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• Marcel Gerbens Zeilstra, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Ronnie Dale Kittrell [K USPRI] "Dale", State Line, Greene County, Mississippi ac († 2003)
• Wilhelmina Dieta (Helmy) van Maare, Alkmaar
• Constantin von LIECHTENSTEIN, St. Gallen († 2023)
• Claire Malone († 1982)
• Marcel Zeilstra, Gorichem († 2002)
• Cornelia (Lilian) Kuijstermans, Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Constantin Ferdinand Maria van Liechtenstein, St. Gallen, Suisse († 2023)
• Ikram Salah Meyran, Borama,Aw, Somalia

• Ane Bootsma (77), USA
• Albertus Bastiaan (70)
• Andries de Graaf (79)
• Beatrice Shead (76), Finchley (GB)
• Berendina Steintjes (77), Doetinchem
• Charles Wendt (76)
• Agnes Lathrop (86), Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Aurora Ribeiro (86)
• Betty M Miedema (42), Iowa City, IO, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (75), Rotterdam

• 1970 » Christine Anu, Australian singer
• 1970 » Derek Parra, American speed skater and coach
• 1970 » Naka Drotske, South African rugby player
• 1971 » Joanne Wise, English long jumper
• 1971 » Penny Lancaster, English model and photographer
• 1972 » Holger Stromberg, German chef
• 1972 » Mark Hoppus, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1972 » Mike Tomlin, American football player and coach
• 1973 » Masayuki Naruse, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1973 » Robin Hunicke, American video game designer and producer

• 1966 » Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler and referee (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist (b. 1929)
• 1981 » René Clair, French director and screenwriter (b. 1898)

• 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.
• February 21 » The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
• February 28 » China–United States relations: The United States and China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
• April 10 » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
• May 6 » Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
• May 21 » Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.

The temperature on March 15, 1972 was between 2.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.