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• Mirzano Heikerk, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1972)
• Paul Norman Ledeboer
• Geurtje Adriana Doppenberg, Poolsedriesten (Putten) († 1972)
• Marc Lormans, Tongeren († 1993)
• Mark Tardif, Peace River, AB, Canada († 1990)
• Jason Vandenberg († 2008)
• Geurtje Adriana Doppenberg, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1972)
• Coke Middleton, Valparaiso, Valparaiso/Aconeagu, Chili

• Annie Bellamy (84), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
• Antje Grietje Bos (65), Appingedam
• Berendina Brökelman (84), Hardenberg
• Bertus van Stenis (X) (59)
• * Grietje Mulder (52)
• Albert Nijmeijer (71), Den Haag
• Aeilko de Boer (68), Alblasserdam
• Annigje van der Meulen (80), Joure
• Christina Kremer (41), Enschede
• Armanda Louisa PRENGER (73), Amsterdam

• 1970 » Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1970 » Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player and scout
• 1970 » Richard Fromberg, Australian tennis player
• 1971 » Brad McEwan, Australian journalist
• 1972 » Helena Tulve, Estonian composer
• 1972 » Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1972 » Violent J, American rapper
• 1973 » Andrew Mehrtens, South African-New Zealand rugby player
• 1973 » Earl Holmes, American football player and coach
• 1973 » Jorge Garcia, American actor and producer

• 1957 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1962 » Bennie Osler, South African rugby player (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast (b. 1880)
• 1970 » Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Richard Hughes, American author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Ricardo Cortez, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Sepp Herberger, German footballer and coach (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Tommy Caldwell, American bass player (b. 1949)

• 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 26 » JAT Fight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.
• February 15 » José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
• June 9 » Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160million in damage.
• September 24 » Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
• November 30 » Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.
• December 18 » Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.

The temperature on April 28, 1972 was between 1.6 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.