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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
Names that were popular for girls in 1999

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.
  • March 21 » Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
  • March 24 » A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
  • May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
  • 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.
  • November 30 » Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
  • November 30 » In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
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