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• Harm Oerlemans, Zundert
• Ed Voet
• Johan Bos, Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1972)
• Tina Lynette Kunerth
• Arjan Visser († 2004)

• Antje Sytzes Dotinga (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Korpershoek (87)
• Carolina Francisca (Lien) Blase (45), Amsterdam
• Emil Arthur Compton (55), Hilsboro, Illinois
• Anna Maria Mulkens (69), Meerssen
• Anna Huberta Jenneskens (78), Venray
• Christiaan KOELEMAN (79), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)
• Catharina Balemans (88), Essen, België
• Abraham Scherpenisse (94), Tholen
• Catharina (To) Johanna Kooreman (66), Leiden

• 1971 » Adrian Vowles, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1971 » Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 » Jiří Šlégr, Czech ice hockey player and politician
• 1971 » Paul Grayson, English rugby player and coach
• 1972 » Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player and coach
• 1974 » Big L, American rapper († 1999)
• 1974 » CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
• 1974 » David Wilkie, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 » Kostas Chalkias, Greek footballer

• 1965 » Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Claude Rains, English-American actor (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (b. 1886)
• 1975 » Michel Simon, Swiss-born French actor (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Steve Prefontaine, American runner (b. 1951)
• 1975 » Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Carey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)
• 1976 » Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1909)

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 24 » Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
• 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.
• April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
• June 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
• August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.

The temperature on May 30, 1972 was between 8.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.