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• Steve Robert Zweegman († 1978)
• Marcel Valkman († 1995)

• Antje Veer, ter (76), Faan, Oldekerk
• Antje ter Veer (76)
• Andries POORTVLIET (70)
• Arthur Edward Peckham (74), Chepachet, Providence, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten
• Constantino Ianni (64), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Benjamin Arickx (81), Moeskroen
• Anje Knot (89), Roden
• Anna Kleima (76), Heelsum,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Jan Joostens (55), Enschede, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonij Ruiterkamp (79), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1973 » Irakli Alasania, Georgian colonel and politician, Georgian Minister of Defense
• 1973 » Matías Almeyda, Argentine footballer and manager
• 1974 » Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
• 1975 » Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina
• 1977 » Emmanuel Macron, President of France
• 1977 » Leon MacDonald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1978 » Charles Dera, American pornographic actor, dancer, model, and mixed martial arts fighter
• 1978 » Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
• 1978 » Shaun Morgan, South African musician, singer, and guitarist
• 1979 » Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)

• 1963 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1988 » Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1992 » Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)

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.
• April 22 » Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
• July 5 » Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
• July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
• 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.
• December 25 » Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.

The temperature on December 21, 1977 was between -2.0 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.