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• Alisha Yvonne Nater, East Amherst NY († 2017)
• Gijsbert Mourik, Capelle aan de IJssel († 1995)

• Antoon Bastiaans (80), Wijchen
• Arie Schenk (65), Sint Maarten
• Cornelis (Kees) Hoogeland (82), Velsen
• Christoffel Cornelis Boogerd (70), Lisse
• Adolf Ludwig Friedrich Rehwoldt (78), Klausdorf,Kiel, DUITSLAND
• Bardina van ECK (83), Boxmeer,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clifford Edmund Webster #6840*09f (83), Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada
• "Hubertus" Hyazinth Josef Maria von Elverfeldt (75), Schloss Canstein, Marsberg, Allemagne
• Cornelis Johannes Leek (82), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Franken (74), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL

• 1975 » Lucy Akhurst, English actress and producer
• 1975 » Shawn Camp, American baseball player
• 1976 » Dominic Armato, American voice actor
• 1976 » Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
• 1976 » Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress
• 1976 » Sage Francis, American rapper
• 1976 » Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1977 » Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1978 » Aldo Montano, Italian fencer
• 1978 » Damien Johnson, Irish footballer

• 1969 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
• 1976 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931)
• 1978 » Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1979 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1984 » Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (b. 1907)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Johannes
4. Martijn
5. Peter
6. Richard
7. Mark
8. Robert
9. Michael
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 9 » The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
• May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
• June 10 » James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
• October 14 » Anita Bryant gets a pie thrown in her face at a news conference in Des Moines by gay rights activist Tom Higgins for her anti-LGBT commentary.
• November 6 » The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
• 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 November 18, 1977 was between 2.1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.