Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes into the sea.
For the first time in history, all 50 states of America celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday.
Bill Gates steps down as CEO of Microsoft.
Boris Yeltsin resigned as the President of Russia, which left Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as acting President.
Portuguese transfer sovereignty of Macau to China.
NASA lost radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere.
Jay-Z stabbed Lance Rivera.
Following a ban on exporting beef products from the UK, the government announced that the ban on beef on the bone would be lifted.
The People's Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
House of Lords Act 1999 passed.
Australians went to the polls to decide in a referendum whether to become a republic or to retain the monarchy.
EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Eastern coast of the US, killing all 217 people aboard.
India was hit by the Odisha super cyclone, India's strongest storm.
Gunmen kill premier in Armenian attack.
The Suai Church Massacre occurred in East Timor.
People in East Timor Vote in a Referendum.
The Petronas Towers opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft was deliberately crashed into the Moon’s south pole.
Lance Armstrong won Tour de France for the 7th consecutive run.
Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander with the launch of mission STS-93.
Woodstock '99 concert took place in Rome, New York, US.
The Kosovo War ends.
A peace treaty was signed between NATO, Yugoslavia, and Serbia.
Olusegun Obasanjo wins Nigeria's first free elections in 16 years.
The Space Shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.
Ehud Barak becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
15 die in the Columbine High School massacre.
NATO accidentally bombed a refugee convoy in Kosovo, killing seventy-three.
Jack Ma founded Alibaba Group Holding Limited.
Canada formed the territory of Nunavut to recognize the traditional lands of their native Inuit people.
For the first time in its history, NATO attacks a sovereign country.
A truck carrying margarine and flour caught fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
The first Legoland outside of Europe opened in Carlsbad, California.
The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland formally joined NATO.
The Mars Polar Lander was launched.
The Euro currency was introduced and adopted by 11 Member States.
The US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton, forwarding the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial.
American science fiction movie 'Star Trek: Insurrection' was released in the US.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released in Japan for the N64.
Zarya, the first International Space Station module, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The first American astronaut to orbit Earth, John Glenn, returned to space aboard NASA's STS-95 Voyager.
Swatch announces Internet Time.
An oil pipeline explosion occurred in Jesse, Nigeria, killing over 1,000 people.
A gay student, Matthew Shepard, was brutally beaten and left to die in Wyoming, US.
Commonwealth Games open in Kuala Lumpur.
North Korea Announces the Launch of its First Satellite.
North Korea allegedly launched Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite.
Shortly after liftoff, the first US Air Force Delta III rocket failed and was blown up mid-air.
President Clinton admits 'improper relationship' with Monica Lewinsky.
Coordinated bomb attacks in American embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill over 200 people.
