About the day » Wednesday July 20, 1977Calender converter

• Joshua Daniel Vanderstelt, Manly, Sydney,, New South Wales, Australië († 2005)
• Mathew FYSH, Pretoria
• Conny Sabine Terwal, Lelystad (Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders)
• Conny Sabine Terwal, Lelystad, Flevoland, Nederland

• Barbara C Woolridge (31)
• Cornelis Theodorus Braak (71), De Rijp,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Armand Edward Farley (88), Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, United States
• Adriaan Wijnand Maaijen (81), Woerden
• Alexandre (lex) Dumas (63), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Barendina Kras (98), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Dekker (60), Steenwijksmoer, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie de Jong (84)
• Adriana Berendina Stoffer (76), Heerde
• Carolina Filarski (84), Amsterdam

• 1976 » Alex Yoong, Malaysian race car driver
• 1976 » Andrew Stockdale, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 » Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1976 » Erica Hill, American journalist
• 1977 » Alessandro Santos, Brazilian-Japanese footballer
• 1977 » Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer
• 1977 » Yves Niaré, French shot putter († 2012)
• 1978 » Elliott Yamin, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Will Solomon, American basketball player

• 1972 » Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (b. 1930)
• 1973 » Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1940)
• 1973 » Robert Smithson, American photographer and sculptor (b. 1938)
• 1974 » Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. (b. 1912)
• 1976 » Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (b. 1939)
• 1980 » Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) potter (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Frank Reynolds, American soldier and journalist (b. 1923)

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. 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.
• January 3 » Apple Computer is incorporated.
• July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
• August 4 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
• September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
• November 6 » The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
• November 11 » A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.

The temperature on July 20, 1977 was between 13.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.