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• Elizabeth Mary van Dyk, Grand Rapids
• Bastiaan Jan COOPS, Almelo, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland
• hagar peeters, ansterdam
• Johannes Antonius Petrus Franciscus Brabers, Gilze-Rijen, Nederland († 2004)
• Patrick Henry Lansink, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johan Brabers († 2004)
• Astrid Anna Vos, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Melissa Lynn Soldatek, Mercy Hosp., Toledo, Lucas Co., OH († 2006)
• Edwin Luijben, Helmond († 1998)
• Christiaan Marten Duisterwinkel, Meppel

• Antonius Johanneszn. van Hoof (74), Eindhoven,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Antonius van Hoof (74), Eindhoven
• Albertus Birza (67), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Änna" van Rutten (68), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Pieternella Harmsen (85), Rotterdam
• Angeneta Cornelia Rogh (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Birza (67), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Sterren (76), Venlo, Nederland
• Annigje Kleine (91), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Idema (64), Amsterdam

• 1970 » David A. R. White, American actor and producer
• 1970 » Jim Furyk, American golfer
• 1970 » Mark Foster, English swimmer
• 1970 » Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
• 1970 » Samantha Mathis, American actress
• 1971 » Doug Basham, American wrestler
• 1971 » Jamie Luner, American actress
• 1972 » Christian Campbell, Canadian-American actor, writer and photographer
• 1973 » Lutz Pfannenstiel, German footballer and manager
• 1973 » Mackenzie Astin, American actor

• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1973 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
• 1974 » Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910)

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.
• April 2 » Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
• May 8 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
• June 18 » Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London's Heathrow Airport.
• July 8 » Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
• September 21 » Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.

The temperature on May 12, 1972 was between 7.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.