About the day » Sunday January 24, 1999Calender converter

• Joey Martinus Leendert VERMEER, Veldhoven († 1999)

• Charles Edward Pack (78), Waco, McLennan, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Antonus Hoek, van den (89)
• Alvin G Munneke (77), Pinellas Park, Pinellas, Florida (USA)
• Arnold Johan Arts (66), Boxmeer
• Boudewijn Beukelman (84)
• Bertha Helema Elisabeth Bach (87), Amsterdam
• Edward Hood Dawson [WhWhyWd Bu] (85), Chester, Chester County, South Carolina
• Adrianus Mosterd (94), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Timmerman (74)
• Adrianus Pietersz Mosterd (94), Delft

• 1991 » Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
• 1991 » Zé Luís, Cape Verdean footballer
• 1991 » Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
• 1992 » Becky Downie, English gymnast
• 1992 » Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer
• 1992 » Phiwa Nkambule, South African entrepreneur
• 1994 » Tommie Hoban, English footballer
• 1995 » Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
• 1997 » Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese racer
• 1999 » Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer

• 1991 » Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
• 2003 » Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
• 2007 » İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
• 2007 » Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)

1. Thomas
2. Max
3. Niels
4. Bram
5. Robin
6. Jan
7. Tim
8. Kevin
9. Nick
10. Lars
11. Sander
12. Ruben
13. Jesse
14. Matthijs
15. Rick
16. Thijs

1. Sanne
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Anna
5. Lisa
6. Laura
7. Lotte
8. Sophie
9. Anne
10. Amber
11. Maria
12. Ilse
13. Kim
14. Fleur
15. Anouk
16. Iris

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
• January 3 » The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
• June 1 » American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
• July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
• November 8 » Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.
• November 30 » Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
• December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.

The temperature on January 24, 1999 was between 4.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.