1999 Calendar
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1999 Historical Event(s)
January 20, 1999
– The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafés.
January 22, 1999
– Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
February 16, 1999
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
February 19, 1999
– President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.
March 24, 1999
– Mont Blanc Tunnel fire kills 38 people
March 29, 1999
– A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
July 9, 1999
– Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
November 11, 1999
– The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
December 21, 1999
– The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid.
December 31, 1999
– Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, resigns as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President.
Who Were Born On 1999?
January 5, 1999
– Marc Yu, American musician
March 13, 1999
– Wiktoria Gąsiewska, Polish actress
March 19, 1999
– Tatum McCann, American actress
March 25, 1999
– Tatum McCann, American actress
May 5, 1999
– Nathan Chen, American figure skater
May 28, 1999
– Cameron Boyce, American child actor
July 20, 1999
– Princess Alexandra of Hanover
August 28, 1999
– Prince Nikolai of Denmark, Danish royalty
September 4, 1999
– Kali Majors, American actress
September 29, 1999
– Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal