About the day » Sunday March 19, 1972Calender converter

• Martijn Peemen
• Ferry Franciscus Adrianus Maria Peeters, Breda
• Geert van Erkelens († 1992)
• Magdalena van de Beek († 1977)
• Dennis van Rijn, De Lier

• Carl Louis Wigand Falkenberg (58), Amsterdam
• Alexander Ernest OLIVER (62), Poatina, Tasmania, Australia
• Petrus Cornelis van Rijn (74), Leidschendam
• Antoon Edelenbos(ch) (67), Enkhuizen
• Antje Jelkes DE VRIES (75), Netherlands
• Achille Paul Baerten (52), Gent
• Anna Maria van Meel (73), Ulvenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Steenbergen (88)
• Antoon Edelenbosch (67), Enkhuizen, Nederland
• Antje SLAGMAN (95)

• 1966 » Michael Crockart, Scottish police officer and politician
• 1967 » Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian-American ice hockey player
• 1968 » Tyrone Hill, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 » Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist and composer († 2011)
• 1970 » Michael Krumm, German race car driver
• 1973 » Ashley Giles, English cricketer and coach
• 1975 » Antonio Daniels, American basketball player
• 1975 » Matthew Richardson, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1976 » Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Andre Miller, American basketball player

• 1976 » Albert Dieudonné, French actor and author (b. 1889)
• 1976 » Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1950)
• 1977 » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (b. 1888)
• 1978 » M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1891)
• 1982 » J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1982 » Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1956)
• 1984 » Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928)
• 1986 » Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 1987 » Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)

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. Johan
16. David

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.
• January 20 » Pakistan launched its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
• January 30 » Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
• February 1 » Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• February 15 » Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
• November 29 » Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
• 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 March 19, 1972 was between 2.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.