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• Bas Bastiaan Carolus Johannus van Esdonk, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Tamara van Peer, Assen,Drenthe,Nederland († 2000)
• Jurrien Smit, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Tamara Zwiers

• Cornelis Valstar (83), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Berend Jan Kerkdijk (54), Daarle, Hellendoorn
• Dirkje Matser (72), Wageningen, Nederland
• Edouard de Rodellec du Porzic (99), Lanneufret, Finistère, France
• Albert Jan Bekamp (78), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Bekamp (78), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernhard Weβling (80), Nordhorn
• Elisabeth Cornelia van het Nederend (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthony MIEDEMA (65), South Holland Cook County Illinois U.S.A
• Anke MEIJER (53), Almelo

• 1975 » Antonio Daniels, American basketball player
• 1975 » Matthew Richardson, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1976 » Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Andre Miller, American basketball player
• 1978 » Cydonie Mothersille, Jamaican-Caymanian sprinter
• 1979 » Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer
• 1979 » Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
• 1979 » Hee-seop Choi, South Korean-American baseball player
• 1979 » Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
• 1979 » Sheldon Brown, American football player

• 1976 » Albert Dieudonné, French actor and author (b. 1889)
• 1976 » Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1950)
• 1977 » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (b. 1888)
• 1978 » M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1891)
• 1982 » J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1982 » Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1956)
• 1984 » Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928)
• 1986 » Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 1987 » Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)

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. 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.
• March 4 » The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania.
• March 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
• April 22 » Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
• May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
• June 15 » After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.

The temperature on March 19, 1977 was between 4.2 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.