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January 17, 1999 
January 15, 1999
Born on Saturday January 16, 1999
- Timothy Robert Bos († 2020)
Died on Saturday January 16, 1999
- Anna Brondsema (76)
- Benjamin H. Davis (84), Greenville (Greenville County), South Carolina
- Aaltje AMBAGTSHEER (77), Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Hubertina Verstappen (88), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
- Bernardus Jacobus van GINKEL (76), Bennekom,Ede,GELDERLAND,NETHERLANDS
- Aartje Koetsier (95), Harderwijk
- Adriana Bakker (85), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Antonius van Lent (85), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Aranka Newman (98), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
- Agnes Ursula Catharina Otte (90), Goirle
Born on January 16
- 1988 » Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
- 1988 » Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
- 1991 » Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1993 » Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
- 1993 » Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
- 1994 » Chris Smith, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 » Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
- 1996 » Kim Jennie, Korean singer
- 1998 » Cameron Murray, Australian rugby league player
- 2003 » Adriana Hernández, Mexican rhythmic gymnast
Died on January 16
- 1995 » Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (b. 1924)
- 1996 » Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (b. 1914)
- 1996 » Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (b. 1903)
- 1999 » Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (b. 1915)
- 2000 » Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
- 2001 » Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (b. 1939)
- 2002 » Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
- 2003 » Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
- 2004 » Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
- 2005 » Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (b. 1958)
Names that were popular for boys in 1999
- Thomas
- Max
- Niels
- Bram
- Robin
- Jan
- Tim
- Kevin
- Nick
- Lars
- Sander
- Ruben
- Jesse
- Matthijs
- Rick
- Tom
Names that were popular for girls in 1999
- Sanne
- Emma
- Julia
- Anna
- Lisa
- Laura
- Lotte
- Sophie
- Anne
- Ilse
- Amber
- Maria
- Kim
- Fleur
- Anouk
- 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.
- April 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
- August 26 » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
- October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
- October 12 » The World Population reaches 6 billion.
- November 2 » Xerox murders: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.
- December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
Weather January 16, 1999
The temperature on January 16, 1999 was between 5.0 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.