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• Antonia Maria Nijenkamp (65), Raalte, Ovr, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Bode (78), Rijssen
• Cordelia Marie van Zante (82), Pella, Marion County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Berendina Antonia van Niersen (89)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Schoone- (82), Velsen, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria (Jeanne) Brussel (64)
• Adrianus (Aad) COUV…E (73), Sassenheim
• Antonia Sijgje Streef (78)
• Cordelia Marie van Zante (82)
• Catharina Petronella Stange (58), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1991 » Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer († 2016)
• 1991 » Mike Trout, American baseball player
• 1991 » Mitchell te Vrede, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Adam Yates, English cyclist
• 1992 » E. J. Tackett, American bowler
• 1992 » Simon Yates, English cyclist
• 1993 » Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter
• 1993 » Martti Nõmme, Estonian ski jumper
• 1998 » María Bazo, Peruvian windsurfer
• 1998 » Vladimir Barbu, Italian diver

• 1994 » Larry Martyn, English actor (b. 1934)
• 1995 » Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (b. 1929)
• 2001 » Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1932)
• 2003 » K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (b. 1931)
• 2003 » Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Colin Bibby, English ornithologist and academic (b. 1948)
• 2004 » Red Adair, American firefighter (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Mary Anderson Bain, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
• 2007 » Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)

• 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 29 » Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
• June 12 » Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
• August 17 » The 7.6 M_w  İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
• October 12 » The World Population reaches 6 billion.
• 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 August 7, 1999 was between 15.3 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 27.9 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.