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• Levenloos Kind Swannet, Turnhout
• Charles Guilluame Roberts, Cape Town
• Robert Dale Veldkamp, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota († 2021)
• carla katharina dorothea bartelina (carla) sijben, venlo
• Pascal Schots (***), Heerlen,6400,Limburg,Nederland
• William Krijthe († 1972)
• Annette de Gier, Delft († 1972)

• Annechien Santing (77), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annette de Gier (0), Delft
• Alfons Maria Elsen (51)
• Albertus Antonius Johannes Blömer (65), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aron Cats (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Astrid* Alma Maria Lundberg (68), Växjö
• Annechien Santing (77), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Charles William DeBord (67), Adams County, IL
• Archibald Jackson Ferguson (72), Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
• Alfons Elsen (51), Antwerpen

• 1969 » Jans Koerts, Dutch cyclist
• 1970 » Rich Beem, American golfer
• 1970 » Tugay Kerimoğlu, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1972 » Ava DuVernay, American director and screenwriter
• 1972 » Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian skier and radio host
• 1972 » Todd Young, American politician
• 1973 » Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 » Dave Chappelle, American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter
• 1973 » Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
• 1974 » Jennifer Lien, American actress

• 1967 » Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)
• 1974 » Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1979 » Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (b. 1912)
• 1980 » Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
• 1985 » Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906)

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.
• February 1 » Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• February 18 » The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
• March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
• May 2 » In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.
• September 4 » The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2018, it is the longest running game show on American television.
• September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.

The temperature on August 24, 1972 was between 8.4 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.