What was new in 1999?
Among the major events that happened in 1999: the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton came to a conclusion, the situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia escalated into a war, and Space Shuttle Discovery became the first vessel to dock with the International Space Station.
What era was 1999?
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1999th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 999th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1990s decade.
What was happening in May 1999?
May 3 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is slammed by an F5 tornado killing forty-two people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado was one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. May 3 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time in its history at 11,014.70.
What was happening in November 1999?
Nov 9 TAESA Flight 725, crashes a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en-route to Mexico City. 18 people were killed in the accident. Nov 12 The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.
What happened India 1999?
The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay (Hindi: विजय, lit.
What was famous in 1999?
Obviously, 1999 was, if nothing else, the golden age of music. A few of the influential albums that came out in 1999 include Backstreet Boys’ Millenium, as well as the debut albums of both Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Eminem also released Slim Shady, which would go on to win Best Rap Album of the year.
What was cool in 1999?
25 Things That Were Totally Normal In 1999
- Playing Snake on a green-screened Nokia phone.
- Rewinding VHS tapes after watching a movie.
- Taking notes in school off the overhead projector.
- Calling your friends from a house phone.
- Inserting CDs in a computer tower.
- Saving all your files on a floppy disk.