About the day » Thursday July 27, 1972Calender converter

• Harm Bruinius, Groningen († 1974)
• Harm ( Harry ) Bruinius, Groningen († 1974)
• Terence van 't Land, Utrecht, Utr, NL († 2011)
• Doreen-Christal (Doreen) Hobers, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Istvan van Overbeek, Nijverdal († 1996)
• Lynne Marie Eaton, Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin (USA) († 1987)
• Yli Puji Astuti, Situbondo, Jawa Timur (Djawa Timur), Indonesië

• Anna Maria Christina FABRY (70), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anne de Goëss (76)
• Arthur Richard Lueck (88), Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States of America
• Auguste Bender (68)
• Alonzo Cleveland Horne (85), Dade County, Florida
• Catharina Johanna Maria Arler (84)
• Albertus Marie (Appie) Jetten (4), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoinette Johanna Francina Van la Parra (77)
• Cecil Henry Iffert (49), Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
• Cornelia Van Loon (83), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1970 » David Davies, English-Welsh politician
• 1970 » Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor and producer
• 1971 » Matthew Johns, Australian rugby league player, sportscaster and television host
• 1972 » Clint Robinson, Australian kayaker
• 1972 » Maya Rudolph, American actress
• 1972 » Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian surgeon and astronaut
• 1973 » Cassandra Clare, American journalist and author
• 1973 » Erik Nys, Belgian long jumper
• 1973 » Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1974 » Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer

• 1963 » Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (b. 1898)
• 1965 » Daniel-Rops, French historian and author (b. 1901)
• 1968 » Babe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1970 » António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1971 » Charlie Tully, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician († 1926)
• 1978 » Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Willem van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian king (b. 1919)

• 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.
• April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
• 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 11 » The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
• September 4 » The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2018, it is the longest running game show on American television.
• September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
• September 30 » Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.

The temperature on July 27, 1972 was between 12.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 25.3 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.