About the day » Thursday April 15, 1999Calender converter

• Heidi Vosters, Reusel († 2003)
• Alex Daniel de Graaf, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

• Albert Boelen (67)
• Cornelia Anna Brouwer (82)
• Aagje van Dijk (91), Zwijndrecht, Nederland
• Bertie Lee Moon (87)
• Clarence DOUMA (76), Ripon California U.S.A
• Aaltje de Jong (92), Gorredijk, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Aalders (78)
• Bernard O'Brien - Flemming (54), Queensland, Australië
• Andreas Dominicus Joannes Huizinga (79), Zwolle, Ov, Nederland
• Bernardus Feitzes Homans (85), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1989 » Darren Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Emma Watson, English actress
• 1991 » Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor
• 1991 » Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
• 1992 » Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player
• 1994 » Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player
• 1994 » Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
• 1995 » Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer
• 1999 » Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player
• 2001 » Shanti Dope, Filipino rapper

• 1993 » John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1998 » Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1925)
• 1998 » William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
• 1999 » Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (b. 1944)
• 2000 » Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 2002 » Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922)
• 2004 » Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (b. 1934)

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.
• 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).
• May 24 » The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
• May 28 » In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
• July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
• August 17 » The 7.6 M_w  İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
• November 2 » Xerox murders: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.

The temperature on April 15, 1999 was between -1.1 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.