Year 1999

1999 April 20

Two Colo. students go on shooting spree in Columbine High School, killing 15, including themselves

1999 August 17

More than 17,000 people die in 7.4 earthquake in Turkey

1999 December 2

New Northern Ireland government begins self-rule for first time in 25 years

1999 December 24

Muslim terrorists hijack Indian Airlines jet with 189 on board

1999 Feb. 7

King Hussein of Jordan dies

1999 Jan. 6

NBA ends 191-day labor dispute

1999 July 16

Col. Eileen Collins becomes first female to head a space shuttle mission

1999 June 16

Nelson Mandela retires as president of South Africa; succeeded by Thabo Mbeki

1999 June 9

Serbs sign agreement to pull troops out of Kosovo after 11 weeks of NATO air attacks

1999 March 12

Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary join NATO

1999 March 1-20

First nonstop balloon flight around world completed in 20 days by Bertrand Piccard (Switzerland) and Brian Jones (UK)

1999 March 24

NATO launches air strikes on Serbia to end attacks against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo

1999 March 27

'Melissa' computer virus spreads through the Internet

1999 March 4

Marine pilot acquitted in killing of 20 in 1998 Italian ski gondola accident; Italians outraged

1999 March 5

U.S. accuses China of stealing nuclear secrets

1999 March 8

Joe DiMaggio dies at age 84

1999 May 16

Crime rate in U.S. falls for seventh consecutive year

1999 May 7

NATO bombs mistakenly hit Chinese embassy in Belgrade

1999 November 15

U.S. and China reach landmark trade agreement

1999 November 21

China launches first spacecraft

1999 November 25

Five-year-old Cuban refugee Elián González gets caught in politically charged custody battle

1999 November 29

et seq. World Trade Organization conference disrupted by violent protests in Seattle

1999 November 5

Judge finds Microsoft to be a monopoly

1999 October 11

World population reaches six billion milestone

1999 October 12

Military coup led by Gen. Pervez Musharraf overthrows Pakistani government

1999 October 13

Tobacco companies admit to harm caused by cigarette smoking

1999 October 13

Senate rejects 1996 nuclear test-ban treaty; international leaders upset by U.S. stand

1999 October 20

Indonesia elects Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid president

1999 October 31

EgyptAir flight crashes over Atlantic, killing all 217 on board

1999 September 15

Larry Gene Ashbrook goes on rampage in Tex. church, killing seven and himself

1999 September 23

NASA accidentally loses $125 million spacecraft as it orbits Mars

1999 September 30

Dozens of people exposed to radiation in Japan's worst nuclear accident

1999 September 4

Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and PLO leader Yasir Arafat announce peace accord

1999

Colombia, Colima e Quindio - 930 deads - magnitudo 6

1999

Taiwan, 2.474 deads - magnitudo 7,6

1999

Turkey, Karamursel,Golyaka 15.500 deads nella regione di Bursa (7,4 Richter)

1999

Nobel Prizes Peace: Médecins Sans Frontières

1999

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Ahmed Hassan Zewail, per i suoi studi sugli stati di transizione di una reazione chimica utilizzando uno spettroscopio al femtosecondo

1999

Nobel Prizes Economy: Robert A. Mundell

1999

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Gunter Blobel

1999

Nobel Prizes Physics: $Gerardus 't Hooft$, Martinus J. G. Veltman

1999

Nobel Prizes Literature: Gunter Grass

1999

Academy Award Best Picture: American Beauty

1999

Academy Award Best Director: Sam Mendes, American Beauty

1999

Academy Award Best Actor: Kevin Spacey, American Beauty

1999

Academy Award Best Actress: Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry

1999

Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules

1999

Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted

1999

Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

1999

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: Manchester United FC (England)

1999

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Pete Sampras d. Andre Agassi (6-3, 6-4, 7-5)

1999

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: San Antonio Spurs - New York Knicks (4-1)

1999

Football XXXIII Super Bowl: Denver Broncos b. Atlanta Falcons (34-19)

1999

Baseball World Series: New York Yankees (AL) 4-0 Atlanta Braves (NL)

1999

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Lindsay Davenport d. Steffi Graf (6-4, 7-5)

1999

1999 Playboy cover

1999 July 20

Alessandra di Hannover , figlia Carolina Cancer

1999 September 28

Juan Urdangarin , figlia di Cristina of %Spain% Libra

1999 October 06

Amalia Rodrigues , Cantante e attrice portoghese (born 1920 July 23) Leo

1999 May 08

Dirk Bogarde , actor (born 1921 March 28) Aries

1999 January 11

Fabrizio De André , singer (dead at Milano,Italy) (born 1940 February 18) Aquarius

1999 May 21

Fulvio Tomizza , writer (dead at Trieste,Italy) (born 1935 January 26) Aquarius

1999 February 08

Giuseppe Tatarella , politician (dead at Torino,Italy) (born 1935 September 17) Virgo

1999 November 03

Jan Bannen , actor,politician (born 1928 June 29) Cancer

1999 January 14

Jerzy Grotowski , movie director polacco (born 1933 August 11) Leo

1999 March 09

Joe DiMaggio , baseball player (born 1914 November 24) Sagittarius

1999 July 16

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. , politician (born 1960 November 25) Sagittarius

1999 July 02

Mario Puzo , writer (born 1920 October 15) Libra

1999 July 19

Mario Soldati , film director (born 1906 November 16) Scorpio

1999 May 02

Oliver Reed , PPP (born 1938 February 13) Aquarius

1999 December 27

Pierre Clémenti , actor, movie director,writer (born 1942 September 28) Libra

1999 November 07

Primo Nebiolo , manager (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1923 July 14) Cancer

1999 July 03

Yoko Tani , actress (dead at Paris,France) (born 1932 May 02) Taurus