About the day » Friday December 16, 1977Calender converter

• Ryan M Bolton, Usa († 1999)
• Waldo van Beek († 2005)
• Brian Kerth Wisselink
• Steven de Wilde († 1995)
• Suzanne Geurts, Amersfoort
• Claudia Alida Hubertina Schoffelen, Nieuwenhagen, Limburg, Nederland
• Willeke Vogel
• Huibert III van Veen, Greenbay, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2015)

• Baukje Pultrum (51)
• Alix Louise POILVILAIN (90), Saint-Laurent-de-Lin, 37330, France
• Betty Lilly Edge (84), Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
• Albert Van Impe, Saskatoon, Division No. 11, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Aaltje Vink (77), Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland
• Adelè Joanna Alexandrina Maria Blomjous (73), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Niesje Markus (62), Rotterdam
• Alice M. Duhon (81), Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• A. Alonzo Johnston (82), Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan van Maurik (73), rotterdam

• 1975 » Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 » Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer
• 1975 » Paul Maynard, English politician
• 1975 » Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic
• 1977 » Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 » Sylvain Distin, French footballer
• 1978 » Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1978 » John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter
• 1979 » Luke Harper, American wrestler

• 1969 » Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1976 » Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
• 1977 » Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 1980 » Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer (b. 1900)
• 1982 » Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
• 1983 » Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
• 1984 » Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (b. 1903)

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.
• January 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
• June 10 » James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
• September 25 » About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
• November 14 » During a British House of Commons debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell poses what would become known as the West Lothian question, referring to issues related to devolution in the United Kingdom.
• December 4 » Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
• December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

The temperature on December 16, 1977 was between 1.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.