About the day » Sunday October 2, 1977Calender converter

• Aaron David Gore, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• Jan Heystek, Zuid-Afrika, R.S.A. († 1977)
• Daniel Michael Fleury, of Rhode Island, United States († 2007)
• Maria Adriana Elisabeth (Sandra) van Teeffelen, Horssen († 2003)

• Anne Josephine Haas (69)
• Angelina Thomis (64), Hasselt, België
• Bernard Gerhard Wieskamp (74), Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Satonij (87), Utrecht
• Cornelis Kees Feddes (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Johannes Maria van den Biggelaar (72), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Effie Stavenger (76), USA
• Adriana van Aarle (78), Woensel
• Athol Ernest BLYTH (78), Whitemark, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia
• Albert Hubert Jozef (Al) Bruls (62), Heerlen

• 1974 » Adel Ferdosipour, Iranian journalist and sportscaster
• 1975 » Baiba Broka, Latvian politician
• 1976 » John Thornton, American football player
• 1976 » Mark Chilton, English cricketer
• 1977 » Didier Défago, Swiss skier
• 1978 » Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1978 » Matthew Hancock, English economist and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• 1979 » Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
• 1979 » Maja Ivarsson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Primož Brezec, Slovenian basketball player

• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1975 » K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1981 » Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (b. 1920)
• 1985 » Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1987 » Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906)

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 17 » Capital punishment in the United States resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah.
• February 4 » A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
• March 2 » Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopted the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".
• May 31 » The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
• July 24 » End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
• September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.

The temperature on October 2, 1977 was between 7.2 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.