About the day » Wednesday May 4, 1977Calender converter

• Audrey Jean Kapelka, Ironwood, Gogebic, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Mark James Justin Jr, St. George, Washington, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Alexander Philipp van Saksen-Coburg-Gotha
• Quirina Maria Steenhof, Hilversum († 1977)
• Simone Kloppenburg, Arnhem

• Annechien Jansema (91), steendam
• Bjetje Sikkes Venema (76), Zwaagwesteinde
• Balthazar Willems (77), Enschede
• Anske Elfrieda Schelten 9 (58), Schiedam
• Adriana Christina Augustina van Tongeren (64), Tilburg
• Anna Julia BOONEN (69), Lommel Belgie
• Bert Lewis Anderson (63), Sioux Fls. Hosp., Sioux Fls., Minnehaha Co., SD
• Adriaan Erkelens (91), Dordrecht
• Berber Meerstra (84), Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland
• (94), Sevenum, Li.NL

• 1976 » Ben Grieve, American baseball player
• 1976 » Indrek Visnapuu, Estonian basketball player and coach
• 1976 » Jason Michaels, American baseball player
• 1976 » Rory Hamill, Northern Irish international footballer
• 1977 » John Tripp, Canadian-German ice hockey player
• 1978 » Brett Burton, Australian footballer
• 1978 » Erin Andrews, American sportscaster and journalist
• 1978 » Igor Biscan, Croatian footballer
• 1978 » Vladimíra Uhlířová, Czech tennis player
• 1979 » Lance Bass, American singer, dancer, and producer

• 1969 » Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Jane Bowles, American author and playwright (b. 1917)
• 1975 » Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Frank Strahan, Australian public servant (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1981 » C. Loganathan, Sri Lankan banker (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (b. 1938)

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.
• May 1 » Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
• May 28 » In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
• August 17 » The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
• September 5 » Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
• September 10 » Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
• November 12 » France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.

The temperature on May 4, 1977 was between 8.5 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.