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April 19, 1977Born on Wednesday April 20, 1977
- Jurgen Baeten, Maaseik († 2000)
- Johan Van Hoe, Gent, 9000, Oost Vlaanderen († 2016)
- Christian Vincent Jasperse, Oost-Souburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1999)
- Marc Eric Eegdeman († 1982)
Died on Wednesday April 20, 1977
- Alida Clasina Valk (73), Lisse
- Agnès Nathalie Vandermeersch (82), La Madeleine,59xxx,N,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,France
- Dick K Wiebenga (80), Whiteside County, Illinois
- Antonius Fransiscus Dominicus Joseph Strijk (77), Leiden
- Carl Joseph Abeln (76), Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States
- Camilla Bertha Benoot (76), Kortrijk, Belgium
- Cornelis Cornelisse (94), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Suzanna van der Ven (82), Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa
- Anna Maria Vermetten (72), Tilburg
- Cornelis Cornelisse- (94), Heemskerk, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 20, 1977 at Delpher
Born on April 20
- 1974 » Adrian Ilie, Romanian footballer
- 1975 » Killer Mike, American rapper and activist
- 1976 » Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer
- 1976 » Chris Mason, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 » Georgina Rylance, English actress
- 1976 » Ismail Rasheed, Maldivian actor
- 1976 » Shay Given, Irish footballer and manager
- 1979 » Ludovic Magnin, Swiss footballer and coach
- 1979 » Nate Marquardt, American mixed martial artist
- 1979 » Stian Barsnes-Simonsen, Norwegian actor and television host
Died on April 20
- 1967 » Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)
- 1968 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (b. 1877)
- 1969 » Vjekoslav Luburić, Croatian Ustaše official and concentration camp administrator (b. 1914)
- 1980 » M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1924)
- 1982 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (b. 1892)
- 1986 » Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916)
- 1991 » Don Siegel, American director and producer (b. 1912)
- 1991 » Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
- 1992 » Benny Hill, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- 1992 » Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (b. 1922)
Names that were popular for boys in 1977
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Jeroen
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Peter
- Pieter
- Michael
- Martijn
- Robert
- David
- Mark
- Richard
- Maria
- John
Names that were popular for girls in 1977
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Ann
- Esther
- Adriana
- Monique
- Elizabeth
- Lynn
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Sandra
- Wendy
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1977
- 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.
- 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.
- July 21 » The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
- July 24 » End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
- August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
- November 19 » TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.
- November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
The weather on Wednesday April 20, 1977
The temperature on April 20, 1977 was between -2.4 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI