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• Nico Guit († 2018)
• Sophie PATERNOTTE, Malmédy, Luik, België († 2000)
• Sonja Verster († 1977)
• Chantal Molter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Darren Wesley Schellenberger, Edmonton (Canada) († 1995)

• Aafje Hooijboer (64), Hoorn
• Assuërus van Aalderen (76), Meppel
• Bessie Fern Harris (84), Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States
• Arnoldus Henricus Broekman (92), Malden,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Francis Belzer (79), Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Arie van Houwelingen (78), Giessenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Henderikus de Grijs (80), Musselkanaal
• Benedict B. Stockton (85)
• Adrianus Cornelis Wilhelmus Josephus Asselbergs (62), Bergen op Zoom
• Alice Grieve Oliver (84), New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

• 1975 » 50 Cent, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1975 » Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-Mexican actor and model
• 1976 » Ioana Dumitriu, Romanian-American mathematician and academic
• 1976 » Rory Delap, English-Irish footballer
• 1977 » Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
• 1977 » Max Mirnyi, Belarusian tennis player
• 1978 » Adam Busch, American actor, director, and producer
• 1978 » Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
• 1978 » Tamera Mowry, American actress and producer
• 1978 » Tia Mowry, American actress and producer

• 1967 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Otto Klemperer, German-American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1975 » Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1976 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
• 1976 » Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1886)
• 1977 » Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
• 1978 » Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
• 1979 » Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
• 1986 » Jagjivan Ram, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)

• 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 11 » London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.
• September 7 » The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
• September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
• October 7 » The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
• 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".
• December 25 » Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.

The temperature on July 6, 1977 was between 15.3 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.