About the day » Saturday April 1, 1972Calender converter

• Robert Vinkesteijn, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Barbara Gertie Christa Top, Leersum († 1997)
• Levenloos kind Schuurkamp, Harderwijk
• pascal kranen, helden-panningen
• Maureen Liliane Sterkenburgh

• Adrianus Dietvorst (95)
• Badje Vrolijk (79), Scheveningen(ZH)
• Catharina Yheck (88), Maastricht
• Adriana Maria Voortman (84), Hilversum
• Andries Pals (78), Ommen
• Anna Berendina Helmes (70), Amsterdam
• Albertha van den Berg
• Andries van den Heuvel (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Reitsma (79), Amsterdam
• Anthonie Nelisse (86), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1969 » Lev Lobodin, Ukrainian-Russian decathlete
• 1970 » Brad Meltzer, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1971 » Shinji Nakano, Japanese racing driver
• 1971 » Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower
• 1972 » Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1972 » Jesse Tobias, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 » Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor
• 1973 » Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author
• 1973 » Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• 1974 » Hugo Ibarra, Argentinian footballer and manager

• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)

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.
• May 30 » In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
• 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 15 » A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
• November 8 » American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches, initially transmitting to 365 Teleservice Cable subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. First operating as a Northeastern U.S.-based regional service, HBO was one of the first cable-originated television channels. HBO's inaugural programming that evening consisted of its first event telecast—an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, and its first movie presentation—the 1971 Paul Newman–Henry Fonda film Sometimes a Great Notion.
• November 11 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
• November 21 » Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.

The temperature on April 1, 1972 was between 8.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 10.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.