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• Martijn Vermeulen, Amsterdam, nh.nld († 1995)
• Bernardo Federico Tomás Guillermo, Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Chantalle Louise Engelen, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Roland van Loon, Tilburg († 2006)
• Bernardo Federico Thomas Guillermo, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• Calvin Herbert Linn (52), Wasco, Kern County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Bobby Randall Castleberry (27), Colquitt, Georgia, United States
• ? ? (68)
• Antonius Heeren (70), Zegge
• Cornelia (Corrie) Roosendaal (54), Tilburg
• Anna Catharina (Catrien) Koop (66), Ter Apel, 9561, Netherlands
• Andreas Lambrecht (87), Wielsbeke, 8710, Tielt, West Vlaanderen
• Aglae Maria van Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (80), Vomp, Tirol
• Antje Camstra (75), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arendina Mengerink (85), Neede

• 1975 » Joshua Leonard, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1975 » Juan Carlos Valerón, Spanish footballer
• 1975 » Phiyada Akkraseranee, Thai actress and model
• 1976 » Scott Adkins, English actor and martial artist
• 1976 » Sven Nys, Belgian cyclist
• 1977 » Mark Tauscher, American football player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Tjaša Jezernik, Slovenian tennis player
• 1978 » Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer
• 1978 » Travis Roche, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Nick Rimando, American soccer player

• 1968 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Refik Koraltan, Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1975 » James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Duffy Lewis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1979 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (b. 1923)
• 1985 » John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)

• 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.
• March 23 » The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
• August 3 » Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
• August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
• August 18 » Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
• November 6 » The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
• November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".

The temperature on June 17, 1977 was between 12.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.