About the day » Wednesday August 18, 1999Calender converter

• Jos Compagnie, Itegem, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1999)

• Dirk Gruppen (80), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Catharinus Dost (64), Uithuizen, Gr, Nederland
• Elvin G. RINGELBERG (80)
• Catharina Maria Antonia (Toos) Vullings (93), Helmond
• Cornelius Franciscus Swinkels (80), Zoutelande, Zlnd, NL
• Anna Maria Boetzkes (76), Helmond
• Antje Eisma (91)
• Catharina Jacoba Verwoerd (85), Amsterdam
• Elza Geldtmeyer (86), Temse
• Charles Norman Painter (75), Miamisburg, Montgomery Co.Ohio

• 1988 » Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1988 » G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
• 1988 » Jack Hobbs, English footballer
• 1992 » Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
• 1992 » Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
• 1993 » Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
• 1994 » Morgan Sanson, French footballer
• 1995 » Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
• 1997 » Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer

• 1994 » Francis Raymond Shea, American bishop (b. 1913)
• 1998 » Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (b. 1948)
• 2001 » David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (b. 1931)
• 2002 » Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Tony Jackson, English singer and bassist (b. 1938)
• 2004 » Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1922)
• 2004 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (b. 1906)
• 2005 » Chri$ Ca$h, American wrestler (b. 1982)
• 2006 » Ken Kearney, Australian rugby player (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Michael Deaver, American soldier and politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b. 1938)

1. Thomas
2. Max
3. Niels
4. Bram
5. Robin
6. Jan
7. Tim
8. Kevin
9. Nick
10. Lars
11. Sander
12. Ruben
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. Maria
12. Ilse
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 24 » Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
• April 9 » Kosovo War: The Battle of Košare begins.
• May 1 » SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon.
• July 10 » In women's association football, the United States defeated China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final was watched by 90,185 spectators, which set a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
• October 27 » Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
• November 30 » In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.

The temperature on August 18, 1999 was between 13.8 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.