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• Helfred du Faijan, Haarlem († 1976)
• Henriette Hooijer, Dedemsvaart († 2000)
• Albert Dinant Jaspers († 2019)
• Edwin Christiaan Cornelis Maria Kerremans, Breda
• Joyce Ann Fritz Costello, Richmond Heights, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America († 2009)
• Gerlof Willem Albertus Rijfkogel, Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jacobus Pieter de Klerk († 2013)

• Cornelis van de Graaf (78), Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Boertien (72), Hollandscheveld
• Christina van Broekhoven (80), Middelburg (Oost-Vlaanderen) (B)
• Clara Austin (84), Grafton, NSW, Australia
• Catharina de Graaf (81), Vlaardingen
• Catharina Jozina Kooijman (40), Tiel
• Cornelis Nicolaas Witte (66), Bergen
• Clasina Cornelia Evers (63), Bergen
• Anna Bakker (85), Plumstead, Cape, South Africa
• Adriaantje Jannetje Huizer (83)

• 1970 » Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1970 » Jeff Anderson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Nicole Sullivan, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Rob Riggle, American actor and comedian
• 1971 » Axl Rotten, American wrestler († 2016)
• 1971 » Michael Turner, American author and illustrator († 2008)
• 1972 » Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer
• 1972 » Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner († 2001)
• 1973 » Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian hurdler and coach
• 1973 » Steve Backshall, English naturalist, writer, and television presenter

• 1965 » Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1971 » François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1973 » Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Chic Harley, American football player (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (b.1947)
• 1978 » Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (b. 1877)
• 1980 » Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)

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. Patricia
11. Wendy
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.
• April 25 » Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
• 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.
• September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
• December 11 » Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
• December 23 » A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
• December 30 » Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

The temperature on April 21, 1972 was between 2.4 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.