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• Melissa Wagner, Hampton, Iowa († 2021)
• Margriet Isabelle de Beurs, Den Helder
• Marjon Kouters, Kerkrade († 1972)
• Chad Allen Neal, Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Krijn van Eisden, Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland († 1996)

• Augusta Carolina Jordan (82), Hartford, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States of America
• Casimiro Ramirez (63), El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States of America
• Albertje Hendriks Bleeker (79), Groningen
• Catharina Johanna Knip (71), Utrecht (UTR) The Netherlands
• Aaldert Vos (75), Hoogeveen nederland
• Arnoldus Josephus Mommers (73), Tilburg
• Beppie Wildenberg (23), 's Gravenhage
• Albertje Hendriksdr. Bleeker (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arthur John Snaydon (63), Chard, Somerset, England
• Adriana Josephina van Loon (78), Helmond,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• 1970 » Erik Zabel, German cyclist and coach
• 1970 » Min Patel, Indian-English cricketer
• 1970 » Wayne McCullough, Northern Irish boxer
• 1971 » Christian Camargo, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Kirsten Vangsness, American actress and writer
• 1972 » Lisa Leslie, American basketball player and actress
• 1972 » Manfred Stohl, Austrian race car driver
• 1973 » José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
• 1973 » Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player († 2011)
• 1974 » Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1964 » Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1971 » Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1976 » Walter Giesler, American soccer player and referee (b. 1910)
• 1978 » Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1933)
• 1980 » Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)

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.
• January 10 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
• January 30 » The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
• February 15 » Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
• June 29 » The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
• September 21 » Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
• December 14 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.

The temperature on July 7, 1972 was between 12.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.