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• Simon Frank Kooiman, Enkhuizen
• Kyle Ray SPARENBERG, Kankakee County Illinois U.S.A († 1993)
• Saskia Cahlijne van Dieren, Zwolle († 1987)
• Valerie Renee KRAMER, Valparaiso Porter County Indiana U.S.A († 1977)
• Suzanne PERSOON, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Saskia Cathalijne van Dieren, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1987)
• Valerie Renee Kramer, Valparaiso-Indiana (USA) († 1977)

• Berendine, Jahanna Van Ek (56), Knokke-Heist (B)
• Christina Alijda Schoonderbeek (79), Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Klazes Hager (80)
• Anna Josephina Smulders (73), Tegelen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Berend Siebes Hiemstra (95)
• Albert van der Touw (79), Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Boot (74), Brakpan, Transvaal, R.S.A.
• Adrianus Boot (74), Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa
• Arend de Vogel (101)
• Arnold Houben (70), Echt-Slek

• 1975 » Luciano Burti, Brazilian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1976 » Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1976 » Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 » Norm Maxwell, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 » Paul Konerko, American baseball player
• 1977 » Taismary Agüero, Cuban-Italian volleyball player
• 1978 » Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer
• 1978 » Jared Crouch, Australian footballer
• 1978 » Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1978 » Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach

• 1971 » Allan Nevins, American journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1973 » Robert C. O'Brien, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
• 1974 » Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1974 » John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)
• 1974 » Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
• 1980 » Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Yip Harburg, American songwriter and composer (b. 1896)
• 1982 » John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)

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.
• March 24 » Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister of India, the first Prime Minister not to belong to Indian National Congress.
• May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
• August 12 » The Sri Lanka Riots:, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
• September 10 » Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
• September 30 » Because of NASA budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
• November 12 » France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.

The temperature on March 5, 1977 was between 5.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.