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• Heidi Sicher († 2000)
• Frank Gerben Verweij, hilversum († 2003)
• Joseph Pascal Daniel (Pascal) Klonowski, Emmen
• Frank Gerben Verweij, Hilversum († 2003)
• Robertus Jacobus de Beurs, Grootebroek

• Adriana Antonia Hellemons (79), Essen-Wildert (B)
• Casper Ligtermoet (68)
• Annigje Fokker (78)
• Catharina Cunera van Erp (75), Veghel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Isabella Coumans (62), Stein
• Abraham Jelmers Slotegraaf (86), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Heethuis (84), Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Augustinus Isidorius Vandenborne (70), Kerkom, België
• Arie van der Burg (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Antonia Hellemons (79), Wildert, België

• 1975 » B. J. Ryan, American baseball player
• 1976 » Ben Tune, Australian rugby player
• 1976 » Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer
• 1976 » Trond Nymark, Norwegian race walker
• 1977 » Derrick Brew, American sprinter
• 1977 » Seun Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter
• 1977 » Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
• 1978 » Chris Coyne, Australian footballer and manager
• 1978 » John Legend, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
• 1979 » James Blake, American tennis player

• 1968 » David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)
• 1983 » William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
• 1986 » John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916)

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 » Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
• March 23 » The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
• May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
• May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
• September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
• December 5 » Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.

The temperature on December 28, 1977 was between 2.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.