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• Eli McFadden Glaser **** († 2020)

• Bertha Jacoba Cornelia Bouweriks (79), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Matthijssen (96), Prinsenbeek
• Catherine Margaret Bond (88), Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Barend Arend van Vliet (80), Bruinisse, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Martha Maria Elisabeth de Jong (72), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andre (Andries Rochus) akkermans (58), Wessem
• Anne de Bussy (5)
• Anastácia Junckes (80)
• Boele Kuipers (90)
• Anna Maria Antonia "Anja" Opstal (43), Heemstede, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1991 » Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer
• 1991 » Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
• 1991 » Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player
• 1995 » Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
• 1996 » Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1997 » Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
• 1998 » Kanon Suzuki, Japanese singer and actress
• 1998 » Mimi Keene, English actress
• 2003 » Toni Shaw, British Paralympic swimmer

• 1998 » Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Alec Guinness, English actor (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer who scored India's first Test century (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1920)
• 2000 » Tullio Crali, Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Christopher Skase, Australian-Spanish businessman (b. 1948)
• 2001 » Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
• 2002 » Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)

1. Thomas
2. Max
3. Niels
4. Bram
5. Robin
6. Tim
7. Jan
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. Maria
12. Ilse
13. Kim
14. Anouk
15. Fleur
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 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
• January 25 » A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
• April 14 » A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
• 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.
• August 9 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
• November 19 » Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

The temperature on August 5, 1999 was between 14.2 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.