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Events on Friday 16 July 1999 1
1960 – 1999John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960-1999)Died 16 July 1999, aged 38John F. Kennedy Jr., son of President John F. Kennedy, died when the small plane he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard. His wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren also died in the crash. The loss received extensive international media coverage.