About the day » Tuesday November 1, 1977Calender converter

• David Nicholas Rankin, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands († 2021)
• Stefan Jan Willem Veldkamp († 1992)
• Arendina Roggema, Schildwolde (gem. Slochteren) († 1979)
• Corey Gordon Jong, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada († 2015)
• Petrus Jacobus Vlaming, 't Noorden (Texel) († 1991)

• Clara Lenertz (92), Wheaton, DuPage Co., Ill
• Adriaan Bernardus Johannes van Iersel (70), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendje Kampijon (81), Bourtange gem. Vlagtwedde
• Bruin Brouwer (86)
• Catharina Tanneke Cornelissen (68), Gent Belgie
• Aleida Hendrika Freriksen (74), Losser
• Anna Maria Wijnen (78), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Catharina (Johannes Gerardus Lambers) Blaauwgeers (73)
• Albert Boltjes (71)
• Andreas Joestens (85), Vorst

• 1974 » V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricketer
• 1975 » Bo Bice, American singer and musician
• 1975 » Keryn Jordan, South African footballer († 2013)
• 1975 » Megan Wing, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1976 » Sergei Artyukhin, Russian-Belarusian wrestler († 2012)
• 1978 » Danny Koevermans, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1978 » Helen Czerski, English physicist and oceanographer
• 1979 » Alex Prager, American photographer and director
• 1979 » Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer
• 1980 » Bilgin Defterli, Turkish footballer

• 1970 » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Robert MacArthur, Canadian-American ecologist and academic (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (b. 1902)
• 1982 » James Broderick, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 1982 » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1983 » Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch-Swiss musicologist and author (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Norman Krasna, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Arnold Pihlak, Estonian-English footballer (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911)

• 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.
• May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
• June 7 » Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
• August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.
• August 17 » The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
• September 4 » The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
• September 10 » Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.

The temperature on November 1, 1977 was between 6.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.