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• Sabine Beatrice Gruijter de, Vugt, NB, Nederland († 1972)
• Stephanus Petrus VAN STADEN, Dennilton, Groblersdal District, R.S.A. († 1972)
• Jackie van Holland († 1972)
• Martien Binnekamp († 2007)
• Michael van Maren, 's-Gravenhage († 1976)
• Antje Elizabeth Smith, Heemskerk († 1994)
• Coralie Christine CONVENT, Leuven, 24062, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique († 2021)
• Hendriks († 2005)

• Albert Eggen (73)
• Adriana Cornelia Cornelissen (78), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auke Andries Fennema (85), Nieuwebildtzijl
• Anna Eugénie BRÉJON (83), Les Ponts-de-Cé, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Aartje de Jong (68)
• Atze van der Veen (70)
• Arend Adema (88), Boornbergum, Smallingerland (Frl)
• Cornelia van Heijst (81), IJmuiden
• Adriana Cornelia Cornelissen (78), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Bertha C.\Martha PAASCH (76), Davenport, Scott County, Io (USA)

• 1970 » Gene Ween, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 » Patrick Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 » Bill Mueller, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 » Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1972 » Mia Hamm, American soccer player
• 1972 » Torquil Campbell, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1973 » Caroline Corr, Irish singer and drummer
• 1973 » Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1973 » Vance Wilson, American baseball player and manager
• 1974 » Mark Dolan, English comedian and television host

• 1958 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)
• 1961 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862)
• 1974 » Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891)
• 1986 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (b.1923)

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. Patricia
11. Wendy
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.
• January 24 » Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
• April 10 » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
• May 5 » Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
• 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 23 » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
• December 23 » The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.

The temperature on March 17, 1972 was between 1.0 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.