December 1999 calendar

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

• Naomi Bellow

  American noted family, the daughter of Nobel-laureate author Saul Bellow, age 84 at the time of her birth.

• Gracie Johnson

  American noted family, the daughter of actor Don Johnson and his wife, Kelley Phleger, 30.

• Wallman Twins

  American twins born one minute before and one minute after the new millennium of 2000.

• Chandler Alaniz

  Pop Singer.

• Key Swag

  Rapper.

• Marlee Hightower

  Dancer.

• Huntyr Duckett

  YouTube Star.

• Ashley Nicole

  Pop Singer.

• Aliyah Kolf

  Pop Singer.

• Jakob Stubley

  Vine Star.

• Karley Collins

  TV Actress.

• Ethan Dolan

  Vine Star.

• Grayson Dolan

  Vine Star.

• Justice Carradine

  Vine Star.

• Charlie Jones

  Pop Singer.

• Madi Davis

  Folk Singer.

• Mario Selman

  YouNow Star.

• John Bermundo

  Model.

• Karlie Harman

  Football Player.

• Will Meyers

  TV Actor.

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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.

• Rick Danko

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

• Maurice Couve de Murville

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

• Rose Bird

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

• Rex Allen

  American film actor, singer and songwriter, known as the Arizona Cowboy.

• Elliot Richardson

  American lieutenant and politician 11th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1999).

• Sarah Knauss

  American, once considered the world's oldest living person (Born 1880).

• Paul Cadmus

  American painter and illustrator (d. 1999).

• Bill Bowerman

  American track and field coach (Born 1911).

• Riccardo Freda

  Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1999).

• Shankar Dayal Sharma

  President of India (Born 1918).

• Shirley Hemphill

  American actress (Born 1947).

• Peter Kuczka

  Hungarian writer (Born 1923).

• Joao Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo

  President of Brazil (Born 1918).

• Peter Jeffrey

  English actor (Born 1929).

• Leon Radzinowicz

  British criminologist (Born 1906).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Santana - Smooth
2. Brian McKnight - Back At One
3. Marc Anthony - I Need To Know
4. Jessica Simpson - I Wanna Love You Forever
5. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of..)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer
2. Westlife - I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun
3. Fatboy Slim - Praise You
4. Artful Dodger featuring Craig David - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta
5. Steps - Heartbeat / Tragedy