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• Anna Louise Laureen Barten, Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• Lenard den Hartog, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Anouk Wilhelmina Joanna Rutten, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

• Andrew J. Van mol Sr. (81), Lecompte, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
• Aaltje Wietses Klunder (91), Ulrum
• Cornelis Adrianus van Leest (90), Zevenbergen
• Bertha Janssens (83), Kapellen, 2950, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Berendina Ketzener (88), Meppel
• Anna Stene (98)
• Jurjen Joustra (57), Wommels
• Anna Maria Josepha GYPEN (79), Wuustwezel Belgie
• Bernardina Jacoba Houben (98), Gennep
• Aaltje Steenbergen (82), Heino, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1990 » Duvashen Padayachee, Australian race car driver
• 1990 » Irina Falconi, American tennis player
• 1990 » Ryan Morgan, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Brianne Jenner, Canadian women's ice hockey player
• 1992 » Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
• 1993 » Jānis Bērziņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1994 » Abi Masatora, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1994 » Joseph Tapine, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
• 1997 » Max King, Australian rugby league player

• 1990 » Emily Remler, American guitarist (b. 1957)
• 1991 » Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer-songwriter and mandolin player (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Gregor Mackenzie, Scottish politician (b. 1927)
• 1993 » France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (b. 1919)
• 1995 » Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Bonnie Lee Bakley, American model, wife of Robert Blake (b. 1956)
• 2004 » David Reimer, Canadian victim of a botched circumcision and transgender reassignment surgery (b. 1965)
• 2005 » David Hackworth, American colonel and journalist (b. 1930)
• 2008 » Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles (b. 1918)

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. Thijs

1. Sanne
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Anna
5. Lisa
6. Laura
7. Lotte
8. Sophie
9. Anne
10. Amber
11. Maria
12. Ilse
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 25 » A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
• April 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
• May 29 » Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
• July 5 » U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
• July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
• October 31 » EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.

The temperature on May 4, 1999 was between 6.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.