About the day » Wednesday October 19, 1977Calender converter

• Giacomo Cerutti († 1997)
• Kenneth Joseph Elsleger, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Renata Zwiers
• Bart Simon Passier, Sint Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• "Maria Antonia" Sofia Lodovica Giuseppa Micaela Gabriella Raffaela Anna di Borbone-Parma (81), Solesmes, Sarthe, France
• Alphonsus Petrus de Kort (79), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthony de Blanken (80), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Plas (76), Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andriana Nas (85), Nijmegen
• Antonia Maria Francisca Thiellier (58), Munstergeleen
• Anthonie (Toon) de Blanken (80), Alphen aan den Rijn, Nederland
• Anthonie de Blanken (80), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allen Goff [Wk] (42)
• Adriaan Willem Schrier (64), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1976 » Desmond Harrington, American actor
• 1976 » Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer
• 1976 » Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
• 1976 » Omar Gooding, American actor and producer
• 1976 » Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1977 » Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer
• 1977 » Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 » Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1977 » Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host
• 1977 » Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer

• 1969 » Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (b. 1881)
• 1970 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947)
• 1985 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (b. 1945)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Johannes
4. Martijn
5. Peter
6. Richard
7. Mark
8. Michael
9. Robert
10. David
11. Hendrik
12. Pieter
13. Dennis
14. Marcel
15. Cornelis
16. Steven

1. Maria
2. Monique
3. Esther
4. Johanna
5. Sandra
6. Wendy
7. Cindy
8. Linda
9. Yvonne
10. Jennifer
11. Patricia
12. Anna
13. Bianca
14. Marieke
15. Elisabeth
16. Jessica

• 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
• March 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
• March 27 » Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.
• May 14 » A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport (now Kenneth Kaunda International Airport) in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.
• June 15 » After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
• September 4 » The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
• October 17 » The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.

The temperature on October 19, 1977 was between 7.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.