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Day of death September 4, 1999

• The temperature on September 4, 1999 was between 12.2 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 21 » War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500lb) of cocaine on board.
  • March 24 » A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
  • April 8 » Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
  • May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
  • 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.
  • October 12 » The World Population reaches 6 billion.

Day of burial September 8, 1999

• The temperature on September 8, 1999 was between 12.1 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
  • 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.
  • September 21 » The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
  • October 12 » Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
  • November 12 » The 7.2 M_w  Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.
  • November 25 » A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (b. 1917)
• 1997 » Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (b. 1931)
• 1997 » Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1905)
• 1999 » Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (b. 1919)