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• Kate Elizabeth LUCKETT, Luton, Bedfordshire († 1977)
• Guido Christiaan Johannes Hovens, Tegelen
• Brigitte Catharina Elisabeth van Erp, Helmond
• Arthur Dijkshoorn († 2019)

• Aaltje Oldenkamp (80), Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Hendricus Van Ketel (80), New york
• Adriana VAN ZON (70), ís-Gravenhage
• Arie Lawrence Vance (78), Jefferson County, Alabama
• Cosby C Smith (66)
• Antonie Slosser (104), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aldegonda Kivits (79), Schaijk
• Daniël Hendriksz Hogewoning (88), Wassenaar
• Agnes Maria Brummelhuis (44), Borculo
• Aalt van de Brug (75), Elspeet

• 1975 » Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
• 1975 » Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 » Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1976 » Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1977 » Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach
• 1977 » Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
• 1978 » Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
• 1978 » Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1978 » Waleed Aly, Australian journalist and television host

• 1967 » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
• 1975 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
• 1981 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)

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. 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.
• July 5 » Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
• July 19 » The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41a.m. Eastern time (ET).
• July 26 » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
• September 27 » Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
• October 13 » Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
• December 4 » Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.

The temperature on August 15, 1977 was between 15.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.