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February 4, 1999 
February 2, 1999
Died on Wednesday February 3, 1999
- Cornelia Duijvestein (93), Wateringen
- Arend Boom (75), winschoten
- Anna Doornbos (98), Cicero (Cook, Illinois, USA)
- Anna Elisabeth Josephina Smeets (80), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
- Anke Martha Roosma (69), Leek (FRL)
- Anke Martha Andriesdr. Roosma (69), Leek, Groningen, Nederland
- Catharina Anna Bakkum (77)
- Antje Klijnsma (80)
- Cunera (Cor) van NEK (97), Arnhem, 1163, Gelderland, Nederland
- Bep Krechtig (79)
Born on February 3
- 1985 » Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress
- 1986 » Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress
- 1986 » Lucas Duda, American baseball player
- 1986 » Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
- 1988 » Cho Kyuhyun, South Korean singer
- 1989 » Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
- 1990 » Martin Taupau, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 » Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
- 1991 » Corey Norman, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 » Olli Aitola, Finnish ice hockey player
Died on February 3
- 1989 » John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 1989 » Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1916)
- 1991 » Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1993 » Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1927)
- 1996 » Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (b. 1922)
- 1999 » Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1950)
- 2005 » Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (b. 1904)
- 2005 » Zurab Zhvania, Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
- 2006 » Al Lewis, American actor and activist (b. 1923)
- 2009 » Sheng-yen, Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain (b. 1930)
Names that were popular for boys in 1999
- Thomas
- Max
- Niels
- Bram
- Robin
- Jan
- Tim
- Kevin
- Nick
- Lars
- Sander
- Ruben
- Jesse
- Matthijs
- Rick
- Tom
Names that were popular for girls in 1999
- Sanne
- Emma
- Julia
- Anna
- Lisa
- Laura
- Lotte
- Sophie
- Anne
- Ilse
- Amber
- Maria
- Kim
- Fleur
- Anouk
- Iris
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1999
- 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.
- March 24 » A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
- March 28 » Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
- May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
- December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
- December 21 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.
- December 26 » The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
Weather February 3, 1999
The temperature on February 3, 1999 was between 4.9 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.