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• Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje-Nassau van Vollenhoven, Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Pieter-Christiaan Christiaan Michiel van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, Nijmegen
• Robert van Maaren, Gouda († 2012)
• Pieter-Christiaan Michiel van Vollenhoven Oranje Nassau, Nijmegen
• Jan De Ryck, Lier, België
• Marcel Lassche († 2006)
• Tim Van Look, Wilrijk, Antwerpen († 2003)
• Marcel Lassche († 2006)
• Johannes Jan Jans van der Meij, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Fryslân, Nederland († 1980)
• Pieter Stolk († 2004)

• Alphonsus Theodorus (Phons) Hoeke (53), Santa Clara, C.A., Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Wolters (76), Roermond
• Cornelia Meilof (71), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Abraham van de Munt (77)
• Antonius Franciscus van der Aa (61), Nieuwkuijk
• Bartholomeus Cornelis Marie Dijkema (74), Den Haag
• Annie Rademakers (46)
• Alberdina Wubs (83), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands
• Christiaan Vrolijk (65), amsterdam, Nederland
• Carolina Louisa BERGMANS (65), Mol Belgie

• 1970 » Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner
• 1970 » Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
• 1971 » Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, and writer
• 1972 » Cory Lidle, American baseball player († 2006)
• 1972 » Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster
• 1972 » Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor
• 1973 » Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 » Marcus Camby, American basketball player
• 1974 » Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer

• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
• 1976 » John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1977 » A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)
• 1978 » Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)
• 1979 » Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)
• 1981 » James Elliott, American runner and coach (b. 1915)

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. 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.
• March 22 » In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
• April 10 » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
• May 21 » Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
• July 1 » The first Gay pride march in England takes place.
• August 3 » The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• December 13 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.

The temperature on March 22, 1972 was between -0.4 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.