About the day » Saturday September 2, 1972Calender converter

• Sixte d'Harcourt († 1973)
• Naamloos Zwalua, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 1972)
• Charrissa Francisca Anna Schoffelen, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

• Bert Leijten (18), Breda
• Arie Greuter (67), amsterdam, Nederland
• Abraham Brasser (76), Valkenisse, Zeeland, NL
• Arend Jonge Vos (96), Hoogeveen
• Antje Larooij (83), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Cornelis Geerts (73), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Beulah Pearl Caldwell (94), Graves, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Huisjes (60), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Clemens Joannes Van Gucht (64), Bornem
• Benedictus Clemens Schoonjans (61), Leuven, St Rafael Kliniek, 3000, België

• 1971 » César Sánchez, Spanish footballer
• 1971 » Katt Williams, American comedian and actor
• 1971 » Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
• 1971 » Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor politician
• 1971 » Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 » Tommy Maddox, American football player and coach
• 1972 » Robert Coles, English golfer
• 1973 » Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1973 » Jason Blake, American ice hockey player
• 1973 » Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer

• 1965 » Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and author (b. 1917)
• 1969 » Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
• 1973 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1973 » J. R. R. Tolkien, English novelist, short story writer, poet, and philologist (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Mabel Vernon, American activist (b. 1883)
• 1976 » Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1934)
• 1977 » Stephen Dunne, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1978 » Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founded Fred Meyer (b. 1886)
• 1979 » Otto P. Weyland, American general (b. 1903)

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.
• January 14 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
• January 30 » The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
• June 30 » The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
• September 5 » Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
• October 13 » Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.
• November 21 » Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.

The temperature on September 2, 1972 was between 8.0 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.