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• "Roy" Pascal Maria Stroink, Oldenzaal
• Sara Jane Kuszak, San Jose, Santa Clara County, Californië, VS († 2009)

• Cornelis Hermannus (Mans) RASPE (52), Enschede
• Catharina Soffers (78), Zundert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Edward Jean Nicolas Marie Endel (68), Helmond
• Christiaan Marinus Franswa (71), amsterdam, Nederland
• Arend Jan van de Vlekkert (53), Gorssel
• Albert Kaercher Fenstermacher (84), Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co.Pennsylvania
• Antonia van Tilborg (78), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Maria Prinsen (71), Utrecht
• Eugeen Celis (76), Herk-de-Stad, Limburg, België
• Augusta Anna Maria Josephina Lampe (53), 's-Hertogenbosch, NB, Nederland

• 1970 » Billy Howerdel, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1970 » Javier Cárdenas, Spanish singer, television and radio presenter
• 1970 » Tim Horan, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 1970 » Tina Fey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Brad Friedel, American international soccer player, goalkeeper, manager and sportscaster
• 1971 » Mark Menzies, Scottish politician
• 1971 » Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese race car driver
• 1972 » Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 » Aleksandr Olerski, Estonian footballer († 2011)
• 1973 » Donyell Marshall, American basketball player and coach

• 1963 » Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)
• 1968 » Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)
• 1973 » Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)
• 1974 » Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (b. 1885)
• 1975 » Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1980 » Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1980 » Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:
• 1981 » Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1981 » William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1908)

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. Wendy
11. Patricia
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 8 » Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
• April 10 » Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
• April 13 » The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
• May 13 » The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
• 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.
• December 30 » Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

The temperature on May 18, 1972 was between 5.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.