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1999 Historical Event(s)
January 3, 1999
– The Mars Polar Lander is launched.
February 16, 1999
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
March 24, 1999
– Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
March 29, 1999
– The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the internet boom.
July 23, 1999
– Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father.
August 7, 1999
– The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades the neighbouring Russian Republic of Dagestan.
August 17, 1999
– A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
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.
October 26, 1999
– Britain’s House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain’s upper chamber of Parliament.
November 19, 1999
– Shenzhou 1: The People’s Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
Who Were Born On 1999?
January 18, 1999
– Karan Brar, American actor
March 13, 1999
– Wiktoria Gąsiewska, Polish 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
July 30, 1999
– Joey King, American actress
August 22, 1999
– Dakota Goyo, Canadian Actor
September 4, 1999
– Kali Majors, American actress
October 15, 1999
– Bailee Madison, American child actress