About the day » Thursday December 16, 1999Calender converter

• Robin Andreas Maijer, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Kaia Hilbrink, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

• Carmen Huitema (36)
• Eileen T. Mares (70), St. Cloud Hospital
• Cloud Leon Zormeir (75), Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, United States of America
• Aafje Stremler (88), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Krijntje van Kerkwijk (86), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles LAMBERT (83), Lévis, Québec
• Anna de Haan (80)
• * Gijsbertus Petrus Manders (79), Veldhoven
• Engelina Maria van FESSEM (85), Breda
• Ernest G Jongeling (81), Battle Lake, Otter Tail, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten

• 1992 » Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1992 » Moe Miura, Japanese model, actress, and singer
• 1992 » Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
• 1992 » Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
• 1994 » Elliot Lee, English footballer
• 1994 » José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer
• 1994 » Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
• 1996 » Joel Adams, Australian pop/soul singer-songwriter
• 1997 » Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
• 1998 » Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player

• 1996 » Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910)
• 1997 » Lillian Disney, American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899)
• 1998 » William Gaddis, American author and academic (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
• 2003 » Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
• 2003 » Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Agnes Martin, American painter and educator (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (b. 1946)
• 2004 » Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)

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 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).
• January 21 » War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500lb) of cocaine on board.
• February 11 » Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
• February 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
• April 23 » NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• August 26 » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.

The temperature on December 16, 1999 was between -4.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.