About the day » Thursday January 20, 1977Calender converter

• Johan Marius Bulten, Doetinchem († 2010)
• Jason Samuel Carr, Montclair, San Bernardino County, California († 1977)
• Giraldo Oudshoorn, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• William Daniel P. R. Charlton, Waterlooville, Hampshire, England († 2006)
• Wim Meus, Leuven († 2021)
• Roelinde van Zon († 2012)
• Charles Peter Mc Sorley

• Antonius Lubke (54), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelius George YOUNG (81), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Anna Maria Francisca Vosters (86), Arendonk (België)
• Christina Hubertina Geraeds (79), Neer,, Limburg, Nederland
• Belia Zijl (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Hateboer (69), Assen, Drente, Nederland
• Aart Nijburg (76), Putten
• Alkina Pierweijer (73), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Kloppenburg (83), Musselkanaal
• Alice Bouwhuis (67), Burley (Cassia County) (Idaho)

• 1975 » Norberto Fontana, Argentinian racing driver
• 1975 » Zac Goldsmith, English journalist and politician
• 1976 » Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
• 1976 » Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish journalist and sportscaster
• 1976 » Michael Myers, American football player
• 1977 » Paul Adams, South African cricketer and coach
• 1978 » Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer
• 1978 » Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer
• 1978 » Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete
• 1979 » Choo Ja-hyun, South Korean actress

• 1971 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1971 » Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1973 » Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
• 1973 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)
• 1980 » William Roberts, English soldier and painter (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• 1984 » Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Dora Stratou, Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)

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. Raymond

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. Adriana
14. Bianca
15. Marieke
16. Elisabeth

• 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 17 » Capital punishment in the United States resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah.
• 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 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.
• August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.
• November 25 » Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.
• December 18 » United Airlines Flight 2860 crashes near Kaysville, Utah, killing all three crew members on board.

The temperature on January 20, 1977 was between -1.6 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.