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• Eva Roosen
• Rachel Christine Tucker († 1994)
• Jacco Laagland Winder, Den Helder († 2009)
• Miranda Hoek, Usquert, Groningen, Nederland
• Jos Hoefnagels

• Basile Polydoor Hasevoets (59), Alken, België
• Fennichje Stevens (76), Beilen
• Cornelis Baptist Cools (88), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ellen Sofie Selliås (82), Oslo
• Aaltje Kroezen (75), Klazienaveen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie van Egmond (95), Rijnsburg
• Cornelia Maria Antonetta (Corry) Rulkens (66), Sittard, Nederland
• Akke Hoekstra (80)
• Annigje Vedder (83), Vries
• Estella SEYS (85), Poperinge

• 1970 » Alun Cairns, Welsh businessman and politician
• 1971 » Elvis Crespo, American-Puerto Rican singer
• 1971 » Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1972 » Jim McIlvaine, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Ümit Davala, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1973 » Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer
• 1973 » Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician († 2015)
• 1973 » Kenton Cool, English mountaineer
• 1973 » Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
• 1973 » Sonu Nigam, Indian playback singer and actor

• 1965 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1970 » George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
• 1971 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (b. 1906)
• 1975 » James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
• 1985 » Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (b. 1963)

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. Johan
16. David

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Johanna
4. Monique
5. Esther
6. Saskia
7. Miranda
8. Elisabeth
9. Bianca
10. Wendy
11. Patricia
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 3 » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
• March 20 » The Troubles: The first Provisional IRA car bombing in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.
• April 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
• May 15 » In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become president.
• September 29 » China–Japan relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
• December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.

The temperature on July 30, 1972 was between 10.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.