About the day » Sunday January 24, 1999Calender converter

• Joey Martinus Leendert VERMEER, Veldhoven († 1999)

• Edward Hood Dawson [WhWhyWd Bu] (85), Chester, Chester County, South Carolina
• Angelina Lormans (77), Brasschaat Antwerpen Vesaliuskliniek
• Edwin Carlton Graham (68), Horry County,South Carolina
• Christopher HARRISON (68)
• Boudewijn Beukelman (84)
• Charles Edward Pack (78), Waco, McLennan, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Date Slagter (70), Tolbert
• Cornelis Lagerweij (73)
• Diva Barra (83), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adrianus (aan) Mosterd (94), Delft, Nederland

• 1991 » Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
• 1991 » Zé Luís, Cape Verdean footballer
• 1991 » Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
• 1992 » Becky Downie, English gymnast
• 1992 » Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer
• 1992 » Phiwa Nkambule, South African entrepreneur
• 1994 » Tommie Hoban, English footballer
• 1995 » Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
• 1997 » Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese racer
• 1999 » Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer

• 1991 » Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
• 2003 » Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
• 2007 » İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
• 2007 » Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)

1. Thomas
2. Max
3. Niels
4. Bram
5. Robin
6. Jan
7. Tim
8. Kevin
9. Nick
10. Lars
11. Ruben
12. Sander
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 19 » British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
• 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.
• July 10 » In women's association football, the United States defeated China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final was watched by 90,185 spectators, which set a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
• July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
• August 9 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
• November 30 » Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.

The temperature on January 24, 1999 was between 4.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.