About the day » Monday March 21, 1977Calender converter

• Heidi Smitsman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2017)
• Wendy BARKER († 1977)
• Chantal Rekers
• Jan Johannes Draaijer, Zutphen († 1996)
• Baby Boy Oliver, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan († 1977)
• Sander Zaal, amsterdam († 1977)
• Wendy Oosterbroek, Enschede († 2016)

• Arendje BAL (62), 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Akke Kerkhof (84)
• Akke Lykeles Kerkhof (84), Wijnjeterp
• Akke Kerkhof (84), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• *Elisabeth Kil (81), Rotterdam
• Clothilde Everaert (82), Lokeren (België)
• Anna M Barlage (74), St Marys, Auglaize, Ohio
• Albert William Hilton (58), Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
• Adriaan de Waard (79), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andreas Franciscus de Vaan (43), Haarsteeg

• 1976 » Bamboo Mañalac, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 » Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress and singer
• 1976 » Tekin Sazlog, German-Turkish footballer
• 1977 » Bruno Cirillo, Italian footballer
• 1977 » Jamie Delgado, English tennis player
• 1978 » Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist († 2007)
• 1978 » Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
• 1978 » Joyce Jimenez, Filipino movie and TV actress
• 1978 » Mohammad Rezaei, Iranian wrestler
• 1978 » Sally Barsosio, Kenyan runner

• 1970 » Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1920)
• 1975 » Joe Medwick, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, President of Ireland (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1888)
• 1985 » Michael Redgrave, English actor, director, and manager (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (b. 1918)
• 1987 » Walter L. Gordon, Canadian accountant, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1906)
• 1991 » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (b. 1909)
• 1991 » Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and politician, Mayor of Ankara (b. 1927)
• 1992 » John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)

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 17 » Capital punishment in the United States resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah.
• June 13 » Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
• September 4 » The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
• September 13 » General Motors introduces Diesel engine, with Oldsmobile Diesel engine, in the Delta 88, Oldsmobile 98, and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser models amongst others.
• November 6 » The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
• November 22 » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

The temperature on March 21, 1977 was between 5.2 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.