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• Irma Baars, Amstelveen
• Albertus Hendrikus Berend VERBEEK, Ede († 2013)
• Mark Banis, Bussum
• guido pieter dorthe (guido) peeters, helden

• Aart de Lang (71)
• Annigje van der Waal (87), Dubbeldam, Nederland
• Bareld van Noord (15), Dwingeloo
• Adriana Broeders (84), Kaatsheuvel, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje Veenendaal (82), Ede
• Albert Katuin (84)
• Allegonda Petronella van Leeuwen (80), Gouda
• Albertus Hulshof (84)
• Augustien Vercauteren (87), Temse (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Anna Maria Cornelia Nieberg (78), Rotterdam,-

• 1970 » Charlie Connelly, English author and broadcaster
• 1971 » Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Max Wilson, German-Brazilian race car driver
• 1972 » Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
• 1972 » Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
• 1972 » Steve Kline, American baseball player and coach
• 1973 » Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1973 » Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1973 » Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Roslina Bakar, Malaysian sport shooter

• 1967 » Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)
• 1978 » Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894)
• 1979 » James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904)
• 1980 » James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (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 2 » The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
• April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
• June 30 » The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
• August 3 » The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• November 11 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
• December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.

The temperature on August 22, 1972 was between 9.5 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.