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• Jean Michel Eduard Bertou, Oostburg († 1978)
• Véronique Hoornaert, Menen († 2004)
• Johanna Romkes Falkena († 1978)
• Doriene Suzanna Terwal, Oss
• Doriene Suzanna Terwal, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Leendert van den Berg (91), Haarlemmermeer
• Albert van Willegen (74)
• August (Katharina Fangmeyer) Fangmeyer (79)
• Cornelia Anna Roos (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eleonora Stiens (84), Amsterdam
• Dirk Saarloos (58), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Dirk Saarloos (58), fijnaart en heijningen (noord brabant)
• Coenraad van Viegen (82), Rhenen, Nederland
• Andriesje Spin (64), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annetje Kors (84), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1975 » Jason Crump, English-Australian motorcycle racer
• 1976 » Adam Ritson, Australian rugby league player
• 1976 » Melissa George, Australian-American actress
• 1976 » Shaun Timmins, Australian rugby league player
• 1976 » Soleil Moon Frye, American actress and producer
• 1977 » Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
• 1977 » Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 » Luciano Zavagno, Argentinian footballer
• 1977 » Rebecca Maddern, Australian journalist and television host
• 1978 » Marvel Smith, American football player

• 1969 » Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1973 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
• 1979 » Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1983 » Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
• 1985 » Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
• 1986 » Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)

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. Patricia
11. Jennifer
12. Anna
13. Bianca
14. Marieke
15. Elisabeth
16. Jessica

• 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 19 » President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
• May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
• July 5 » Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
• August 3 » Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
• October 17 » The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
• October 18 » German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.

The temperature on August 6, 1977 was between 15.1 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.