About the day » Sunday May 1, 1977Calender converter

• Willemijn Claudine Crommelin, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Goverdina Cornelia van NOORT, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Willemijn Claudine Crommelin, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Benjamin Rubin Braunstein († 2009)

• Augusta Albertine "Cécile" DUPONSELLE (87), Arneke, 59285, Nord, Nord Pas-de-Calais, France
• Clarence G Higgins (58), Albion, Kennebec, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Geertruida Willemsen (82), Nijmegen
• Catharina Pieternella Schot (83), Rotterdam
• Albert Everts (79), Nieuweroord, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus de Koning (65), Kudus, Java, Indonesië
• Arthur Start (53), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bernard Joseph McGarvey (73), Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Catharina Maria Schellekens (83), Geldrop
• Ben Gesink (81), Orange City, Iowa (Verenigde Staten)

• 1975 » Alexey Smertin, Russian international footballer
• 1975 » Austin Croshere, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1975 » Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer († 2003)
• 1975 » Nina Hossain, English journalist
• 1976 » Patricia Stokkers, Dutch swimmer
• 1977 » Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer and politician
• 1978 » James Badge Dale, American actor
• 1979 » Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
• 1979 » Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player († 2003)
• 1980 » Marvin Cabrera, Mexican footballer

• 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
• 1976 » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
• 1976 » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897)

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 » SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• May 28 » In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
• June 13 » Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
• October 7 » The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
• October 14 » Anita Bryant gets a pie thrown in her face at a news conference in Des Moines by gay rights activist Tom Higgins for her anti-LGBT commentary.
• December 5 » Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.

The temperature on May 1, 1977 was between 4.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.