About the day » Tuesday June 8, 1999Calender converter

• Gilles Goblet, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve,, Brabant wallon, België († 1999)
• Steven Bogaerts, Lommel,, Limburg, België († 1999)
• Pim Anthonie Christiaan van Manen, Babberich

• Albertus van Onselen (80)
• Albertina Spoelstra (93), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• BERTHA ROMMENS (77), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Adolf Karl Lüken (82)
• Alberdina Matthijses Spoelstra (93), Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Nicolaas Leonardus Kortekaas (96), wateringen (Z-H), Nederland
• Alton Earl Pickering (66), Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Johannes Meeuwenoord (88), Noordwijk
• Boy Nijholt (65), Venlo
• Alice Josephina Vandersype (74), Veurne, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

• 1965 » Kevin Farley, American screenwriter
• 1967 » Russell E. Morris, Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of St Andrews
• 1971 » Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer
• 1977 » Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer
• 1981 » Rachel Held Evans, American Christian author
• 1982 » Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
• 1983 » Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles.
• 1984 » Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 » Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player
• 1997 » Jelena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player

• 1997 » George Turner, Australian author and critic (b. 1916)
• 1997 » Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (b. 1948)
• 1998 » Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
• 1998 » Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
• 2000 » Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (b. 1948)
• 2001 » Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941)

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.
• February 13 » The last hockey game is played in Maple Leaf Gardens: the Toronto Maple Leafs lose 6–2 to the Chicago Blackhawks.
• August 31 » The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
• September 30 » The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
• October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
• November 30 » Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
• December 31 » The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.

The temperature on June 8, 1999 was between 9.8 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.