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

• Aarnout Nagtegaal (77), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernardina Maria Cornelia van Gulik (58), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Smienk (43), Amsterdam
• Charles Alvin Goates (87), Banning, Riverside, California, United States
• Bouke Pieters de Jong (63), Hoogkerk
• Celina Magdalena Santy (47), Roeselare
• ANTONIA IMMERZEEL (82), NAALDWIJK
• Anna Maria Catharina Elfferich (82), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina Driessen (83), Horn, Nederland
• Catharina Agneta Cornelia Spaink (75), Amsterdam

• 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)

• 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.
• April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
• May 13 » The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
• 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.
• May 30 » The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
• August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
• December 23 » The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.

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.