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• Schellekens, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2021)
• Bernardus Gerardus Maria Steggink, Geesteren († 1995)

• Dirk Jacobus Petrus Schot (64), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Deddo Pronk (91), Westerlee, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Ebele Gerbens Lap (77), alkmaar
• Antonius Josephus Sierhuis (64)
• Adrianus Johannes Duijvelaar (75), Deurne, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Catharina Smeets (92), Soest, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria van Eijck (85), Baarle-Nassau
• Cornelis Roeland van Krimpen (77), Halle
• Addie Bellinger (86), Dolgeville, Herkimer County, New York
• Cornelis Roeland van Krimpen (77), Halle

• 1969 » Martin McCague, Northern Irish-English cricketer
• 1971 » Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1972 » Greg Berlanti, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Bartolo Colón, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1973 » Rodrigo, Argentinian singer-songwriter († 2000)
• 1973 » Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Vladimír Šmicer, Czech footballer and manager
• 1974 » Magnus Manske, German biochemist and computer programmer, developed MediaWiki
• 1974 » Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1974 » Sébastien Foucan, French runner and actor

• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1959 » John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Duke Ellington, American pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (b. 1923)
• 1979 » Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (b. 1940)
• 1984 » Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded WWE (b. 1914)

• 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 4 » Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
• 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.
• February 15 » Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
• September 15 » A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
• December 11 » Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
• 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.

The temperature on May 24, 1972 was between 9.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.