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October 18, 1999 
October 16, 1999
Died on Sunday October 17, 1999
- Christianus Antonius Kohlen (74), Nijmegen
- Elmer Wessels (74), Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
- arnolda huberta (nolda) verhees (82)
- Florence Sutton (96), Cedar City, Iron County, Utah, United States of America
- Arie Hoorn (73)
- Frederik Jan DOEVENDANS (80), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)
- gatske de haan (86), amsterdam
- Elisabeth Maria van der Bruggen (84), Goirle
- Felix Mathilde Marie Joseph De Coninck (80), Kortrijk
- Adrianus van DIJK (83), Rotterdam
Born on October 17
- 1990 » Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
- 1990 » Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
- 1990 » Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
- 1990 » Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer
- 1990 » Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
- 1991 » Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
- 1992 » Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress
- 1992 » Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer
- 1993 » Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
- 2001 » Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer
Died on October 17
- 1996 » Chris Acland, English musician & drummer of Lush (b. 1966)
- 1997 » Larry Jennings, American magician and author (b. 1933)
- 1998 » Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (b. 1920)
- 1998 » Joan Hickson, English actress (b. 1906)
- 1999 » Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)
- 2000 » Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1964)
- 2000 » Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1924)
- 2001 » Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2001 » Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)
- 2001 » Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (b. 1926)
Names that were popular for boys in 1999
- Thomas
- Max
- Niels
- Bram
- Robin
- Jan
- Tim
- Kevin
- Nick
- Lars
- Ruben
- Sander
- Jesse
- Matthijs
- Rick
- Tom
Names that were popular for girls in 1999
- Sanne
- Emma
- Julia
- Anna
- Lisa
- Laura
- Lotte
- Sophie
- Anne
- Maria
- Ilse
- Kim
- Amber
- Fleur
- Anouk
- Iris
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1999
- 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.
- February 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
- March 24 » A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
- March 27 » Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
- May 1 » The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.
- August 9 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
- August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
Weather October 17, 1999
The temperature on October 17, 1999 was between 2.2 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.