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• Esther Belinda Hibma

• Albertus Balk (77)
• Antonia Iliohan (80)
• Antonius Johannes van Dinther (63), 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)
• Anna Helena Schepers (94), Schoonebeek Emmen
• Antonius Hendricus Tromp (71), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Cornelia Groenendijk (91), Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton van den Oever (78), Katwijk
• Mols (75), Tilburg
• Bertoldo Sebold (74)
• Adriana Bregman (93)

• 1990 » Anastasija Sevastova, a professional tennis player from Latvia
• 1991 » Akeem Adams, Trinidadian footballer († 2013)
• 1991 » Josh Gordon, American football player
• 1991 » Ulises Dávila, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Denis Kudryavtsev, Russian hurdler
• 1992 » Jordan Silk, Australian cricketer
• 1993 » Tony Wroten, American basketball player
• 1994 » Ángelo Henríquez, Chilean footballer
• 1994 » Elvis Merzļikins, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1997 » Kyle Walker-Peters, English footballer

• 1996 » Leila Mackinlay, English author and educator (b. 1910)
• 1997 » Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Bryant Bowles, American soldier and activist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Dorothy Frooks, American author and actress (b. 1896)
• 1997 » Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)
• 1998 » Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)
• 1999 » Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924)
• 1999 » Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (b. 1916)

• 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.
• May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
• 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.
• October 29 » A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
• October 31 » EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
• December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
• December 31 » Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ended after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan.

The temperature on April 13, 1999 was between 0.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.