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• Amy Suzanne Elsbernd, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Natasja Verhoeven, Rotterdam
• Melissa Dawn Stancil, Augusta, Georgia († 1972)
• Cynthia Maria Seemann, TACOMA, PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON († 1972)

• Cornelius Vandermark (75), Byron Center, Kent County, Michigan (USA)
• Adrianus van Oorschot (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Aloijsius Maria Vlems (77), Netherlands
• Agnetta Dorothea Tänzer (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van de Kreeke (76), Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus van OORSCHOT (80), Rotterdam
• Carl J Raestle (67), Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• adrianus cornelis sparidaens (79), tilburg
• Catharina Maria SEGERS (77), Sint-Antonius-Brecht,2890,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Antonius van de Looij (63), Oirschot

• 1970 » Carlo Checchinato, Italian rugby player and manager
• 1970 » Michael Wong, Malaysian-Chinese singer-songwriter
• 1970 » Paulo Sousa, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1971 » Julian Smith, Scottish politician
• 1971 » Lars Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 » Cameron Diaz, American model, actress, and producer
• 1972 » Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
• 1973 » Lisa Ling, American journalist and author
• 1974 » Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist
• 1974 » Aaron Barrett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1961 » Cristóbal de Losada y Puga, Peruvian mathematician (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy (b. 1911)
• 1964 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Ad Reinhardt, American painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1913)
• 1968 » William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1970 » Del Moore, American comedian and actor (b. 1916)
• 1971 » Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)
• 1981 » Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (b. 1933)
• 1981 » Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)

• 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 10 » Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
• April 10 » Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
• July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
• August 22 » Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
• September 6 » Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
• November 28 » Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.

The temperature on August 30, 1972 was between 9.5 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.