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.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1999 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1999
MCMXCIX
Ab urbe condita2752
Armenian calendar1448
ԹՎ ՌՆԽԸ
Assyrian calendar6749
Bahá'í calendar155–156
Balinese saka calendar1920–1921
Bengali calendar1406
Berber calendar2949
British Regnal year47 Eliz. 2  48 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2543
Burmese calendar1361
Byzantine calendar7507–7508
Chinese calendar戊寅年 (Earth Tiger)
4695 or 4635
     to 
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
4696 or 4636
Coptic calendar1715–1716
Discordian calendar3165
Ethiopian calendar1991–1992
Hebrew calendar5759–5760
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2055–2056
 - Shaka Samvat1920–1921
 - Kali Yuga5099–5100
Holocene calendar11999
Igbo calendar999–1000
Iranian calendar1377–1378
Islamic calendar1419–1420
Japanese calendarHeisei 11
(平成11年)
Javanese calendar1931–1932
Juche calendar88
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4332
Minguo calendarROC 88
民國88年
Nanakshahi calendar531
Thai solar calendar2542
Tibetan calendar阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
2125 or 1744 or 972
     to 
阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
2126 or 1745 or 973
Unix time915148800 – 946684799

1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.

Events

January

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August

September

October

November

  • November 6 Australians defeat a referendum proposing the replacement of the Queen and the Governor General with a President to make Australia a republic.
  • November 12 The 7.2 Mw Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.
  • November 20 China launches the first Shenzhou spacecraft.
  • November 23 The National Assembly of Kuwait revokes a 1985 law that granted women's suffrage.
  • November 26 The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.
  • November 27 The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government, with leader Helen Clark becoming the second female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
  • November 30 The ExxonMobil merger is completed, forming the largest corporation in the world.

December

The Millennium Dome opened in London.

Births

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December

Nobel Prizes

New English words and terms

  • blog
  • carbon footprint
  • dashcam
  • epigenomics
  • metabolomics
  • texting
  • vape[12]

References

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  2. Cummings, Sally N. (2002). Power and change in Central Asia. p. 130.
  3. "Marines Shoot 3 In Kosovo Firefight". June 24, 1999. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019 via www.washingtonpost.com.
  4. "KOSOVO: NATO PEACEKEEPING MISSION: US MARINES". Associated Press. June 1999. Retrieved July 17, 2019 via YouTube.
  5. "YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: GNJILANE: US MARINES ARRIVE". Associated Press. June 1999. Retrieved July 17, 2019 via YouTube.
  6. "President Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated at Union Buildings". South African History Online. March 16, 2011.
  7. "KOSOVO: ZEGRA: US MARINES COME UNDER FIRE". Associated Press. June 1999. Retrieved July 17, 2019 via YouTube.
  8. Westendorp, Carlos (June 25, 1999). "Decision imposing the Law on the National Anthem of BiH". Sarajevo: Office of the High Representative. Archived from the original on July 9, 2003. Retrieved July 9, 2003. In accordance with my authority under Annex 10 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Article XI of the Bonn Document, I do hereby decide that the Law on the National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina enters into force with immediate effect on an interim basis, until the House of Peoples adopts this law in due form, without amendments and no conditions attached.
  9. Javad Movahedi (March 18, 2019). The 2018 World Cup Quiz & Facts Book. Andrews UK Limited. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-911476-58-0.
  10. "Catherine Bellis". WTA. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  11. "Shubman Gill". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  12. "Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 1999". merriam-webster.com. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
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