About the day » Thursday May 5, 1977Calender converter

• Lisa Henrietta van Gorkum, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
• Paula Jeanette van Hove, White Rock, Canada,BC († 2000)
• Rudolf Omar Sampimon († 1998)
• thijs andreas cornelis VAN DEN BREEKEL, haaren
• Logan Lane McNeilus († 2000)
• Erik Fokkink, Zelhem

• Camilla Josphina RIBBENS (67), Aalst
• Alberta Aleida Assie (70), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Nicolaas Spiering (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred William Holman (44)
• Aaltje Hoekstra (90), -
• Aleida Gezina Loman (70)
• Aaltje MEIJER (65)
• Bertha Mae HOVIS
• Christiaan Antonius Marie (Christ) Bernardusz * Derwig (77), Bergen op Zoom
• Alberta Aleida Assie (70), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1975 » Meb Keflezighi, American runner
• 1976 » Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
• 1976 » Dieter Brummer, Australian actor
• 1976 » Jean-François Dumoulin, Canadian race car driver
• 1976 » Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
• 1978 » Morgan Pehme, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 » Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• 1980 » DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
• 1980 » Hank Green, American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger
• 1980 » Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer

• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
• 1983 » Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
• 1983 » John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
• 1988 » Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)

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.
• March 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
• May 14 » A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport (now Kenneth Kaunda International Airport) in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.
• June 7 » Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
• June 16 » Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
• September 20 » Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.

The temperature on May 5, 1977 was between 8.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.