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• Willemijn Claudine Crommelin, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Goverdina Cornelia van NOORT, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Benjamin Rubin Braunstein († 2009)
• Willemijn Claudine Crommelin, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)

• Aartje Kwak (90), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Philomena Kikken (84), Mechelen, Netherlands
• Antonius Alphonsus Marie van Mierlo (74), Breda
• Catharina Pieternella Schot (83), Rotterdam
• Aagje Martina van der Ven (68), ,, den Haag, Nederland
• Catharina van de Laar (76), Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia van Beelen (66), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Start (53), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus (Adrian) Nieuwenhuizen (Newhouse) (81), Suffolk, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Nieuwenhuizen (81), Suffolk County, New York, Verenigde Staten

• 1975 » Alexey Smertin, Russian international footballer
• 1975 » Austin Croshere, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1975 » Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer († 2003)
• 1975 » Nina Hossain, English journalist
• 1976 » Patricia Stokkers, Dutch swimmer
• 1977 » Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer and politician
• 1978 » James Badge Dale, American actor
• 1979 » Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
• 1979 » Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player († 2003)
• 1980 » Marvin Cabrera, Mexican footballer

• 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
• 1976 » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
• 1976 » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897)

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.
• 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.
• June 16 » Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
• August 4 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
• August 13 » Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
• September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.

The temperature on May 1, 1977 was between 4.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.