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Born on Saturday August 19, 1972
- Thomas Hupfeld, Brasil († 1993)
- Alexia Tilgenkamp, Brussels, Belgium
- Angelo Snoep, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1992)
- Tor Andreas Østvik, Askøy († 1978)
- 11-493a Michele Lynn (Dy) Wallis, Miami,, Flevoland, Nederland († 1972)
- Katty Libens, Sint-Truiden, België († 2007)
- Gerard Wayne Dodson
- Juriaan DEHNE, Amsterdam († 2003)
- Tore Andreas Østvik, Askøy, Bergen, Norge († 1978)
- Tara Lynn van Gorkum, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Died on Saturday August 19, 1972
- Annigje Hetebrij (71), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Adolph Josephus Wibier (64), Avereest,Overijssel,Nederland
- Cecilia Adema (89), Blauwhuis "Theresiahuis"
- Alvaro Alves Fragoso (93), Brasil
- Aaltje Jans Zeijlemaker (77), Flieland, Friesland, Nederland
- Aaltje Zeylemaker (77), Oost-Vlieland
- Annie Mobers (57), Wenen (Oostenrijk)
- Annigje Jans SLOOTHAAK (71), Sneek Friesland Netherlands
- Anna Neeleman (84), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria van Zurk (85), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 19, 1972 at Delpher
- De waarheid
- Nederlands dagblad : gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling ... [et al.]
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Limburgsch dagblad
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- De Telegraaf
- Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname
- De Telegraaf
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland
Born on August 19
- 1969 » Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 » Nate Dogg, American rapper († 2011)
- 1970 » Jeff Tam, American baseball player
- 1971 » João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer
- 1971 » Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player and coach
- 1972 » Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1972 » Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1973 » Carl Bulfin, New Zealand cricketer
- 1973 » Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer and manager
- 1974 » Anja Knippel, German runner
Died on August 19
- 1967 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)
- 1967 » Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
- 1968 » George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)
- 1970 » Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)
- 1975 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
- 1976 » Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (b. 1900)
- 1976 » Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
- 1977 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1914)
- 1977 » Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
- 1980 » Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)
Names that were popular for boys in 1972
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Peter
- Hendrik
- Maria
- Robert
- Richard
- Pieter
- Michael
- Marco
- Petrus
- Johan
- John
- Patrick
Names that were popular for girls in 1972
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Sandra
- Marie
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Monique
- Ann
- Esther
- Catharina
- Petronella
- Hendrika
- Miranda
- Jacoba
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1972
- 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 3 » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
- May 15 » The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
- June 17 » Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process.
- July 8 » Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
- July 11 » The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
- December 11 » Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
The weather on Saturday August 19, 1972
The temperature on August 19, 1972 was between 8.8 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI