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• Anno van der Horst, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Wesley Adam Graves, Royal Oak, Michigan († 2001)
• Judith van Dijk

• Earl Sandlin Cathey (84), Aspermont, Stonewall County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Diemer Pool (72), Appelscha-gemeente Ooststellingwerf
• Adrianus Lambregts (89), Heerlen, LB, Nederland
• Camiel Joseph Vermeersch (75), Torhout
• Alida Gesina Hemmen (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clarence Leonard Barnes (76), Lebanon, Linn, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelius Wilhelmus SCHOENMAKERS (73), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Egidius Johannes Antonius van Lier (77), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Schoenmakers (73), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Johannes Vrijken (64), Helmond

• 1975 » Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
• 1975 » Wael Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
• 1976 » Troy Glaus, American baseball player
• 1977 » Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist and footballer
• 1977 » Justin Lehr, American baseball player
• 1977 » Tom Brady, American football player
• 1978 » Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer
• 1978 » Jenny Tinmouth, English motorcycle racer
• 1978 » Joi Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1978 » Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer

• 1969 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1977 » Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)

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. Raymond

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. Adriana
14. Bianca
15. Marieke
16. Elisabeth

• 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 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
• May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
• May 31 » The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
• June 16 » Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
• August 26 » The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec
• November 8 » Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.

The temperature on August 3, 1977 was between 12.5 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.