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• Cornelia Maria Booij, Beusichem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1975)
• Liselore van Groeningen, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 2018)
• Felix Hülse, São Martinho, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1974)
• Michel van Ostaijen, Roosendaal († 2001)
• Gayla Marie Spears, Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Conny Booij († 1975)

• Antoon (Antonius) Teeuwsen (69), Venlo
• Arend J Albers (80), Sibley, Osceola Co., IA
• Anton Christian Liland (75), Welden, Sask. Canada
• Aaldert Mulder (66)
• Adriaan Gerardus Struik (86), Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Gerardus de Bunje (77)
• Catharina Zijm (82)
• Cornelia Van der horst (66)
• Arend John Albers (80), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• chil szerkowski (72), arnhem

• 1970 » M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Darren Eales, English footballer and lawyer
• 1972 » Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1972 » Paolo Bacigalupi, American author
• 1972 » Ray Lucas, American football player and sportscaster
• 1973 » Iain Morris, English screenwriter and producer
• 1973 » Max Kellerman, American sportscaster and radio host
• 1973 » Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
• 1973 » Vera Farmiga, American actress
• 1974 » Bobby Petta, Dutch footballer

• 1959 » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1973 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
• 1979 » Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1983 » Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)

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. Johan
16. David

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 21 » United States President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
• April 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
• June 23 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
• September 29 » China–Japan relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
• October 13 » Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.
• December 14 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.

The temperature on August 6, 1972 was between 11.5 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.