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

• Caroline Charlotte von SACHER-MASOCH (90), Morin-Heights, Canada
• Anna Maria van Kraay (78), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Stol (66), Eenrum
• Alberdina Wielinga (60)
• Arigje Donk (85), Genderen
• Adriana Johanna Aalbers (62), Nijmegen
• Arnold Raymer Jevning (62), Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Auguste Bender (68)
• Anthonius Gerardus Dudink. (68), Medemblik, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anne de Goëss (76)

• 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)

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.
• January 14 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
• February 28 » China–United States relations: The United States and China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
• April 13 » The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
• June 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
• September 4 » Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
• September 6 » Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.

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.