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• maria petronella (yvonne) van dommelen, tegelen
• Sebastiaan van Silfhout († 1977)

• Andreas Dirk Lutterlof (74), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Hopman (57), De Koog
• Charles van der Galien (79), Randolph
• Antonius Theodorus van Lange (71), Breda
• Chester Charles Smout (75), Toledo, Lucas Co., OH
• Arthur Edward Adcock (82)
• Della L. Priest (94), Lonoke, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
• Carola Margaretha Maria Perquin (74), Tilburg
• Daniel B. Prestage (84), Apache Junction, Pinal County, Arizona
• Arie Jan Spek (89)

• 1976 » Diane Kruger, German actress and model
• 1976 » Gabriel Iglesias, Mexican-American comedian and voice actor
• 1976 » Marco Di Vaio, Italian footballer
• 1976 » Steve Cunningham, American boxer
• 1977 » André Nel, South African cricketer
• 1977 » D. J. Kennington, Canadian racing driver
• 1977 » John St. Clair, American football player
• 1977 » Lana Parrilla, American actress
• 1977 » Ray Toro, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player

• 1965 » Francis Cherry, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Seyfi Arkan, Turkish architect (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Christine Chubbuck, American journalist (b. 1944)
• 1976 » Paul Gallico, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1977 » Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (b. 1933)
• 1979 » Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 29th President of Mexico, 1964-1970 (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Frédéric Dorion, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (b. 1906)

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.
• April 5 » The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip.
• 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 16 » Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
• August 15 » The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
• December 5 » Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
• December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

The temperature on July 15, 1977 was between 7.1 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.