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• Christiaan Hendrik Sijnen († 1986)
• Wouter Geukens († 2012)

• Carel Albertus Verwaaijen (76), Lent, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonse, Alfred ALGOET (70), Kortrijk,8500,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België
• Anna Barbara Maria Kaptein (70), Rotterdam
• Bastiaantje Maria Hofman (85), Delfgauw, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherland
• Anton Pieter Arie Oliemans (74), Loenen
• Bastaantje Maria Hofman (85)
• Antonetta Petronella van de Sande (84), Tilburg
• Bonaventura De Haes, Heist-op-den-Berg, België
• Bastiaantje Maria Hofman (85), Delfgauw
• Alfons Castermans (87), Tongeren, België

• 1970 » Heather Graham, American actress
• 1970 » Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
• 1970 » Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian Islamist leader, founded Boko Haram († 2009)
• 1970 » Paul Ryan, American economist and politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1970 » Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician
• 1975 » Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host
• 1980 » Ivan Klasnic, German-Croatian footballer
• 1982 » Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor
• 1984 » Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
• 1984 » Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer

• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
• 1970 » B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
• 1978 » Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (b. 1895)
• 1980 » Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893)
• 1991 » Yasushi Inoue, Japanese author and poet (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1915)

• 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 24 » The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
• March 16 » Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
• May 1 » Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
• May 25 » The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
• August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
• December 4 » Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.

The temperature on January 29, 1977 was between -3.1 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.