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• Chantel van der Zwan, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
• Luca Smetsers, Eindhoven,Gemeente Eindhoven,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 2016)

• Anna Apolonia Bastiana Looijen (90), Nijkerk (GL)
• Catharina Jacoba Groenewegen (83), Rozenburg, Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Emma Stefanisn (84), Westlake, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Arie van der WEIJDEN (69)
• Anna Baukes Rijpma (97), St Niek
• Dirk Cornelis van der Kooi (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Meulstee (81), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis van Roon (80), Bilthoven
• Engelina Gerredina IJsseldijk (91), Zutphen
• Anna Maria Hendriks (86), Grand Bend (Ontario Canada)

• 1990 » Daveigh Chase, American actress
• 1991 » Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress
• 1991 » Manuel Fischnaller, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Mikaël Kingsbury, Canadian skier
• 1992 » Mitch Grassi, American singer and songwriter
• 1994 » Alejandra Álvarez, Ecuadorian tennis player
• 1994 » Phillip Lindsay, American football player
• 1995 » Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player
• 1995 » Valentine Holmes, Australian rugby league player
• 2002 » Nicole Pircio, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

• 1992 » Arletty, French actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1900)
• 1994 » Helen Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo (Native American) Pueblo potter (b. 1915)
• 1995 » George Rodger, English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Vincentian cricketer and activist (b. 1937)
• 1997 » Saw Maung, Burmese general and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1928)
• 1997 » William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and jurist (b. 1906)
• 2000 » Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian poet and journalist (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (b. 1912)

1. Thomas
2. Max
3. Niels
4. Bram
5. Robin
6. Jan
7. Tim
8. Kevin
9. Nick
10. Lars
11. Ruben
12. Sander
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.
• February 24 » China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
• March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
• 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 23 » ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
• August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
• November 27 » The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.

The temperature on July 24, 1999 was between 14.7 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.