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

• Adriana Antonetta van Hest (86), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Cornelis (Kees) Guldemond (77), Galesburg Mich., Verenigde Staten
• Anna de Vries (51)
• Anne Fokkes de Bruin (76)
• Anna Ietskina Olthof (88), Groningen
• Anne de Bruin (76), -
• Aagje Wilhelmina Hofman (70), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Manshanden (55)
• Daniël Vreugdenhil (51), Utrecht
• Clasina Johanna van Zon (79), Rotterdam

• 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)

• 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.
• March 30 » Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
• April 16 » Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• May 8 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
• June 23 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
• September 24 » Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
• 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 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.