About the day » Wednesday March 17, 1999Calender converter
March 16, 1999Born on Wednesday March 17, 1999
- Loreen Helen Mazereeuw († 2018)
- Laurie Mazereeuw († 2018)
- Nynke Margaretha Martens, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Wednesday March 17, 1999
- Annigje Fokker (80), Almere (FL) Nederland
- Anna Kurpershoek (91)
- Arie van der Kaaij (66), de Lier
- Antoinette Johanna Maria van Everdingen (86), Elst
- Abram Roskam (85), Sliedrecht
- Anna Kurpershoek (91), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
- Arend Brouwer (48), Voorthuizen
- Dijmphina Geertruida Maria Snelleman (87), Oud-Beijerland,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
- Clara Jonckheere (76), Sijsele-Damme
- Alfred Johannes Mangnus (72), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
Born on March 17
- 1989 » Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
- 1990 » Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
- 1990 » Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
- 1991 » Jack De Belin, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 » John Boyega, English actor
- 1992 » Patrick Cantlay, American golfer
- 1993 » Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
- 1994 » Dean Britt, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 » Ashley Taylor, Australian rugby league player
- 1997 » Katie Ledecky, American swimmer
Died on March 17
- 1993 » Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1994 » Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and director (b. 1925)
- 1996 » René Clément, French director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
- 1996 » Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- 1997 » Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957)
- 1999 » Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (b. 1921)
- 1999 » Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (b. 1905)
- 2002 » Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and producer (b. 1911)
- 2002 » Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (b. 1908)
- 2002 » Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1917)
Names that were popular for boys in 1999
- Thomas
- Max
- Niels
- Bram
- Robin
- Jan
- Tim
- Kevin
- Nick
- Lars
- Sander
- Ruben
- Jesse
- Matthijs
- Rick
- Tom
Names that were popular for girls in 1999
- Sanne
- Emma
- Julia
- Anna
- Lisa
- Laura
- Lotte
- Sophie
- Anne
- Ilse
- Amber
- Maria
- Kim
- 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.
- 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.
- May 7 » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
- May 25 » The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
- July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
- December 2 » The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
- December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
Weather March 17, 1999
The temperature on March 17, 1999 was between 4.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.