About the day » Wednesday August 16, 1972Calender converter

• Werner Erwin Poede († 1972)
• Rosita Kisters (***), Heerlen,6400,Limburg,Nederland
• E.H. Kerkdijk († 2021)
• Anthonia Hillegonda Hobo († 2021)
• Els Everaert, Schoten
• Johnny Hendrickx, Hoogstraten, België († 2002)

• Anna Van Singel (77), Grandville, Kent, Michigan, United States of America
• Antonius Marinus STAAL (78), Driebergen
• Andries Jobsz Zwart (47), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alvina H Kempf (72), Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Cata Amelia Morris (74), Hobart, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States of America
• Bregtje Sikkema (77), Zuidwolde
• Delphine Johanna Marie Boissevain (77), Celle (Neder-Saksen)
• Alexander Ross (69), Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland
• Abraham Alexander Eijgenraam (85), Leiden
• Derek Jan Wichers (71), Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• 1970 » Bonnie Bernstein, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1970 » Manisha Koirala, Indian actress
• 1970 » Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor and producer
• 1971 » Stefan Klos, German footballer
• 1972 » Emily Robison, American singer-songwriter and banjo player
• 1972 » Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian and television host
• 1972 » Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
• 1973 » Damian Jackson, American baseball player
• 1974 » Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
• 1974 » Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer

• 1959 » William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
• 1971 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1973 » Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)
• 1978 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888)
• 1979 » John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922)

• 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 21 » The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
• May 13 » The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
• October 11 » A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.
• December 7 » Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
• December 13 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
• 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 16, 1972 was between 9.5 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.