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• Paul Norman Ledeboer
• Mirzano Heikerk, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1972)
• Geurtje Adriana Doppenberg, Poolsedriesten (Putten) († 1972)
• Jason Vandenberg († 2008)
• Geurtje Adriana Doppenberg, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1972)
• Marc Lormans, Tongeren († 1993)

• Berend Jan Cramer (76), Hardenberg
• Amanda Louisa Prenger (73), Amsterdam
• Catharina van Dam (88), Naaldwijk
• Christina Kremer (41), Enschede
• Augustin Hubert Degros (87), Sint-Truiden, België
• Berend Jan Cramer (76), hardenberg
• Cornelia den Braber (85), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Berendina Breukelman (84), Hardenberg
• Catharina van Dam (87), Naaldwijk
• Berend Seine (78), Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Nederland

• 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)

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.
• February 3 » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
• 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 3 » Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
• May 15 » In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become president.
• June 20 » Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
• August 16 » In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.

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.