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• Jurgen Jonckheere, Tielt († 2014)
• Keith Alan Goltermann, Brockport († 1977)

• Anna Agnes Hendrikx (63), Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Carolina Godefrida Cornelia Verstralen (42), Tilburg
• Christine Victorine Hubertine Maurissen (86), Bree
• Barbara Maria Rondags (74), Vlijtingen, Riemst (B)
• Bertha Victoria Maria Bauer (80), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Beitler (92)
• Adriana de Nooijer (90), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Veenstra (48)
• * Martinus Cornelis van Velzen (78), Delft
• Annetje Willemientje Schaftenaar (76), Hilversum

• 1976 » Audrey Tautou, French model and actress
• 1976 » Jessica Capshaw, American actress
• 1976 » Rhona Mitra, English actress and singer
• 1977 » Adewale Ogunleye, American football player
• 1977 » Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player
• 1977 » Ime Udoka, American basketball player and coach
• 1977 » Jason Frasor, American baseball player
• 1977 » Mikaël Silvestre, French footballer
• 1977 » Ravshan Irmatov, Uzbek football referee
• 1978 » Dorin Chirtoacă, Moldavian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Chișinău

• 1969 » Sharon Tate, American model and actress (b. 1943)
• 1969 » Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936)
• 1972 » Sıddık Sami Onar, Turkish lawyer and academic (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934)
• 1975 » Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1906)
• 1978 » James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1903)
• 1979 » Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founded the Crips (b. 1953)
• 1979 » Walter O'Malley, American businessman (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (b. 1904)

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.
• February 4 » A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
• February 18 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
• March 9 » The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
• July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
• October 18 » German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
• December 4 » Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.

The temperature on August 9, 1977 was between 13.2 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.