About the day » Sunday June 4, 1972Calender converter

• Sander Martijn Pelle, Delden
• Anne Jongsma

• Anna Margaretha Maria - Greetje Berens (19), Barger-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Clara Hubertina in 't Groen (63), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonius (Anton) van Griensven (57), Rheden
• Adrianus Johannes (Janus) Bontje (88)
• Arnoldus Willem Brehler (74)
• Cornelia SCHIEDON (75), Zevenaar
• Ada Macon Brown (72), Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Johannes Bontje (88), Leiden
• Aijt Loots (81), Muntendam
• Catharina Cornelia Fokker (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1970 » Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier
• 1970 » Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer
• 1971 » Joseph Kabila, Congolese soldier and politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 1971 » Karl Martin Sinijärv, Estonian journalist and poet
• 1971 » Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician
• 1971 » Noah Wyle, American actor and producer
• 1971 » Shoji Meguro, Japanese director and composer
• 1972 » Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey defenseman
• 1972 » Rob Huebel, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler and trainer

• 1956 » Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Sonny Tufts, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1971 » György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
• 1973 » Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1917)
• 1981 » Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (b. 1897)
• 1989 » Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)

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.
• March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
• May 8 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
• May 15 » The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
• June 15 » Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
• September 24 » Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
• November 8 » American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches, initially transmitting to 365 Teleservice Cable subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. First operating as a Northeastern U.S.-based regional service, HBO was one of the first cable-originated television channels. HBO's inaugural programming that evening consisted of its first event telecast—an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, and its first movie presentation—the 1971 Paul Newman–Henry Fonda film Sometimes a Great Notion.

The temperature on June 4, 1972 was between 11.5 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.