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• Arnoldus van Delft (80), Hulst
• Cornelia Corstina van der Lugt (83), Vlaardingen (Vlaardingen), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles William Cain (75), Pahrump, Nye, Nevada, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonie Jacob van der Jagt (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Borle (73), Hooglede
• Anton van Maren (68), Haarlem
• Antje Nijdam (96), Leeuwarden
• Ani Samijem (84), Salatiga (MJ, IDN)
• Beulah Titus (89), La Mesa, San Diego, California, United States
• Aukje Frankes de Jong (43), Bolsward, Gem. Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland

• 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)

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

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

• 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 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
• April 18 » Wayne Gretzky, the National Hockey League's all-time points scorer, plays his final game at Madison Square Garden as a teammate of the New York Rangers in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Gretzky recorded his final career point, an assist, bringing his career point total to 2,857.
• July 23 » ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 31 » The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.

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.