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• Artjom Ashotovich Navasardjan († 2007)
• Hendrikus Godefridus Johannes Christianus van Hedel, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Wilko Bandringa († 1984)
• Thomas Gérard Bertrand Claude Millet, Bogota, Colombia

• "Charles" Frédéric Louis Guillaume Marie de Luxembourg (49), Imbarcati, Italie
• Antje Grietje Hateboer (57), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Paul Reichenbach (65)
• Carmen do Amaral (70), Brasil
• Charles de Luxembourg (49), Imbarcati, Toscane, Italie
• Anna Josephina Henrica Reijers (84), Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Cornelis Wagemaker (81), Den Oever
• Cora Alice Turney (87), Smith County, Texas
• Amanda PATHUIS (71), Holland Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A
• Dimas Estrada (73), Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, México

• 1975 » Elizabeth Truss, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• 1975 » Ingo Schultz, German sprinter
• 1975 » Joe Smith, American basketball player
• 1976 » Elena Kustarova, Russian ice dancer and coach
• 1977 » Joaquín Benoit, Dominican baseball player
• 1977 » Martin Laursen, Danish footballer and manager
• 1977 » Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater
• 1979 » Derek Paravicini, English pianist
• 1979 » Friedrich Michau, German rugby player
• 1979 » Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1964 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (b. 1923)
• 1984 » Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
• 1984 » George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901)
• 1986 » W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (b. 1919)
• 1992 » Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1993 » Matthew Ridgway, American general (b. 1895)

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. Patricia
11. Jennifer
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.
• July 4 » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
• July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
• July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
• August 18 » Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
• November 14 » During a British House of Commons debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell poses what would become known as the West Lothian question, referring to issues related to devolution in the United Kingdom.
• November 26 » An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.

The temperature on July 26, 1977 was between 11.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 16.2 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.