28 events found for 1999
Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carried out a massacre at Columbine High School, killing 13 people before committ
The CIH virus activated widely, damaging hundreds of thousands of computers and causing hundreds of millions of dollars
A 14-year-old former student in Taber, Alberta, opened fire at his high school, killing one student and wounding another
Mireya Moscoso (pictured) became the first woman to be elected President of Panama
The Kargil War initiates when Indian forces detected the infiltration of Pakistani forces in Indian-administered Kargil,
A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 143
Kosovo War: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
Professional wrestler Owen Hart died immediately before a World Wrestling Federation match after dropping 70 feet (21 m)
Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League final to become the first English football club to win three major champ
President Olusegun Obasanjo took office as Nigeria's first elected and civilian head of state after 16 years of military
Charlotte Perrelli, representing Sweden, won the Eurovision Song Contest, the first edition not to feature an orchestra
On landing at Little Rock National Airport in the U
Yugoslav Wars: The Kumanovo Agreement was signed, bringing an end to the Kosovo War the next day
In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with a mandat
Legislative powers in Scotland were first devolved from the Scottish Office in London to the Scottish Parliament in…
The United States defeated China in the final match of the third FIFA Women's World Cup, setting records in both…
William Chaney (pictured), a historian of Anglo-Saxon England, retired after a half a century at Lawrence University,…
In Tulia, Texas, 47 people were arrested for dealing cocaine; years later, 35 of the 47 were pardoned by the Governor…
Forty-seven people were arrested in Tulia, Texas, for dealing cocaine; 35 of them were pardoned by the governor of…
Ken Levine's System Shock 2 was released to mediocre sales, but later received critical acclaim and influenced…