About the day » Monday October 3, 1977Calender converter

• Robert Adam Yancy († 2017)
• Hulst Hendrikus († 2013)
• Jerry John Henri Ebing, Amersfoort
• Festus K Bardwell Jr († 2000)

• Beatryce Nisberg (57), Chicago, Cook County, Ill, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Pieternella Willemina Slager (75), Dalem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie H. Coops (85), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Camile Maurice Denijs (76), Roeselare
• Adriana Catharina Paulina Calkoen (90), Wageningen,Gemeente Wageningen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Antonie Hendrik Coops (85), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Constance Rhoda Diderica Edith van Pallandt (81), Wassenaar, Nederland
• Aalbert SPRONG (60), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Roedoe (67), Rotterdam
• Constance van PALLANDT (81), Wassenaar, 6315, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1975 » India Arie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1976 » Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer
• 1976 » Seann William Scott, American actor and producer
• 1977 » Daniel Hollie, American wrestler
• 1977 » Eric Munson, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 » Luca Tognozzi, Italian footballer
• 1978 » Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
• 1978 » Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-German footballer
• 1978 » Jake Shears, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Neil Clement, English footballer

• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
• 1969 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1979 » Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
• 1980 » Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
• 1981 » Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
• 1986 » Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
• 1987 » Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1987 » Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)

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 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
• June 16 » Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
• July 4 » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
• July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
• August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.
• August 20 » Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.

The temperature on October 3, 1977 was between 4.9 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.