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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1999.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1999: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1999?


Events

  • 01 Dec 1999 Exxon changes its company name to Exxon Mobil Company.
  • 02 Dec 1999 AlliedSignal Incorporated changes its company name to Honeywell International.
  • 03 Dec 1999 Six firefighters are killed in the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire in Worcester, Massachusetts.
  • 07 Dec 1999 The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement.
  • 14 Dec 1999 Algerian Ahmed Ressam is arrested while crossing the United States-Canada border at Port Angeles, Washington, when United States Customs finds explosives in the trunk of his automobile. The arrest causes fears of a terrorist attack in the United States, and is a major factor in the cancellation of a public New Year's celebration in Seattle, Washington. Ressam is later convicted in a plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve.
  • 15 Dec 1999 The MRT-3 Metrostar Express line in Manila, Philippines is inaugurated between North Ave. and Taft Ave.
  • 17 Dec 1999 Grover Washington Jr., jazz saxophonist and composer, suffers a heart attack and collapses after taping four songs for The Saturday Early Show on CBS, dying in hospital in New York City.
  • 18 Dec 1999 NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
  • 20 Dec 1999 The Vermont Supreme Court orders the state to legalize same-sex unions.
  • 21 Dec 1999 The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid.
  • 22 Dec 1999 Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error. All 4 crew members are killed.
  • 26 Dec 1999 The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
  • 27 Dec 1999 Storm Martin caused damage throughout France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy, including an emergency due to flooding at the Blayais Nuclear Power Plant.
  • 29 Dec 1999 Former Beatle George Harrison is stabbed several times in the chest by Michael Anram, who had broken into his home. Harrison's wife wrestles the knife out the assailant's hand before the police arrives. The man apparently believed that Harrison was the devil. He was later charged with attempted murder
  • 30 Dec 1999 Sarah Knauss dies at the age of 119. She was an American supercentenarian considered the "world's oldest person" by Guinness World Records from April 16, 1998 until her death at age 119.
  • 31 Dec 1999 Five hijackers, who had been holding 155 hostages on an Indian Airlines Flight 814 aeroplane, leave the aircraft with two Islamic clerics that they had demanded be freed.

Famous Birthday

Famous Deaths

  • Robert Bresson

    French film director of 14 films in 40 years; he left a reputation as one of cinema's most austere artists.

  • Canadian musician, a singer and bass player with "The Band," formed in 1961 of four Canadians and an American southerner.

  • French diplomat and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister from 1968 to 1969 under the...

  • American jurist who served for 10 years as the 25th Chief Justice of California.

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in December 1999?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Smooth
  2. - Back At One
  3. - I Need To Know
  4. - I Wanna Love You Forever
  5. - Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of..)

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - The Millennium Prayer
  2. - I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun
  3. - Praise You
  4. - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta
  5. - Heartbeat / Tragedy

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Green Mile

The Green Mile

Release year: 1999

Directed by: Frank Darabont

Starring: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt

Country: United States of America

Magnolia

Magnolia

Release year: 1999

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Country: United States of America

Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon

Release year: 1999

Directed by: Milos Forman

Starring: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Gerry Becker, Greyson Erik Pendry

Country: United States of America

Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted

Release year: 1999

Directed by: James Mangold

Starring: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy

Country: United States of America

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Release year: 1999

Directed by: Anthony Minghella

Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in December 1999?
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Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson

Pop Goes the Weasel

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Detective Alex Cross is back and he's in love. His happiness is threatened by a series harrowing murders in Washington, D.C., that leave investigators reeling.

A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks

A Walk To Remember

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There was a time in history when the world was more sweet ....when Beaufort's women wore dresses and Beaufort's men wore hats ..... Every April, Landon Carter recalls 1958, his final year at Beaufort High.

Century by Bruce Bernard

Century

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The sheer physical presence and beauty of Century is what strikes you before even opening this award-winning volume. This colossal volume contains 1,224 pages and 1,090 photos. It is informative, intimate, and incisive.

Hunting Badger by Tony Hillerman

Hunting Badger

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Three men rob the Ute nation's gambling casino and then vanish into the canyons at the Utah-Arizona border.

Blue At The Mizzen by Patrick O'Brian

Blue At The Mizzen

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"The old master holds us back in his hands. Los Angeles Times (a Best Book of 99) Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo. The peace that followed brought with it.