About the day » Sunday July 23, 1972Calender converter

• Suzainne H. Davelaar
• Ann Sofie Jan CROMBE, Medisch Instituut Sint-Augustinus Kamer 304, Wilrijk, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgïe
• Angelique Agatha Wilhelmina Alida Francisca Hoesen, Kerkrade
• Jeroen Laurentius Franciscus (Jeroen) Tijm, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Annemarie Schroeders
• Greet CROMBE, Medisch Instituut Sint-Augustinus Kamer 304, Wilrijk, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgïe
• Jeroen Laurentius Franciscus Tijm, Alkmaar,1800,Noord-Holland,Nederland

• Adolf Soppe (61), Hardenberg
• Alvin George LOVELL (74), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Adolphus Soppe (61), Slagharen, Ambt Hardenberg, Ov, Nederland
• Booi Horjus (76)
• Belle Marguerite Moore (65), Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aafje Castricum (80)
• Adolf Soppe (61), Slagharen
• Clemencia Leopoldina Hortensia Brass (81), Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen
• Albertus Gerrit Tiecke (56), Enschede
• Agatha Schipper (84), Arnhem (GE, NLD)

• 1971 » Alison Krauss, American singer-songwriter and fiddler
• 1971 » Dalvin DeGrate, American rapper and producer
• 1971 » Joel Stein, American journalist
• 1972 » Floyd Reifer, Barbadian cricketer and coach
• 1972 » Marlon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Suat Kılıç, Turkish journalist, lawyer, and politician, Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports
• 1973 » Fran Healy, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Himesh Reshammiya, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
• 1973 » Monica Lewinsky, American activist and former White House intern
• 1973 » Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1966 » Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1968 » Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1971 » Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot and race car driver, founded Rickenbacker Motors (b. 1890)
• 1979 » Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Mollie Steimer, Russian activist (b. 1897)
• 1980 » Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)
• 1982 » Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929)

• 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.
• February 29 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
• May 15 » The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
• May 21 » Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
• June 23 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
• August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
• August 22 » Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.

The temperature on July 23, 1972 was between 16.8 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.