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• Anthonie Jacob van der Jagt (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clarence Stanley Vander Veen (58), Orange City (Sioux County) (Iowa)
• Arthur Gordon Corey (80), Daggett, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Antonius Michels (80), Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Esteje (69), Almere-Haven
• Alida Poot (85), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna catharina Siebum (67), Emmen
• Adrianus Vrijhof (78)
• Anneke J Rooij de (51), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred Gottfried Weisz (73), Stockton, San Joaquin, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1988 » JaVale McGee, American basketball player
• 1990 » Tatiana Búa, Argentine tennis player
• 1991 » Erin Sanders, American actress
• 1991 » Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player
• 1992 » Logan Lerman, American actor
• 1992 » Mac Miller, American rapper († 2018)
• 1992 » Shawn Johnson, American gymnast
• 1993 » Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer
• 1994 » Alfie Mawson, English footballer, centre back
• 1994 » Matthias Ginter, German footballer

• 1995 » Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1996 » Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 1997 » James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
• 1998 » Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
• 1999 » Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (b. 1967)
• 2000 » Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
• 2000 » Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, singer, and mathematician (b. 1913)
• 2000 » Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, Bahá’í Hand of the Cause of God and wife of Shoghi Effendi (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (b. 1921)
• 2002 » Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1934)

• 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.
• April 20 » Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
• August 17 » The 7.6 M_w  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.
• August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
• December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
• December 24 » Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).

The temperature on January 19, 1999 was between 5.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.