About the day » Tuesday May 10, 1977Calender converter

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

• Benjamin KORPEL (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Vastmans (78), Maaseik, Provincie Limburg, België
• Arthur McElhatton (84), Northumberland, England
• Adriaan Abraham Eekman (80), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Bernarda Hendrika Muurlink- (85), Maarn, Nederland
• Christiaan Martinus van de Vlekkert (73), Apeldoorn (GL)
• Bernarda Hendrika Muurlink (85), Maarn, Nederland
• Arie van Rekum (71), Arnhem
• BEEK BLINKSMA (80), ROTTERDAM
• Alphonsius Van Keymeulen (72), Aalst

• 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)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Johannes
4. Martijn
5. Peter
6. Richard
7. Mark
8. Michael
9. Robert
10. Hendrik
11. David
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.
• April 21 » Annie opens on Broadway.
• June 16 » Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
• September 7 » The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
• September 7 » The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
• October 13 » Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
• November 26 » An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.

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.