About the day » Sunday February 27, 1977Calender converter

• Alex Bootsman († 1978)
• Arne Bakker († 2016)
• Elizabeth Joy Ahrenholz

• Barbara Margaret Kolenda (62), Martinez, Contra Costa, California, United States
• Antonius Mattheus Bent (69), Amsterdam
• Adrian Frederick Kresha (45), Brighton, Adams County, Colorado, VS
• Aukje Klazes van der Wal (90), Drachten
• ALBERTUS KISJES (71)
• Arie Boon (46), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna van den Berg (81), Willige Langerak
• Camiel Letar (77), Aarschot, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Bernardus Gerardus van Osch (80), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betty Ann Schoonover (44)

• 1974 » Carte Goodwin, American lawyer and politician
• 1975 » Aitor González, Spanish racing driver
• 1975 » Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
• 1976 » Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist
• 1976 » Sergei Semak, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
• 1978 » Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish skier and cyclist
• 1978 » James Beattie, English footballer and manager
• 1978 » Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer and politician
• 1978 » Simone Di Pasquale, Italian ballet dancer
• 1980 » Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic

• 1968 » Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1969 » Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
• 1977 » John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1980 » George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1985 » Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1902)
• 1985 » J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (b. 1916)
• 1986 » Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
• 1987 » Bill Holman, American cartoonist (b. 1903)

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.
• January 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
• March 2 » Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopted the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".
• May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
• August 15 » The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
• October 17 » The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
• November 19 » TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.

The temperature on February 27, 1977 was between -3.9 and 3.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (94%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.