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• Klaas Vulsteke, Veurne
• Sheryl Lee Symens († 1986)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Deurloo, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Rayan Cephas Jäger, Purmerend († 2018)
• Joris van Loon, Tilburg († 2002)
• dennis smolenaars, helden-dorp († 1995)
• Agnese Testa, Rome,Provincia di Roma,Latium,Italy († 1977)
• Cheryl Lee Symens, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 1986)

• Cristianus van der Heiden (87)
• Aaltje Tieks (56), Zwolle
• Alberta Bartels (75)
• Abraham Naaktgeboren (57), Dubbeldam (Zuid-Holland), Rijksstraatweg nr. 51
• Albert Diepenmaat (62), Almelo
• Antonius Kapitein (50), Breda
• Berend Dekkema (72)
• Cornelis Johannes Lington (79), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Petrus Gillis (78), Temse
• Albertha Bartels (75)

• 1975 » Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
• 1976 » Elisandro Naressi Roos, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 » Mauro Camoranesi, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer and rock climber († 2017)
• 1977 » Richard Reed Parry, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1978 » Kei Horie, Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 » Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
• 1978 » Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
• 1979 » Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress

• 1970 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1974 » Anne Sexton, American poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)
• 1977 » José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (b. 1918)
• 1981 » Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1932)
• 1982 » Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
• 1988 » Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1989 » Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)

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.
• 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.
• September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
• September 20 » Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
• November 12 » France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.
• November 25 » Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.
• 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 October 4, 1977 was between 10.7 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.