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• Martijn Kuik, Arnhem († 1974)
• joyce ebisch, helden-dorp
• Jacomina Lidie Kramer, Alkmaar († 2021)
• Suzane Karin SMITH († 2007)

• Age Kamminga (58), Wirdum
• Adrianus Joannes Cyrilhus Marie Perquin (73), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barta van Asch (76), Zoelen, Nederland
• Arnoldus Sebregts (41), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Age Kamminga (58), Wirdum
• Catharina Zwaag (70)
• Anna Theresia Stroeve (48), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Slot (64), Grubbenvorst, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes Cyrillus Maria Perquin (73), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Jongerius (49), Paramaribo, Suriname

• 1971 » Mario Kindelán, Cuban boxer
• 1971 » Paul Newlove, English rugby player
• 1971 » Robby Maria, Austrian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 » Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
• 1971 » Sal Fasano, American baseball player and coach
• 1971 » Stephan Groth, Danish singer-songwriter
• 1972 » Angie Harmon, American model and actress
• 1972 » Christofer Johnsson, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1972 » Dilana, South African-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1972 » Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby player and sportscaster

• 1960 » Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Julia Peterkin, American author (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and jurist (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1969 » János Kodolányi, Hungarian author (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Dick Foran, American actor and singer (b. 1910)
• 1979 » Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1980 » Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
• 1982 » Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian author and poet (b. 1962)

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 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.
• April 13 » Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
• April 16 » Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
• August 22 » Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.

The temperature on August 10, 1972 was between 8.5 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.