About the day » Thursday July 8, 1999Calender converter

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

• Alfred van Moppes (74), Amstelveen (NL)
• Anna Zwaantina Tuin (79)
• Bert Henry van de Streek (90), Minot, Ward Co., North Dakota
• Clazina Geertruida Bontje (80), Woerden
• Anna Cornelia Vermunt (89), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Aleida Johanna Kruese (79), Doetinchem
• Aleida Johanna KRUESE (79), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Zwennes (88), Vlissingen
• Bernardus van der Gulik (87), Wateringen
• Christina van Veldhuizen (51), Monster

• 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)

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. Amber
11. Ilse
12. Maria
13. Kim
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 21 » Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
• 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.
• May 28 » In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
• August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
• October 22 » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
• November 8 » Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.

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.