Discover what happened on 24 February 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
- David Daube (German American legal scholar, historian (1909-1999))
- David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles (British politician (1904-1999))
- Andre Dubus (Novelist, short story writer, teacher (1936–1999))
- Enzo Menegotti (Italian footballer (1925-1999))
- Derek Nimmo (British actor and theatre manager (1930-1999))
- Catharina Roodzant (Dutch chess player (1896–1999))
- Gerhard Noller (German theologian and politician (1922-1999))
- Gernot Wießner (German church historian and theologian)
- Jean Perreault (Canadian politician)
- Elvira Leonardi Bouyeure (Italian fashion designer (1906–1999))
- Ahmed Sharif (educationist, philosopher, critic, writer and scholar of medieval Bengali literature (1921–1999))
- Du Chisiza (playwright)
- Frank Leslie Walcott (Barbadian politician, diplomat and umpire)
- Ana Luisa Llovera (Venezuelan journalist (1913-1999))
- Stig Hellsten
- Roberto Rufino (Argentinian singer)
- David Daube (German American legal scholar, historian (1909-1999))
- David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles (British politician (1904-1999))
- Andre Dubus (Novelist, short story writer, teacher (1936–1999))
- Enzo Menegotti (Italian footballer (1925-1999))
- Derek Nimmo (British actor and theatre manager (1930-1999))
- Catharina Roodzant (Dutch chess player (1896–1999))
- Gerhard Noller (German theologian and politician (1922-1999))
- Gernot Wießner (German church historian and theologian)
- Jean Perreault (Canadian politician)
- Elvira Leonardi Bouyeure (Italian fashion designer (1906–1999))
- Ahmed Sharif (educationist, philosopher, critic, writer and scholar of medieval Bengali literature (1921–1999))
- Du Chisiza (playwright)
- Frank Leslie Walcott (Barbadian politician, diplomat and umpire)
- Ana Luisa Llovera (Venezuelan journalist (1913-1999))
- Stig Hellsten
- Roberto Rufino (Argentinian singer)
- Johnnie Wittig (American baseball player)
- Julius Serck (German soldier and Knight’s Cross recipient)
- Vann “Piano Man” Walls (American musician (1918–1999))
- Virginia Foster Durr (American civil rights activist and lobbyist (1903–1999))
- Stefan Kostrzewski (Polish athlete)
- Zofia Grabska
- Horácio Macedo (Brazilian politician)
- Jitsuzō Tamura (Japanese historian (1904–1999))
- Mitsuru Nishikawa (Japanese writer in Taiwan)
- Fathy Ghanem (Egyptian journalist (1924-1999))
- Marko Petrović (Croatian Esperantist)
- Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet (English aristocrat and WWII veteran (1914-1999))
- Hubert Loisel (Austrian fencer (1912-1999))
- Stefan Krakowski
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- Michail Gkialas (Greek military doctor from Chios)
- Ġorġ Pisani
- Fernando de la Granja Santamaría (Spanish university teacher, arabist and translator (1925-1998))
- Erik Lidén
- Ivan Ivanytskyi
- Francesc Suriol i Solé (association football player (1919-1999))
- Bob Gioga (American jazz saxophonist (baritone and tenor), clarinetist, bassist, bassoonist.)
- Huub Kerstens (Dutch conductor and composer, 1947–1999)
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- Prince Antoni Radziwill ((born 1936))
- Miroslav Karpala
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- Teresa Koźmińska (Polish Righteous Among the Nations)