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• Johny SPRONG, Dordrecht († 1972)
• Annette Sekrève, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Annette Sekrève, Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Patrick Dekker, Gouda
• Annette Secreve, 'S Gravenhage
• Wietske ten Have, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Renske Mettrop, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Stefan Bouman, Hengelo († 2009)

• Alida Johanna Ineke (78), Haarlem
• Adje Dam (19), Steenbergen
• Ada Graziosa Binotto (38), Den Helder
• Bouke de Jong (63), Groningen, Gemeente Groningen
• Aloys von Schönburg-Hartenstein (26)
• Bastiaan Pieter Roubos (80)
• Aloys Frans Joseph Alexander Michael Thilo Maria Vorst van Schönburg-Hartenstein (26)
• Bouke de Jong (63), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bertha M. Pluim (54), USA
• Bertha Louise Jaworski (60), Dallas, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1970 » Rico Brogna, American baseball player and coach
• 1971 » David Tennant, Scottish actor
• 1971 » Graham Rowntree, English rugby player
• 1971 » Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1972 » Eli Roth, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Michael Rutter, English motorcycle racer
• 1972 » Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist
• 1973 » Brady Clark, American baseball player
• 1973 » Derrick Brooks, American football player
• 1973 » Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner

• 1958 » Maurice Gamelin, Belgian-French general (b. 1872)
• 1959 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Percy Smith, English footballer and manager (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Pierre Desproges, French journalist and actor (b. 1939)

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 10 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
• 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.
• March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
• May 30 » The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
• September 1 » In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
• November 11 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.

The temperature on April 18, 1972 was between 4.1 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.