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• Melissa Dawn Beere, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2012)

• Albert Hansma (53), Calgary (Alberta) (Canada)
• Antonius Mentink (90), Diepenveen
• Arie van Rekum (71), Arnhem
• (75), Assen
• Bastiaan Duizer (77)
• Alphonsius Van Keymeulen (72), Aalst
• Antonius MENTINK (90), Diepenveen
• Arie van Rekum (71), Arnhem
• Albert Hansma (53), Calgary, Canada
• Arie REIJERKERK (85), Amsterdam

• 1971 » Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater
• 1972 » Christian Wörns, German footballer
• 1973 » Joshua Eagle, Australian tennis player
• 1973 » Ollie le Roux, South African rugby player
• 1974 » Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
• 1975 » Adam Deadmarsh, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1975 » Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
• 1978 » Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
• 1981 » Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
• 1981 » Samuel Dalembert, Haitian-Canadian basketball player

• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)
• 1988 » Shen Congwen, Chinese author and academic (b. 1902)
• 1990 » Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (b. 1916)
• 1994 » John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (b. 1942)

• 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.
• February 4 » A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
• May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
• July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
• 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 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
• November 25 » Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.

The temperature on May 10, 1977 was between 7.7 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.