About the day » Tuesday May 3, 1977Calender converter

• Aren Romkes († 1998)
• Martijn Edward Johan Oude Reimerink, Deventer, 7411, Nederland († 2001)
• Aren ROMKES († 1998)
• Renate Christina Catharina Hemelop, Rotterdam
• Dirk Lippits, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Thijs Bastiaan GOOSSINK, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• André Romkes († 1998)
• Bas P.B. Oomen, Oudenbosch
• Richard Joseph Hendrik Beuk, 's-Gravenhage, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1977)

• Annichje van oord (86), Hellendoorn huis Kronnenzommer
• Antoinette Françoise Johanna Matroos (79), .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• A. Brinkman (67)
• Annechinus Greven (66), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Annie Bouter (69)
• Arie van den Bogerd (75), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland, NLD)
• Adriana Geertruida (Truus) Goemans (70), Bennebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Bruins (59)
• Anna Derktje Franssens (70), Groningen, Nederland
• Bontje Knoop (57)

• 1976 » Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 » Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 » Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
• 1977 » Ben Olsen, American soccer player and coach
• 1977 » Eric Church, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1977 » Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician († 2017)
• 1977 » Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach
• 1978 » Christian Annan, Ghanaian-Hong Kong footballer
• 1978 » Paul Banks, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
• 1986 » Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1987 » Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)
• 1988 » Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Johannes
4. Martijn
5. Peter
6. Richard
7. Mark
8. Michael
9. Robert
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 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
• May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
• June 27 » France grants independence to Djibouti.
• July 5 » Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
• August 3 » Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
• September 20 » Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.

The temperature on May 3, 1977 was between 11.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.