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• René Edwin Paans, Reeuwijk († 1999)

• Bernardus Johannes van der Weegh (80)
• Carolina (Clien) Maria Alicia van Kaam (87), Breda, Nederland
• Alida L. van der Helm (78)
• Clyde L. Hood (83), fortasse, somewhere in GA
• Bergetta Margrita van Gelderen (94)
• Alida Anthonia den Haan (89), Langeraar, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin C. Zahner (79), Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
• Carol Jean Bonnie ORR (57), Collierville, Shelby, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
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• Apolonia (Ploni) van der Have (84), Vlaardingen, Nederland

• 1989 » Diego Barisone, Argentinian footballer († 2015)
• 1989 » Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player
• 1989 » Riley Keough, American model and actress
• 1990 » Joe Biagini, American baseball pitcher
• 1992 » Sarah Moundir, Swiss tennis player
• 1993 » Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
• 1993 » Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player
• 1993 » Maika Monroe, American actress and kiteboarder
• 1998 » Markelle Fultz, American basketball player
• 1999 » Park Ji-hoon, South Korean singer and actor

• 1993 » Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)
• 1994 » Erich Honecker, German lawyer and politician (b. 1912)
• 1994 » Lady May Abel Smith, member of the British Royal Family (b. 1906)
• 1996 » Tamara Toumanova, American ballerina and actress (b. 1919)
• 1997 » Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
• 1998 » Barry Goldwater, American general, activist, and politician (b. 1909)
• 2003 » David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
• 2004 » Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Samuel Dash, American academic and politician (b. 1925)
• 2005 » John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (b. 1937)

• 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 11 » Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
• March 29 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
• 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 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
• December 21 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.
• December 26 » The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.

The temperature on May 29, 1999 was between 9.1 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.