About the day » Saturday April 2, 1977Calender converter

• Harold Verbruggen, De Mortel (Gemert) († 2001)
• Gregory Joseph Holman, Tiffin,Seneca County,Oh,United States († 1977)
• Christiaan Kattevilder, Boxtel

• Arie Adrianus Louwe (76), Amsterdam
• Antonius Maria Neerincx (71), Lobith,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Claude J Kill (58), Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana (Ada) Hartigh (85), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Carlo Colonna (75), Napoli, Italie
• Albert Westerhuis (81)
• Aaltje Jans Verkade (83), Den Haag, Nederland
• Albertus Jakob Karsies (64)
• Anna Kuijper (88), Den Burg
• Charles Louis Sys (94), Koekelare,8680,West-Vlaanderen,België

• 1975 » Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
• 1975 » Randy Livingston, American basketball player
• 1976 » Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
• 1976 » Pattie Mallette, Canadian author and film producer
• 1976 » Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
• 1977 » Hanno Pevkur, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
• 1977 » Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer
• 1977 » Per Elofsson, Swedish skier
• 1978 » Scott Lynch, American author
• 1978 » Ethan Smith, American actor, director, and producer

• 1966 » C. S. Forester, English novelist (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1974 » Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1989 » Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
• 1992 » Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)
• 1994 » Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916)

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. Patricia
11. Jennifer
12. Anna
13. Bianca
14. Elisabeth
15. Jessica
16. Marieke

• 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 10 » Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus.
• March 16 » Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
• 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.
• June 13 » Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
• July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
• September 30 » Because of NASA budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.

The temperature on April 2, 1977 was between 0.7 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.