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• Wayne Henry van Roekel, Pella, Marion County, Iowa († 1972)
• Diana Jolanda Woltman, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Scott Daniel Marron
• Alfredo Cuellar, Brownsville, Texas († 1972)
• Mildred Kalkman, Groningen († 1972)

• Antje Sportel (65), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catharina Maria Hesterman (95), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Poeder (73), Grand Rapids Michigan ( Usa)
• Anna Elsabé Rink (78), Bussum
• Adriaan Cornelis Rietveld (73), hoogblokland (zuid holland)
• Albert August Walden (84), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• (87), Green Bay, WI
• Catharina (trijn)(tiny) Snoek (62)
• Christiaan Antonius van Nunspeet (74), Maastricht
• Brigtje ( Bregje) Swint (94), Goes

• 1969 » Andrew Micallef, Maltese painter and musician
• 1971 » Anita Tsoy, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1972 » Robyn Lively, American actress
• 1973 » Juwan Howard, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 » J Dilla, American rapper and producer († 2006)
• 1974 » Nujabes, Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger († 2010)
• 1974 » Steve Nash, South African-Canadian basketball player
• 1975 » Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 » Rémi Gaillard, French comedian and actor
• 1975 » Wes Borland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1959 » Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1960 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
• 1964 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (b. 1923)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 23 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
• September 21 » Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
• September 30 » Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
• 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 February 7, 1972 was between 4.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 11.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.