About the day » Wednesday May 3, 1972Calender converter

• Patricia "Trish" Gail THOMPSON, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States of America
• Burca Anita Tuna, Leerdam, Netherlands († 2005)
• Jacoba Cornelia Holverda († 1991)

• Dirk Vogel (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Mooibroek (80), Winschoten
• Elisabeth Johanna Maria Vos (83), Den Haag
• Aleida Douma (85), Losser
• Anna Josepha (Anny) Truyts (37), Kessel, 2560, België
• Clasina Noordanus (72), Den Haag
• Elisabeth Antonetta Pulles (83), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Edward Schlichting (57), Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Tannetje Geleijnse (85), Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk Hovestad (75), Rhenen, Nederland

• 1967 » Daniel Anderson, Australian rugby league coach and manager
• 1967 » Kenneth Joel Hotz, Canadian producer, writer, director, actor, and comedian
• 1968 » Viliami Ofahengaue, Tongan-Australian rugby player
• 1971 » Douglas Carswell, British politician, the first elected MP for the UK Independence Party
• 1972 » Stephen Barclay, English lawyer and politician
• 1973 » Jamie Baulch, Welsh sprinter and television host
• 1975 » Willie Geist, American television journalist and host
• 1976 » Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 » Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 » Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player

• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
• 1986 » Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1987 » Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)

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 4 » Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
• February 17 » Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T.
• May 26 » The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• September 6 » Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
• September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
• September 30 » Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.

The temperature on May 3, 1972 was between 7.5 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.