About the day » Tuesday March 29, 1977Calender converter

• Dolf HENDRIKS, Bilthoven
• Jacob Struijk († 1988)

• Arie Davelaar (92), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Zandhuis (78), Wolvega, Friesland, Nederland
• Schmitjes (84), Nijmegen-Radboud ziekenhuis
• Alexander Willem Zwarts (83)
• Alphonse Ghislain Henrioulle (82), Hannut, Liège, Belgique
• Adelaide Louise Hannema (58), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Bena Edens (56)
• Antonius Romeijnders (92), Helmond, Nederland
• Augustinus (Tinus) Brakenhoff (70), Castricum
• Barteld Bremer (89), Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1973 » Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1973 » Sebastiano Siviglia, Italian footballer
• 1973 » Steve Smith, English high jumper
• 1974 » Miguel Gómez, Colombian-American photographer and educator
• 1976 » Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
• 1976 » Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
• 1978 » Aaron Persico, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
• 1980 » Bill Demong, American skier
• 1980 » Bruno Silva, Uruguayan footballer
• 1981 » Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer († 2018)

• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 » J. Arthur Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Mantovani, Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Carl Orff, German composer and educator (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (b. 1897)
• 1982 » Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (b. 1901)
• 1985 » Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1914)

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. Steven

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. Marieke
15. Elisabeth
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.
• January 28 » The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0m) of snow in one day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
• April 5 » The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip.
• April 11 » London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.
• May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
• November 12 » France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.
• December 4 » Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.

The temperature on March 29, 1977 was between -2.2 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.