About the day » Sunday September 5, 1999Calender converter

• Carla Pieternella Verbeek (35), Bodegraven, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Annie, Anna Mensen (89)
• Christiaan Joris Aaldert Botter (52), Emmen
• christaan joris aaldert Botter (62), gem.emmen
• Clarence L Stubbe (98), Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois
• Clasina Antonia Nijssen (75), Haarlem
• Akke Hoekstra (89), Heemstede
• Alta M Bosworth (81), Fair Haven, Rutland, Vermont, United States
• Aloysius Henry Tersteeg (89), Florissant, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
• Ariejet Groen (66)

• 1990 » Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Francesca Segarelli, Dominican tennis player
• 1990 » Franco Zuculini, Argentinian footballer
• 1990 » Lance Stephenson, American basketball player
• 1990 » Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater
• 1991 » Zeki Yavru, Turkish footballer
• 1994 » Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer
• 1995 » Szabina Szlavikovics, Hungarian tennis player
• 1996 » Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer
• 1996 » Sigrid, Norwegian singer

• 1997 » Leon Edel, American author and critic (b. 1907)
• 1998 » Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian radio host (b. 1909)
• 1998 » Leo Penn, American actor and director (b. 1921)
• 1998 » Verner Panton, Danish interior designer (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Willem Drees, Jr., Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Transport (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement (b. 1928)
• 1999 » Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defense (b. 1918)
• 2000 » Roy Fredericks, Guyanese cricketer and politician (b. 1942)

• 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.
• January 25 » A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
• April 8 » Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
• April 14 » NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
• May 29 » Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
• November 9 » TAESA Flight 725 crashes after takeoff from Uruapan International Airport in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.
• November 18 » At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.

The temperature on September 5, 1999 was between 11.8 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.