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• Nadja Riethorst, Doetinchem
• Kim Clemens († 1999)
• Sarah Anne Stroink, Nanaimo, Canada

• Albertje Hartmans (94), Drachten
• cato anna hendrika (cato) niessen (77)
• Cato Anna Hendrika (Cato) Niessen (77)
• Aleida Johanna KRUESE (79), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Kruese (79), Doetinchem
• Anne Lieuwes Trul (70)
• Bert Van De Streek (90), Minot, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Clement Wilhelmus Libertus Jolling (73), Hasselt
• Billy Lee Wagner (34), Chino Hills, Riverside County, California
• Bert Henry van de Streek (90), Minot, Ward Co., North Dakota

• 1988 » Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer († 2012)
• 1989 » Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer († 2012)
• 1989 » Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion
• 1991 » Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1992 » Son Heung-min, Korean footballer
• 1992 » Xander Mobus, American voice actor
• 1997 » Bryce Love, American football player
• 1997 » Lauran Hibberd, English singer-songwriter
• 1998 » Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper

• 1994 » Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Dick Sargent, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1994 » Kim Il-sung, North Korean commander and politician, President of North Korea (b. 1912)
• 1994 » Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Irene Prador, Austrian-born actress and writer (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (b. 1905)
• 1999 » Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
• 2001 » John O'Shea, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Paula Danziger, American author and educator (b. 1944)

• 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 1 » SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon.
• May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
• 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).
• May 7 » In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
• June 9 » Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
• July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.

The temperature on July 8, 1999 was between 14.8 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.