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• Maximilianus Petrus Barendse († 2003)
• Jessica Marie Beck [[Mc FjmcBu]]3, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana († 1988)
• Christa Grotenhuis, Dinxperlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bethanie Sue van der Kamp
• Petrus Theophiel Bernardus Cornelis Grundeken, Den Haag

• August Kenter (88), Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States
• Charles Felix Antoine Labrique (77), Namur, Namen, Belgium
• Arietje Maria Van Kampen (79)
• Antje van der Wal (82), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Wilbrink (85), Beekbergen
• Arthur Van Look (68)
• Bernardus Fransiscus Geerts (70), Tilburg
• Bernardus Franciscus Geerts (70), Tilburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Toebak (75), Rotterdam
• Charles Henry Coster Jr (79), Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy

• 1974 » David Faustino, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
• 1976 » Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress († 2017)
• 1976 » Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba, Zambian politician
• 1976 » Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1977 » Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host
• 1977 » Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
• 1977 » Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Matt Diaz, American baseball player
• 1979 » Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer

• 1966 » Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1966 » Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1966 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 1983 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (b. 1918)
• 1988 » Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (b. 1889)

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.
• February 4 » A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
• June 30 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
• July 11 » Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
• October 26 » Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
• 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.
• December 4 » Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.

The temperature on March 3, 1977 was between 7.4 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.