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• Catootje Karremans († 1996)
• Pieter Martijn Vermaas, Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Edward Koning, Goes
• Lieve CUYPERS, Leuven († 2000)
• Jerrod Allen Huizenga, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois († 2023)

• Doris E Haber (49), Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States of America
• Cornelia Taakmans (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ate Veltman (82), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Petrus Hermes (62), Rotterdam
• Bertha Heddendorp (87), Buurse
• Engelina Margaretha Prummel (71), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Berend Rozema (67), Zaandam
• Elisabeth Wilhelmina Schotel (85), Amsterdam
• Cornelis van den Broek (72)
• Anna van der Molen (84), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1976 » Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player and coach
• 1976 » Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress
• 1976 » Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater and cyclist
• 1977 » Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist
• 1977 » Erna Siikavirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1977 » Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1978 » Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
• 1978 » Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player and coach
• 1979 » Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Paul Burchill, English wrestler

• 1970 » Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)
• 1982 » Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
• 1985 » Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919)

• 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.
• February 18 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
• April 22 » Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
• May 1 » Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
• June 16 » Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
• August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
• September 27 » Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.

The temperature on October 8, 1977 was between 12.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.