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• Sandra De Meyer, Herentals (B), België († 2008)
• Erik Woestenburg († 1983)
• Bryan Richard Pickard, Fremont, MI († 1993)
• Thilo Ernst Hendrikus Wertens, Düsseldorf
• Didier VAN BELLEGHEM, Brugge,8000,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 2010)

• Antonius Franciscus Schulten (72), Losser, Overijssel, Nederland
• * Pietertje van Tuijl (68)
• Antonio Bassani (39)
• Delia Christine Dykhuis (75)
• Antje Dijkstra (74), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Elisabeth Geertruda Jahanna Dal (39), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Heeringa (78)
• Eddy van SPIJKER (27), Helmond
• Cornelia Johanna van der Veen (81), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Lambertus van der Wijst (70), Geffen, NL

• 1975 » Casey Affleck, American actor
• 1976 » Antoine Walker, American basketball player
• 1976 » Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player
• 1976 » Mikko Lindström, Finnish guitarist
• 1976 » Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer
• 1977 » Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer
• 1977 » Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor († 2010)
• 1977 » Plaxico Burress, American football player
• 1978 » Chris Chambers, American football player
• 1978 » Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1973 » Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1973 » Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1978 » John Williams, English motorcycle racer (b. 1946)
• 1979 » Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1982 » Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
• 1983 » Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Ladi Kwali, Nigerian potter (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1985 » Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951)

• 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.
• June 7 » Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
• August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.
• October 7 » The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
• 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.
• December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

The temperature on August 12, 1977 was between 12.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.