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• Leonieke Beemer, Nieuwegein
• Daniëlle Theodora Hendrica van der Aa, Helmond († 2024)
• Tony DELEU, Roeselare († 2006)
• Hendrik Anthonie Boeschoten († 1989)
• Tony Deleu, Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2006)
• Dan Goossens († 1996)
• Ilse Margerit Kolfschoten, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Paul van Westen († 1998)

• (1952)
• Anje Meijer (39), Zuid-Afrika
• * Christina Kroder (75), Groningen
• Aloysius Josephus Raeymaekers (75), Borgerhout
• Alida Helena Timmers (83), Haarlem
• Andries (Lammerts) Dalstra (67), Drachten, Fryslân, Nederlân
• Asa Merari Smith (90), Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
• Catharina Maria Cornelia van Iersel (72), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertus Laurentius Dellemann (78), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje van der Vies (78)

• 1970 » Alan Dowson, English football manager and former professional player
• 1970 » Jason Hanson, American football player
• 1970 » Michael Showalter, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Popeye Jones, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 » Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 » Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1971 » Mildred Fox, Irish politician
• 1971 » Paulina Rubio, Mexican pop singer
• 1973 » Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
• 1974 » Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer

• 1961 » Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1963 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)
• 1968 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1975 » James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1979 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)

• 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.
• March 20 » The Troubles: The first Provisional IRA car bombing in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.
• May 5 » Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
• May 13 » Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
• 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.
• September 5 » Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
• September 30 » Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.

The temperature on June 17, 1972 was between 5.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.