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• Jessica Lijntje Cornelia van Marion, Rotterdam
• Gert-Jan Kouseband, Den Helder, Netherlands
• Ren Theodoor Smit, Staphorst († 1975)
• Michiel Johan Folkert van Hemert, Almelo († 2024)
• Sarah Jane Wildeboer († 1973)
• Daniel Lee Mulder, Sioux Center, Sioux, Iowa, VS († 2001)

• Amerik de Jong (77), Leiden
• Coletta C. Heuring Hoefler (57), Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Witter (79), Elburg
• Adrianus Maria Josephus Nuijten (74), Breda (NL)
• Daniel J Meeusen (80), Zeeland, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Maria Josephus Nuijten (74), Breda
• Alberik Joseph Delva (69), Moorslede
• Adolf Bierinckx (77), Itegem, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Clara Geraldine Van Dyke (65), Rhinelander, Oneida, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Aagje Winters (88), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1971 » Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager
• 1971 » Sanaa Lathan, American actress
• 1972 » Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach
• 1972 » Matt Cockbain, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1972 » N. K. Jemisin, American writer
• 1972 » Ryan Girdler, Australian rugby league player
• 1973 » Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian race car driver
• 1973 » David Zepeda, Mexican actor, model and singer
• 1973 » Javier Duarte, Mexican politician
• 1973 » Nick Colgan, Irish footballer and coach

• 1965 » Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 1967 » Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 1975 » Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917)
• 1978 » Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 1985 » Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)

• 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 » The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
• February 29 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
• April 6 » Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
• April 25 » Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
• May 8 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
• September 9 » In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.

The temperature on September 19, 1972 was between 6.7 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.