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• Sutoyo, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesië
• Robin M.P. Vilder de, Terneuzen, Zld, Nederland († 2013)
• Jacob (Jeroen) Hobers, Ridderkerk
• Mira Mulder, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Larry Clinton Loveless [WkWk]Wk2, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky († 1996)
• Rosalie Iris Talitha Steinebach, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Augustinus Manshanden (55)
• Augustus Stalpaert (80), Oetingen (Vollezele-Gooik), VlmBrab, Be
• Clarence James CRANE (85), Freeport,Stephenson,Illinois,ÉTATS-UNIS d'AMÉRIQUE
• Clasina Johanna van Zon (79), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Ludovicus Haans (78), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anne Fokkes de Bruin (76)
• Adrianus Ludovicus Haans (78), Tilburg
• Adrianus Ludovicusb Haans (78)
• Anthonie Krouwel (64), Utrecht
• Anna de Vries (51), Apeldoorn

• 1970 » Alan Shearer, English footballer and manager
• 1970 » Elvis Grbac, American football player and coach
• 1970 » Will Clarke, American author
• 1971 » Adam Housley, American baseball player and journalist
• 1971 » Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
• 1972 » Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour
• 1973 » Eric Medlen, American race car driver († 2007)
• 1973 » Molly Henneberg, American journalist
• 1974 » Joe Perry, English snooker player
• 1974 » Scott MacRae, American baseball player and coach

• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)
• 1975 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)
• 1978 » Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (b. 1944)
• 1979 » Andrew Dasburg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Tigran Petrosian, Georgian-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
• 1986 » Helen Mack, American actress (b. 1913)

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. 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.
• May 2 » In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.
• May 5 » Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
• June 20 » Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
• August 16 » In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
• December 8 » United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.
• December 30 » Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

The temperature on August 13, 1972 was between 15.8 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.