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• Catherine MILLER, Bruxelles
• Alexander Vredeling, Amsterdam († 1977)
• Chad Ronald Brummel, USA (US) († 1976)
• Lieselotte Poort, Hilversum

• Bouwina Henderika Addens (54), Gellik,, Limburg, België
• Adrianus Johannes (Janus) Zuijderwijk (92), Kevelaer,Duitsl
• Adrianus Johannes (Janus) Zuiderwijk (92), Kevelaer (Duitsland)
• Antonia Maria van den Bergh (65), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Broer Wolters Voolstra (62), Detmold, Duitsland
• Adrianus Johannes Janus) Zuiderwijk (92), Kevelaar
• Chad Ronald Brummel (0), USA (US)
• Claude Burton Fowler (79), Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Hubertina Hawinkels (91), Geleen
• Bouwina Henderika Addens (54), Gellik (Limburg) (België)

• 1975 » Blake Adams, American golfer
• 1975 » Jonny Moseley, Puerto Rican-American skier and television host
• 1975 » Mark Rudan, Australian footballer and manager
• 1975 » Mase, American rapper, songwriter and pastor
• 1976 » Audrey C. Delsanti, French astronomer and biologist
• 1976 » Carlos Moyá, Spanish-Swiss tennis player
• 1976 » Mark Webber, Australian race car driver
• 1976 » Milano Collection A.T., Japanese wrestler
• 1976 » Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
• 1977 » Deco, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer

• 1969 » Erika Mann, German actress and author (b. 1905)
• 1969 » Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (b. 1884)
• 1971 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1892)
• 1978 » Gordon Matta-Clark, American painter and illustrator (b. 1943)
• 1978 » Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1979 » Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (b. 1900)
• 1980 » Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)
• 1981 » Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1948)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Jennifer
11. Saskia
12. Bianca
13. Cindy
14. Judith
15. Tamara
16. Patricia

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
• January 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
• February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
• July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
• July 25 » Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
• September 10 » A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
• September 11 » A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.

The temperature on August 27, 1976 was between 14.6 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.