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1999 Calendar

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•  January 2, 1999 – A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, Illinois, where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported
•  February 16, 1999 – In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
•  February 24, 1999 – A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People’s Republic of China, killing 61.
•  April 20, 1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.
•  June 9, 1999 – Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
•  September 23, 1999 – Qantas Flight 1 overruns the runway in Bangkok during a storm. Although some passengers only receive minor injuries, it is still the worst crash in Qantas’s history since 1960.
•  November 19, 1999 – Shenzhou 1: The People’s Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
•  December 2, 1999 – The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive.
•  December 3, 1999 – NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.

•  January 5, 1999 – Marc Yu, American musician
•  January 18, 1999 – Karan Brar, American actor
•  March 13, 1999 – Wiktoria Gąsiewska, Polish actress
•  May 5, 1999 – Nathan Chen, American figure skater
•  May 28, 1999 – Cameron Boyce, American child actor
•  July 30, 1999 – Joey King, American actress
•  August 22, 1999 – Dakota Goyo, Canadian Actor
•  September 29, 1999 – Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
•  October 15, 1999 – Bailee Madison, American child actress
•  December 16, 1999 – Bryce Robinson, American actor