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• Kevin John Folkerts
• Gerardus Johannes (Gertie) Herman, Oss († 1986)
• Linda Dingelhoff
• Hendrik Jan Dijkslag, Leeuwarden († 2006)

• Arjen Adams Bonnema (90), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Oerlemans (82), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arjen Bonnema (90), Harkema-Opeinde, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Petronella van Westing (66)
• Christina Papen (68), Koningsbosch, Netherlands
• Count Joseph of Francken-Sierstorpff (78)
• Adriana van der Steen (82), Dordrecht
• Bernard Johan Remmelts (82), Assen
• Adrianus de Graauw (92), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arjen Bonnema (90), Harkema (Achtkarspelen Fr)

• 1976 » Chiyotaikai Ryūji, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1976 » Fabio Liverani, Italian footballer and manager
• 1977 » Attila Zsivoczky, Hungarian decathlete and high jumper
• 1977 » Claus Jensen, Danish international footballer and manager
• 1977 » Titus O'Neil, American football player and wrestler
• 1977 » Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player
• 1978 » Bob Bryan, American tennis player
• 1978 » Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1978 » Mike Bryan, American tennis player
• 1978 » Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player

• 1966 » Paula Strasberg, American actress, acting coach, and member of the Communist Party (b. 1909)
• 1966 » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1967 » J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 1968 » Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1978 » Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer, 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. 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.
• January 18 » Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
• April 21 » Annie opens on Broadway.
• August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.
• August 13 » Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
• August 17 » The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
• 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 29, 1977 was between 5.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.