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• Bartolomeu Preis (37), São Martinho, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Arie Pronk (72), Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Anna Maria Lutgardis JONGEN (83), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Berendina Lukassen (65), Enschede
• Beth Willemina Elisabeth Wijnen (78), Maasbree
• Alberdine Luikens (72), Enschede, Gemeente Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anne Kruizinga (86)
• Bernardus Johannes Nieuwenhuis (87)
• Albert Johan Arends (50)
• Albert BISHOP (74), Palmeto Florida U.S.A

• 1974 » Chris Moyles, English radio and television host
• 1974 » James Blunt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 » Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 » Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer
• 1977 » Timo Rose, German actor, director, and producer
• 1978 » Jenny Frost, English singer and dancer
• 1979 » Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
• 1979 » Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
• 1980 » Kang Sung-hoon, South Korean singer
• 1980 » Shamari Fears, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1971 » Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)
• 1976 » Angela Baddeley, English actress (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Florence Ballard, American singer (b. 1943)
• 1980 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1982 » Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 » Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)

• 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.
• April 22 » Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
• June 10 » James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
• June 27 » France grants independence to Djibouti.
• July 19 » The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41a.m. Eastern time (ET).
• September 13 » General Motors introduces Diesel engine, with Oldsmobile Diesel engine, in the Delta 88, Oldsmobile 98, and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser models amongst others.
• October 14 » Anita Bryant gets a pie thrown in her face at a news conference in Des Moines by gay rights activist Tom Higgins for her anti-LGBT commentary.

The temperature on February 22, 1977 was between 3.9 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.