About the day » Tuesday May 11, 1999Calender converter
May 10, 1999Died on Tuesday May 11, 1999
- Dirkje van der Grift (74), Elst, Nederland
- Auguste Louis Schreurs (90), Sint-Truiden, België
- * Johanna Petronella (Nellie) Timmermans (91), Panningen
- Antonius Nicolaas (Toon) Berbée (65), Den Helder
- Adriaan Jacques Marie van Etten (67), Den Bosch
- Achiles Piza de Barros Fontes (85)
- Annetje Teunisje Clara Pater (38), Barneveld
- Aukje de ROO (83), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Alice Van Zandbergen (92)
- Bert Fonteijn (91), Weert,, Limburg, Nederland
Born on May 11
- 1989 » Alyssa Brown, Canadian artistic gymnast
- 1989 » Cam Newton, American football player
- 1989 » Giovani dos Santos, Mexican international footballer
- 1992 » Pablo Sarabia, Spanish footballer
- 1992 » Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer
- 1993 » Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
- 1994 » Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner
- 1995 » Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer
- 1999 » Kaitlyn Dias, American actress and voice artist
- 1999 » Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress
Died on May 11
- 1994 » Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
- 2001 » Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)
- 2002 » Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)
- 2002 » Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)
- 2003 » Noel Redding, English bass player (b. 1945)
- 2005 » Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1908)
- 2006 » Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (b. 1935)
- 2007 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (b. 1913)
- 2008 » John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (b. 1953)
- 2009 » Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1926)
Names that were popular for boys in 1999
- Jan
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Willem
- Cornelis
- Max
- Pieter
- Alexander
- David
- Niels
- Jacob
- Bram
- Hendrik
- Robin
- Tim
- James
Names that were popular for girls in 1999
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Marie
- Anne
- Sanne
- Emma
- Julia
- Lisa
- Sophie
- Elisabeth
- Laura
- Louise
- Elizabeth
- Lotte
- Amber
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.
- March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
- March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
- March 29 » A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
- May 7 » In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
- August 26 » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
- December 31 » The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.
The weather on Tuesday May 11, 1999
The temperature on May 11, 1999 was between 11.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI