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• Nico de Landmeter, Oostende († 2012)
• Kristof Vannevel
• Christophe PIEROT († 1997)

• Anna Veroncia VAN DER VEEN (67), Heerenveen Friesland Netherlands
• Annechien Harmanna Brouwer (72), Groningen
• Bastiaan van Genderen (76), Sliedrecht
• Albertus DE RUITER (83), Sellingen (Vlagtwedde) Groningen Netherlands
• Adrianus Joannes Appels (68), Tilburg
• Catharina Elisabeth Theeuwes (84), Vught
• Antoon Ghys (68), Hoboken, Antwerpen
• Carl William Buehler (81), Kent, Orleans, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Charles (Charlie) Boles (90), Orange County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Dirk Jan Vijge (90), Ede-Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1974 » Othella Harrington, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 » Fred Coleman, American football player and coach
• 1975 » Preity Zinta, Indian actress, producer, and television host
• 1976 » Buddy Rice, American race car driver
• 1976 » Paul Scheer, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Traianos Dellas, Greek footballer and manager
• 1977 » Kerry Washington, American actress
• 1977 » Suchitra Singh, Indian cricketer
• 1978 » Fabián Caballero, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1979 » Daniel Tammet, English author and educator

• 1967 » Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (b. 1908)
• 1969 » Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1971 » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian historian and linguist (b. 1891)
• 1973 » Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Goldwyn Pictures (b. 1882)
• 1976 » Ernesto Miranda, American criminal (b. 1941)
• 1976 » Evert Taube, Swedish author and composer (b. 1890)
• 1985 » Reginald Baker, English-Australian film producer (b. 1896)
• 1985 » Tatsuzō Ishikawa, Japanese author (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Johannes
4. Martijn
5. Peter
6. Richard
7. Mark
8. Michael
9. Robert
10. Hendrik
11. David
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.
• March 4 » The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania.
• 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 18 » Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.
• June 26 » Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
• 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.
• December 4 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.

The temperature on January 31, 1977 was between -5.2 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.