » Miranda July, American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1974 » Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan baseball player

• 1965 » Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
• 1966 » Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and theologian (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909)
• 1967 » Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (b. 1887)
• 1970 » Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1973 » Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1974 » Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (b. 1926)
• 1981 » Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)

• 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 11 » East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
• January 30 » Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
• May 8 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
• August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
• 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.
• November 10 » Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.

The temperature on February 15, 1972 was between -2.9 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.