About the day » Wednesday July 27, 1977Calender converter

• Cynthia Ann Dykstra, San Bernardino, California, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Cindy Linda Rurenga, Leeuwarden († 2012)

• Anna Catharina Zwetsloot (73), Anna Paulowna
• Ate ZWEERING (79), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
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• Antonie Waarts (71)
• Anna, Maria Hendrickx (80), Sint-Antoniuszoersel (B)
• Aagje Wiering (71), Broek op L'dijk
• Burton Frances (Sunny) Jones (43), London, Ontario, Canada
• Arend Hoogendoorn (64), Den Haag
• Adriaan Pieter Hage (66), Tiel
• Aldee Anthime PAQUIN (51), Dupuy, Québec, Canada

• 1975 » Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
• 1975 » Fred Mascherino, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 » Serkan Çeliköz, Turkish keyboard player and songwriter
• 1975 » Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
• 1976 » Demis Hassabis, English computer scientist and academic
• 1976 » Scott Mason, Australian cricketer († 2005)
• 1977 » Björn Dreyer, German footballer
• 1977 » Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean illustrator
• 1977 » Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
• 1978 » Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Irish hurler and manager

• 1970 » António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1971 » Charlie Tully, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician († 1926)
• 1978 » Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Willem van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian king (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Elizabeth Rona, Hungarian American nuclear chemist (b. 1890)
• 1981 » William Wyler, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1984 » James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)

• 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 7 » German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
• April 21 » Annie opens on Broadway.
• June 26 » Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
• July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
• October 14 » Anita Bryant gets a pie thrown in her face at a news conference in Des Moines by gay rights activist Tom Higgins for her anti-LGBT commentary.
• November 19 » TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.

The temperature on July 27, 1977 was between 11.8 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.