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August 17, 1999 
August 15, 1999
Born on Monday August 16, 1999
- Sem Peters, Nijmegen († 1999)
- Boann Weijermars
Died on Monday August 16, 1999
- Dirk Jans VAN DER MEULEN (73), Culemborg Gelderland Netherlands
- Aaltje Blaauw (83)
- Dinand (Knevelbaard (geboren Elling)) Knevelbaard (62), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anne Marie Rose Duchateau (86), Sint-Truiden, België
- Anne Marie de Lustrac (71), Milano, Milano, Italy
- Anthonius Groenendijk (79)
- Alida H Slijp (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Schaap (89), Katwijk
- Antonius Heere (70)
- Adriana Henrica Maria Brekelmans (66), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Born on August 16
- 1988 » Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
- 1989 » Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
- 1989 » Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
- 1990 » Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
- 1991 » José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 » Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
- 1993 » Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
- 1996 » Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
- 1997 » Greyson Chance, American musician
- 1999 » Karen Chen, American figure skater
Died on August 16
- 1997 » Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer (b. 1948)
- 1998 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
- 1998 » Phil Leeds, American actor (b. 1916)
- 2002 » Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937)
- 2002 » Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2002 » John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
- 2003 » Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1928)
- 2004 » Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957)
- 2004 » Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (b. 1907)
- 2004 » Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
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.
- February 13 » The last hockey game is played in Maple Leaf Gardens: the Toronto Maple Leafs lose 6–2 to the Chicago Blackhawks.
- May 7 » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
- July 31 » Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface.
- August 2 » The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
- November 27 » The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
- December 21 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.
The weather on Monday August 16, 1999
The temperature on August 16, 1999 was between 11.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI