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• Hugo Stolp, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Kirk Allan FITZGERALD († 2008)
• Melissa Gerarda Maria (Melissa) VROOMEN, Heerlen (NL/LI) († 1978)

• Albert Glas (66), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Antoinette Frederika Bouvy (80), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Antje Zeldenrust (73), -
• Albert Klein Hulse (65), Gorssel
• Bastiaantje van Elleswijk (80), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Gorcum (84), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alva Hobart Copas (81), Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Hendricus Joseph Albers (77), Beverwijk
• Anna Henriëtta Jacoba Reith (74), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina de Klerk (84), Oud Gastel

• 1975 » Bates Battaglia, American ice hockey player
• 1975 » Kostas Kiassos, Greek footballer
• 1975 » Tom DeLonge, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1976 » Josh Fogg, American baseball player
• 1976 » Radosław Sobolewski, Polish footballer
• 1976 » Rama Yade, Senegalese-French politician
• 1976 » Søren Friis, Danish footballer
• 1977 » Sascha Kindred, German-English swimmer
• 1978 » B.J. Penn, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1978 » Kaspars Kambala, Latvian basketball player

• 1969 » Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Henry Green, English author (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Oğuz Atay, Turkish engineer and author (b. 1934)
• 1979 » Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet and translator (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Jon Hall, American actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Alexander Schmemann, Estonian-American priest and theologian (b. 1921)
• 1983 » Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1933)
• 1986 » Heather Angel, British-American actress (b. 1909)

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.
• January 18 » Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
• May 25 » The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
• July 24 » End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
• August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.
• September 4 » The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
• November 25 » Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.

The temperature on December 13, 1977 was between 4.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.