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Born on Wednesday September 8, 1999
Died on Wednesday September 8, 1999



Born on September 8

Died on September 8
  • 1997 » Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (b. 1932)
  • 1999 » Michalis Kounelis, Greek violinist (b. 1928)
  • 1999 » Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916)
  • 2001 » Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (b. 1908)
  • 2002 » Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968)
  • 2003 » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
  • 2004 » Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
  • 2005 » Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1921)
  • 2005 » Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932)
  • 2006 » Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (b. 1915)

Names that were popular for boys in 1999
  1. Jan
  2. Johannes
  3. Thomas
  4. Willem
  5. Cornelis
  6. Max
  7. Pieter
  8. Alexander
  9. David
  10. Niels
  11. Jacob
  12. Bram
  13. Hendrik
  14. Robin
  15. Tim
  16. James
Names that were popular for girls in 1999
  1. Maria
  2. Anna
  3. Johanna
  4. Marie
  5. Anne
  6. Sanne
  7. Emma
  8. Julia
  9. Lisa
  10. Sophie
  11. Elisabeth
  12. Laura
  13. Louise
  14. Elizabeth
  15. Lotte
  16. Amber

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1999
  • 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 7 » Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
  • April 8 » Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
  • April 14 » NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
  • July 10 » In women's association football, the United States defeated China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final was watched by 90,185 spectators, which set a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
  • July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
  • August 17 » The 7.6 Mw  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.
The weather on Wednesday September 8, 1999
The temperature on September 8, 1999 was between 12.1 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.

Source: KNMI