About the day » Wednesday August 2, 1972Calender converter

• Günter Pauwels, Temse († 2019)
• Michael A. Haring
• Anke Sophie Matheus Schoffeleers, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Bastiaan Abel Goudswaard († 1998)
• Henk Grimbergen († 2003)
• Kendra S. Wyer
• Emyl Smit († 1991)
• Reinout Otto van GRIETHUYSEN, Sao Paulo († 2004)
• Stéphane FOURNIER († 2017)
• Jacob Mulderij, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 2011)

• Bernardus Hendrik van Kooij (90), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Levinus van Vessem (93)
• Cornelis Reus (76), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Demper (66), Langerak
• Carl Albert Wickstrom (89), Burlington, Skagit, Washington, United States of America
• Cecil Woodroe Brown (59), Red Bay, Franklin County, Alabama, United States of America
• Christiaan Appels (59), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cornelia Wilhelmina LIGTHART (81), Alkmaar,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Bernard A Tyll (76), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria VAN DER WAL (80), Netherlands

• 1970 » Kevin Smith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 » Philo Wallace, Barbadian cricketer
• 1970 » Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 » Jason Bell, Australian rugby league player
• 1971 » Michael Hughes, Irish footballer and manager
• 1972 » Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 1973 » Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer
• 1973 » Miguel Mendonca, Zimbabwean journalist and author
• 1973 » Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer
• 1974 » Phil Williams, English journalist and radio host

• 1967 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Brian Cole, American bass player (b. 1942)
• 1972 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1974 » Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1976 » László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)

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. Patricia
11. Wendy
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.
• March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
• March 30 » Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
• 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.
• July 1 » The first Gay pride march in England takes place.
• July 11 » The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.

The temperature on August 2, 1972 was between 13.0 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 15.6 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.