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• Chantel van der Zwan, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
• Luca Smetsers, Eindhoven,Gemeente Eindhoven,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 2016)

• Arnoldus Mattheus Zaal (47), De Ronde Venen
• Anthonia Wilhelmina Maria RUTERINK (73), Slijk-Ewijk (OB) Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jacobsz Vroegop (68), Broek op Langedijk, Nederland
• Antonius Bastiaanssen (66), Gilze en Rijen
• Alberdine Biegel (78), Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Kaethoven (93), Reusel
• Elisabeth Meulstee (81), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van Leerdam (81), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Cornelis Vroegop (68), Broek op L'dijk
• Anna Baukes Rijpma (97), St Niek

• 1990 » Daveigh Chase, American actress
• 1991 » Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress
• 1991 » Manuel Fischnaller, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Mikaël Kingsbury, Canadian skier
• 1992 » Mitch Grassi, American singer and songwriter
• 1994 » Alejandra Álvarez, Ecuadorian tennis player
• 1994 » Phillip Lindsay, American football player
• 1995 » Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player
• 1995 » Valentine Holmes, Australian rugby league player
• 2002 » Nicole Pircio, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

• 1992 » Arletty, French actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1900)
• 1994 » Helen Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo (Native American) Pueblo potter (b. 1915)
• 1995 » George Rodger, English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Vincentian cricketer and activist (b. 1937)
• 1997 » Saw Maung, Burmese general and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1928)
• 1997 » William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and jurist (b. 1906)
• 2000 » Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian poet and journalist (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (b. 1912)

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. Maria
11. Ilse
12. Kim
13. Amber
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.
• March 11 » Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
• March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
• March 29 » A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
• 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 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
• December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.

The temperature on July 24, 1999 was between 14.7 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.