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• Anne Kruizinga (86)
• Alberdine Luikens (72), Enschede, Gemeente Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van de Steenoven (91), Breda, Nederland
• Adriana van der Linden (62), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Beth Willemina Elisabeth Wijnen (78), Maasbree
• ADRIANA VAN DER LINDEN (62), NIJMEGEN
• Aukje Pieters Jongsma (82), Jubbega-Schurega, gem. Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustinus Van San (77), Bornem
• Anna Maria Lutgardis JONGEN (83), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Antonius Klaassen (89), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands

• 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)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Johannes
4. Martijn
5. Peter
6. Richard
7. Mark
8. Michael
9. Robert
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. Adriana
16. Jessica

• 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.
• March 4 » The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania.
• July 11 » Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
• August 4 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
• September 7 » The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
• November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
• December 25 » Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.

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.