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• Jeroen(Jeroen) van der Zalm, Noordwijk
• Johnathan Todd Bolhuis, Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa († 2006)

• Adrianus Antonius Klijn (66), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antonius Gradisen (79), Bassendean, WA, Australia
• "Elvis" Aaron Presley (42), Memphis, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Lieuwes Hoitinga (95), Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Agnes BONNEMA (68), Denver Denver County Colorado U.S.A
• Adeline D'Hauwers (81), Zottegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adelard d'HOOGHE (68), Menen, 34027, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Abraham de Leon (77), amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella van Doesburg (73), Naarden
• Alexander Herman Wunderink (79), Rotterdam

• 1975 » Álvaro Tardáguila, Uruguayan cyclist
• 1975 » Didier Agathe, French footballer
• 1975 » George Stults, American model and actor
• 1975 » Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
• 1975 » Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
• 1975 » Taika Waititi, New Zealand director, screenwriter and actor
• 1977 » Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
• 1979 » Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer († 2012)
• 1979 » Ian Moran, Australian cricketer
• 1979 » Paul Gallacher, Scottish footballer

• 1971 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1973 » Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)
• 1978 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888)
• 1979 » John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Johannes
4. Martijn
5. Peter
6. Richard
7. Mark
8. Robert
9. Michael
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.
• March 24 » Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister of India, the first Prime Minister not to belong to Indian National Congress.
• April 7 » German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
• September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
• September 20 » Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
• October 7 » The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
• November 12 » France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.

The temperature on August 16, 1977 was between 14.0 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.