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• Philippus Willem Jan Boek († 2018)
• Philip Jan Boek, Kuinre († 2018)
• Illiana Tiara Priscilla Michelle van den Berg, Tiel

• Adrianus (Arie) Halkes (84)
• Annie Loomans (93), Sittard, Netherlands
• Bertina van Dam (63), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aldert de Jager (80)
• Aukje Van der Meer (70), Sneek, Wymbritseradeel,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Boukje Helmhout (89)
• Antonia Seijkens (90), Weert
• Aaltje Smook (81)
• Berthe Marie Émile BOTHY (78), Arbre (Nam.),5170,Namur,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Aleida Witteveen (78), Elburg

• 1990 » Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player
• 1991 » Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer
• 1991 » Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer
• 1992 » Neymar, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
• 1993 » Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 » Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer
• 1996 » Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer
• 1997 » Patrick Roberts, English footballer

• 1993 » Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1922)
• 1993 » William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1995 » Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
• 1997 » Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (b. 1920)
• 1997 » René Huyghe, French historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Tim Kelly, American guitarist (b. 1963)
• 1999 » Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 2000 » Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901)
• 2004 » John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)

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. Tom

1. Sanne
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Anna
5. Lisa
6. Laura
7. Lotte
8. Sophie
9. Anne
10. Amber
11. Ilse
12. Maria
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.
• March 21 » Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
• April 23 » NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• 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).
• July 31 » Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface.
• August 2 » The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
• November 18 » At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.

The temperature on February 5, 1999 was between 2.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.