About the day » Saturday December 24, 1977Calender converter

• Christina Danielle Frink
• Jamy Wories, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)

• Achille Hinderyckx (77), Brugge,8000,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Elisabeth Klarenbeek (69), Nijkerk
• Aurea Alvim Pereira da SILVA (68), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• Cornelis Vrijlandt (68), Schiedam
• Addie L Leist (77)
• Anna Maria Paaij (76), Hoogkarspel, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Brusse (83), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Derkje Hendrika Barmentloo (75), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Vrielink (80), Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland
• Carl Caldenhoven (88), Kalkar, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• 1974 » J.D. Walsh, American actor, director, and producer
• 1974 » Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
• 1974 » Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian drummer and composer
• 1974 » Ryan Seacrest, American radio host and television personality, and producer
• 1974 » Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor
• 1976 » Linda Ferga, French hurdler
• 1977 » Michael Raymond-James, American actor
• 1978 » Warren Tredrea, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1978 » Yıldıray Baştürk, German-Turkish footballer
• 1979 » Chris Hero, American wrestler and trainer

• 1969 » Cortelia Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1907)
• 1969 » Stanisław Błeszyński, Polish-German entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1927)
• 1971 » Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1924)
• 1972 » Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Fritz Gause, German historian and author (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891)
• 1982 » Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1984 » Peter Lawford, English-American actor (b. 1923)

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.
• May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
• May 17 » Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's in San Jose, California.
• June 7 » Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
• July 20 » The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.
• December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
• December 25 » Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.

The temperature on December 24, 1977 was between 8.8 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.