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• Chad Hickman, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2012)
• Peter Knapen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2003)
• Mario Henderik Rocco Jan Tuitman, Groningen
• Pamela Jo Versteeg

• Bouwe van der meulen (58)
• Age van der Werf (79), Franeker
• Britney Brook Cooksey (0), Seagoville, Dallas County, Texas
• Adriana Elisabeth van der Kampen (58), Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bouwe Daniëls VAN DER MEULEN (58)
• Aaffien Engels (84)
• Adrianus Johannes Petrus Stegemeijer (69)
• Andries Joost Hendrik Dake (81), Amsterdam
• Christina Josephina Henriëtta de Macker (71), Born,, Limburg, Nederland
• Blanche LEHÉRISSIER (90), Leuven, 24062, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique

• 1976 » Andrew Ilie, Romanian-Australian tennis player
• 1976 » Gavin Creel, American actor and singer
• 1976 » Justin Ross, American politician
• 1976 » Melissa Joan Hart, American actress, director, and producer
• 1976 » Staffan Strand, Swedish high jumper
• 1977 » Cindy Taylor, Paraguayan model and actress
• 1977 » Dan LaCouture, American ice hockey player
• 1979 » Ethan Cohn, American actor
• 1979 » Matt Cooper, Australian rugby league player
• 1979 » Michael Bradley, American basketball player and coach

• 1959 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Percy Smith, English footballer and manager (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Pierre Desproges, French journalist and actor (b. 1939)

• 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.
• February 18 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
• June 30 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
• November 22 » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
• December 4 » Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
• December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

The temperature on April 18, 1977 was between -1.6 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.