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• Mirjam Grobbe, 's Gravenhage
• Dirk Verbaan, Poeldijk (Gem. Monster)
• Wouter Kraaijeveld († 2011)
• Bryan Grissom, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1972)

• Bryan Grissom (0), Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonius Hendrikus Zwartkruis (77), Someren
• Catharina Hansen (58), Amsterdam
• Alvin Phillip Johnson (74)
• Aurelia Maria VOLCKAERT (83), Seattle (USA)
• Anna Cornelia Slijkerman (68), Lutjebroek
• Edward Vernon Andreessen (47), Cedar Falls (Black Hawk County) (Iowa)
• Anna HANDEL (81)
• Agnes Meta Marie Steinwarb (83), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Snepvangers (59), Bergen op Zoom

• 1970 » Dean Austin, English footballer and manager
• 1971 » Jay DeMarcus, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1972 » Avi Nimni, Israeli footballer and manager
• 1972 » Jason Bargwanna, Australian racing driver
• 1972 » Kiko, Spanish footballer
• 1972 » Natrone Means, American football player and coach
• 1973 » Óscar García Junyent, Spanish footballer and coach
• 1973 » Chris Perry, English footballer
• 1973 » Geoff Blum, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Jules Naudet, French-American director and producer

• 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
• 1968 » John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)

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.
• January 30 » The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
• 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 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
• September 1 » In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
• December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.
• December 30 » Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

The temperature on April 26, 1972 was between 3.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.