About the day » Sunday January 2, 1977Calender converter

• Matthew Dale van Engen († 1977)

• Anna Stevens (70)
• Andy James Lucieer (61), North Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Fastr (60), Zoersel (Ant) Sint-Antonius
• Ada Francis Elder (75), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Anton Folkert Spierenburg (62), Bodegraven
• André Emiel Geldof (46), Roeselare
• Boukje Jorrits van der Meer (50), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Albertus Ratgers (61)
• Alan Muilenberg (81), Artesia, California, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Clasina Been (84), Haarlem

• 1972 » Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
• 1972 » Rodney MacDonald, Canadian educator and politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia
• 1972 » Shiraz Minwalla, Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist
• 1974 » Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner
• 1974 » Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer
• 1975 » Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player
• 1977 » Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
• 1979 » Jonathan Greening English footballer
• 1981 » Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer

• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (b. 1944)
• 1977 » Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899)
• 1989 » Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)
• 1990 » Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (b. 1921)
• 1990 » Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (b. 1910)

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. Paul

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.
• January 18 » Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
• April 7 » German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
• 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.
• October 20 » Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's airplane crashes. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines perish in the crash.
• December 13 » Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.

The temperature on January 2, 1977 was between -0.2 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.