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• Cayetana Rivera y Martínez de Irujo, Sevilla

• Ab PIMENTEL (82), Cannes
• Anne Marie van Verschuer (76), Culemborg (GL)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Maria Eras (65), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Witsen (91), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Pieternella van Tatenhove (95), Terneuzen
• Abraham Justinus (Dok) Briers (57), Boksburg, South Africa
• Amarius Willem Schouten (70), Rijwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolina Maria Johanna Gomes (89), Maasdonk
• Adrianus, Johannes Belzer (65), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Lodder (93)

• 1986 » Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer
• 1988 » Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer
• 1989 » Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player
• 1992 » Bryce Harper, American baseball player
• 1992 » Kostas Fortounis, Greek footballer
• 1992 » Stuart Lightbody, Irish badminton player
• 1993 » Caroline Garcia, French tennis player
• 1994 » Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Charles Leclerc, Monégasque Formula One driver
• 1997 » Naomi Osaka, Haitian-Japanese tennis player

• 1996 » Eric Malpass, English author (b. 1910)
• 1996 » Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1997 » Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
• 1997 » James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 1998 » Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
• 1999 » Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (b. 1934)
• 2000 » Rick Jason, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2001 » Etta Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Avni Arbaş, Turkish painter (b. 1919)

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. Ilse
11. Amber
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 3 » The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
• January 4 » Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
• January 25 » A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
• March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
• July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
• November 8 » Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.

The temperature on October 16, 1999 was between 4.1 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.