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• Avital Wassermann, Kibbutz Afek, Israel († 2000)
• (Stillborn) WINDSOR, London England U.K († 1977)
• von Kent, London, England, Großbritannien († 1977)
• Floor van den Hout, Maastricht († 2013)

• Cornelis Jacobus Fick (51), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Egbertine Otten (84), IJsselmuiden, OV, Nederland
• Agnese Testa (0), Rome,Provincia di Roma,Latium,Italy
• Cornelis J. Verkleij (74), s'Gravenhage
• Ervin Richard Walterscheid (50), Smith, Texas (Buried Muenster, Cooke, Texas, USA)
• Albert Omer Patteeuw (89), Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Freeman W. Chandler (65)
• Arke Folkersma (86), Holwierde
• Eugene Edman Bowen (82), Chico, Butte, California, United States
• Andries Bommeljé (80), Sint Laurens

• 1976 » J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
• 1976 » Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic
• 1976 » Royston Tan, Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 » Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic
• 1977 » Konstantin Zyryanov, Russian footballer
• 1977 » Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and producer
• 1978 » James Valentine, American guitarist
• 1978 » Jesse Palmer, Canadian football player and sportscaster
• 1978 » Mark Gower, English footballer
• 1978 » Shane Ryan, Irish footballer and hurler

• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1985 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 » James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
• 1986 » Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (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. 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.
• March 10 » Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus.
• August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.
• September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
• October 26 » Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
• November 12 » France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.
• 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 5, 1977 was between 10.5 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.