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• Marieke van Rooij, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Freek Lemmens
• Bjorn Van der Haegen, Aalst († 1989)
• Raf Dierckx, Turnhout († 1977)
• Geert Grave
• Leendert van Beelen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Antoinette Elisabeth Govertine Anna Maria Andrea van Stubenberg-Guttenberg, Graz, Steiermark († 1980)
• Erik-Job Bulters, De Bilt
• Sigrid Bekkema († 2015)

• Dirk POORTVLIET (72), Kapelle
• Alphons van Lith (48), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis van Vlerken (63)
• Catharina Keizers (82), Oldenzaal
• Augustinus Mees (74), Rotterdam
• Catharina Keizers (82), Oldenzaal
• Aaltje Heijink (55)
• Clasina Jacoba van der Kubbe (78), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Durk Abrahams Offringa (84), Kollum
• Arie Jacob van Veelen (85)

• 1975 » Joey Jordison, American musician, songwriter, record producer
• 1975 » Rahul Verma, Indian social worker and activist
• 1976 » Luigi Panarelli, Italian footballer
• 1976 » Václav Varaďa, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 » Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
• 1977 » Roxana Saberi, American journalist and author
• 1977 » Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut
• 1977 » Tom Welling, American actor
• 1978 » Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
• 1978 » Stana Katic, Canadian actress

• 1969 » Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)
• 1973 » Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)
• 1984 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1904)

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.
• June 15 » After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
• 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.
• October 7 » The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
• October 13 » Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
• October 20 » Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's airplane crashes. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines perish in the crash.
• December 4 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.

The temperature on April 26, 1977 was between 6.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.