About the day » Wednesday July 26, 1972Calender converter

• Ivon Nijhof, Tilburg
• Geert Migchels, Veendam Groningen Nederland († 1990)
• Robert van Gorp († 2008)
• wilhelmina hendrika (wendy) van der eijnden
• Gunter Kerckhofs, Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1991)
• Bradford Gordon Frisius, Walnut Creek, California
• Hendrik Anne Kramer, Groningen († 1972)
• Mario Ros

• Cornelis Dirk Goes (83), Arkel
• Annigje VERKERK (76), Ammerstol
• Bartolomeus Michiel Leijs (73), Oudenbosch
• Clementine Maria Palsterman (84), Bornem
• Anne Helbig (65), -
• Berend Meijer (60), Hardenberg
• Albertje Mennink (76), Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Wezel (68), Oostzaan
• Bartholomeus Michael Leijs (73), Oudenbosch
• * Jan Klaas Versteeg (77), Haarlemmermeer

• 1969 » Greg Colbrunn, American baseball player and coach
• 1969 » Tanni Grey-Thompson, Welsh baroness and wheelchair racer
• 1971 » Chris Harrison, America television personality
• 1971 » Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer and coach
• 1972 » Nathan Buckley, Australian footballer and coach
• 1973 » Kate Beckinsale, English actress
• 1973 » Mariano Raffo, Argentinian director and producer
• 1974 » Dean Sturridge, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1974 » Iron & Wine, American singer-songwriter
• 1974 » Kees Meeuws, New Zealand rugby player and coach

• 1957 » Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)
• 1960 » Cedric Gibbons, British art director and production designer (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (b. 1923)
• 1984 » Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
• 1984 » George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901)
• 1986 » W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (b. 1919)

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.
• February 18 » The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
• March 3 » Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
• June 17 » Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process.
• July 23 » The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
• August 3 » The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• November 11 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.

The temperature on July 26, 1972 was between 13.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.