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• Angelique van Vlodrop († 1983)

• Albertje Askes (63), Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Angela Gräfin Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz (70)
• Beertje Dunning (71)
• Arie Bezemer (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Charles DINEEN (80), Prahran, Victoria, Australia
• Clifford Edward Uhl (73), Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Altair Taques (74), Castro, Paraná, Brasil
• Cora L. Neely (83)
• Cornelia Jongejans (63), Diemen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Aleida Hofstetter (70), Veldhoven, Nederland

• 1976 » Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1976 » Magdalena Kučerová, Czech-German tennis player
• 1976 » Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1977 » Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 » Jamie Laurie, American singer-songwriter
• 1977 » Melinda Doolittle, American singer-songwriter
• 1977 » Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer
• 1977 » Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
• 1978 » Carolina Gynning, Swedish model, actress, and singer
• 1978 » Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter

• 1973 » Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915)
• 1973 » Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1973 » François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1973 » Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1976 » Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1935)
• 1979 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer (b. 1922)
• 1980 » Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)

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

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. Elisabeth
15. Marieke
16. Adriana

• 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.
• January 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
• March 16 » Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
• April 7 » German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
• May 17 » Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's in San Jose, California.
• September 27 » Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
• October 18 » German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.

The temperature on October 6, 1977 was between 11.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.