About the day » Friday October 15, 1999Calender converter

• Alex Peters-van Aalst, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten

• Bernice Johnson (93), Menomonie, Dunn, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Andrew Michael Godfrey Baring (50)
• Adirana van Nyhuis (97), Oakhurst, Madera County, California
• Bernard Henry (Ben) Barhorst (91), Lima, Allen, Ohio
• Berthe, Maria BERTON (95), Bourges, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France
• Anna Bernadina Cornelia Fredriksz (97), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Roberts Brokaw (74)
• Albertus Wolfs (71), Tilburg
• Arend van Dijk (73), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bettye L. Sonderegger (82), West Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa

• 1988 » Lassy Mbouity, Congolese writer and politician
• 1989 » Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer
• 1989 » Blaine Gabbert, American football player
• 1989 » Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer
• 1990 » Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1994 » Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper
• 1995 » Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player
• 1996 » Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
• 1996 » Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer
• 1999 » Bailee Madison, American actress

• 1993 » Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1913)
• 1994 » Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (b. 1934)
• 1995 » Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967)
• 1995 » Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1976)
• 1999 » Josef Locke, British-Irish soldier, policeman, tenor and actor (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Konrad Emil Bloch, Polish-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2000 » Vincent Canby, American journalist and critic (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Ben Metcalfe, Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1919)
• 2005 » Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
• 2005 » Matti Wuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)

• 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 4 » Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
• April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
• April 7 » The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
• April 14 » A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
• 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.
• December 21 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.

The temperature on October 15, 1999 was between 6.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.