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• Jeffrey Allan Genz
• Jeroen Martijn Lok, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)
• Ronald Allen van Asch, Minneapolis-Minnesota (USA) († 1977)
• Sandra Johanna Jacoba Maria Vriens, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jeffrey Allen Todd ****, Hobart, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2019)

• Harm Dozeman (77), Hengelo
• Albertje Veld (73), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aria Frederika Koldenhof (71)
• Elisabeth Wilhelmina Tetteroo (68), ,, Wateringen, Nederland
• Antje Kloosterhof (71)
• Albertje Veld (73), Hoogeveen
• Helena Sara (Lenie) Snijders (82), Amsterdam
• Anna Antonia Zuurbier (91), Steenokkerzeel
• Gerrit Hendrik van Haeringen (74), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Josephus Krijger (78), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1976 » Kim Young-oh, South Korean author and illustrator
• 1976 » Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist
• 1976 » Scott Padgett, American basketball player, coach, and radio host
• 1977 » Anju Bobby George, Indian long jumper
• 1977 » Dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player
• 1977 » Joe Beimel, American baseball player
• 1977 » Jonny Storm, English wrestler and trainer
• 1977 » Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer
• 1978 » Gabriel Heinze, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 » James Franco, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1961 » Max Hainle, German swimmer (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Konrad Adenauer, German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Hugh Brannum, American vocalist, arranger, and composer (b. 1910)
• 1989 » Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Frankie Howerd, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1993 » David Koresh, American religious leader (b. 1959)
• 1993 » George S. Mickelson, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1941)

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. 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 9 » The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
• May 25 » The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
• June 13 » Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
• July 26 » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
• September 7 » The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
• December 1 » Pinwheel is launched, which is now Nickelodeon.

The temperature on April 19, 1977 was between -2.6 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.