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• Jan Arend Nijborg, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• Andr Van De Wijngaerde (54), Aalst-Oost Vlaanderen
• Bertha Josepha Beeris (84), Veldhoven
• Albert Franciscus van den Keybus (83), Zoersel, Belgium
• Albertus Stephanus Oosthuizen (46), Pretoria, Zuid-Afrika
• Adam Johannes Goes (79)
• Antonia Bannink (76), Apeldoorn
• Arie Aart ten Hove (71), Maarssen
• Cornelis de Rover (82), Rhoon (Nederland)
• Aaltje Ootjers (75), Alkmaar
• Blanche Wilhelmina Johanna de Smidt (99)

• 1985 » Jake Long, American football player
• 1987 » Kevin Gameiro, French footballer
• 1987 » Scott Bolton, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 » Vitaliy Pushkar, Ukrainian race car driver
• 1988 » J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver
• 1989 » Ellen White, English footballer
• 1991 » Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka
• 1992 » Dan Burn, English footballer
• 1996 » Grace Reid, Scottish diver
• 1996 » Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer

• 1993 » Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)
• 1994 » Elias Motsoaledi, South African activist (b. 1924)
• 1997 » Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 1997 » Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Alice Faye, American actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951)
• 2004 » Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Brenda Fassie, South African singer (b. 1964)

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. Ilse
11. Amber
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.
• January 22 » Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
• February 11 » Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
• March 21 » Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
• March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
• September 7 » The 6.0 M_w  Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
• December 21 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.

The temperature on May 9, 1999 was between 10.6 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.