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• Albartus Johannes (Bart) Hazeleger, Amersfoort († 1979)
• Kim Jerusalem, Hengelo († 2024)
• Phyllis Dawn (Torchie) PEARCE († 2011)
• Godelieve Maria van der Horst, Vilvoorde, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Ronny Hekman († 1999)
• Yasmijn Theuns Duursma († 1999)

• Antje de Beer (72), Rotterdam
• Arend Jan Beijer (78), Zwolle
• Anna Maria Rosalia Mylemans (86), Beersel (B)
• Catharina Margaretha Huizer (89), Zutphen
• Adriana Johanna Elisabeth Maria de Ruyter (77), Baarn
• Adrianus Vugts (86), Helvoirt
• Bauke Veenstra (68)
• Bernardus Muller (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Benjamins (63), Kloosterhaar, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernardus Muller (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1974 » Braden Looper, American baseball player
• 1974 » Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1976 » Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach
• 1976 » Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
• 1976 » Simone Loria, Italian footballer
• 1978 » Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 » Jawed Karim, American computer scientist
• 1979 » Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
• 1979 » Natina Reed, American rapper and actress († 2012)
• 1979 » Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer

• 1969 » Constance Dowling, American model and actress (b. 1920)
• 1970 » Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 1973 » Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1932)
• 1978 » Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1892)
• 1986 » John Braine, English author (b. 1922)
• 1987 » André Masson, French soldier and painter (b. 1896)

• 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.
• January 28 » The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0m) of snow in one day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
• June 30 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
• July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
• July 24 » End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
• December 4 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.

The temperature on October 28, 1977 was between 5.9 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.