Discover what happened on 13 January 1999 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Karl Lieffen (actor (1926-1999))
- Mohammad Mamle (Iranian musician)
- Buzz Kulik (American film director and producer (1922–1999))
- Claus Mosler
- Paola Loew (Austrian actor and voice actor (1934-1999))
- Yves Jouffa (French politician and lawyer (1920-1999))
- Cesare Vivaldi (Italian writer, poet, art critic and translator)
- Rutger Wessel van Boetzelaer (Dutch politician (1914-1999))
- Cecil James (British musician)
- Colin Hickey (Australian speed skater)
- José Ortuño (Spanish painter (1943-1999))
- John Frederick Nims (American poet and academic (1913–1999))
- Lawrence Harold Welsh (Catholic bishop (1935-1999))
- Leslie Townsend (Royal Navy admiral (1924-1999))
- Maurice A. Donahue (American politician)
- Paul Cieurzo (American football player and coach (1907–1999))
- William Legge (Anglican bishop (1913–1999))
- Adam Ablewicz (Roman Catholic priest)
- Nelson Werneck Sodré (Brazilian historian, writer and military officer)
- Ragaa Abdo (Egyptian actress)
- Shani Pallaska (actor)
- Nikolai Leonov (Russian writer (1933-1999))
- Vladimir Baskakov (Russian writer (1921-1999))
- Franz A. Stein (German musicologist)
- Sir Arthur Hawkins (English mechanical and electrical engineer (1913-1999))
- Hae Min Lee
- Karl Hewel
- Mariano Fontrodona Vilanova (Spanish lawyer, historian, journalist, author (1923-1999))
- Robert Eugene Brashers (American serial killer and rapist)
- David Dempsey (American writer)
- Anežka Žaludová (Czech quality management researcher)
- Dora Evelyn Allen ((died 1999))
- Beryl Daisy Fair ((died 1999))
- Sir James Herbert Ingham Whitaker, 3rd Bt. ((1925-1999))
- Vyacheslav P. Shatrov (Russian jurist)
- André Auroi (Swiss politician (1919-1999))
- Klaus Franz
- William “Hammy” Howell (British pianist)
- Zdeněk Herman (photographer)
- Josef Lahoda
- Prince Henry de La Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraguais
- Marco Bertoldi (Italian painter)
- Seiji Iguchi (Japanese Go player)
- Kelvin Malone (American spree killer executed in Missouri (1961–1999))
- Henri Desgrez
- Bernard Peltriaux
- Roy W. Holsten (American politician – Minnesota -Senate 1967-72 (District 41))