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Died on Wednesday January 13, 1999



Born on January 13

Died on January 13
  • 1993 » Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer and conductor (b. 1907)
  • 1995 » Max Harris, Australian journalist, poet, and author (b. 1921)
  • 2002 » Frank Shuster, Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
  • 2003 » Norman Panama, American director and screenwriter (b. 1914)
  • 2004 » Arne Næss, Jr., Norwegian businessman and mountaineer (b. 1937)
  • 2005 » Earl Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1915)
  • 2005 » Nell Rankin, American soprano and actress (b. 1924)
  • 2006 » Frank Fixaris, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1934)
  • 2006 » Marc Potvin, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1967)
  • 2007 » Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)

Names that were popular for boys in 1999
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1999
  1. Sanne
  2. Emma
  3. Julia
  4. Anna
  5. Lisa
  6. Laura
  7. Lotte
  8. Sophie
  9. Anne
  10. Amber
  11. Ilse
  12. Maria
  13. Kim
  14. Fleur
  15. Anouk
  16. Iris

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.
  • January 3 » The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
  • February 4 » Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
  • May 7 » In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
  • May 7 » Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
  • November 11 » The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
  • December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
Weather January 13, 1999

The temperature on January 13, 1999 was between 0.1 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.

Source: KNMI