February 1999 calendar

February 1999
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 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 February 1999: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1999?

Events

02 Feb 1999 Hugo Chávez becomes President of Venezuela.
04 Feb 1999 Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
05 Feb 1999 Mike Tyson is sentenced to a year's imprisonment, fined $5,000, and ordered to serve 2 years probation and perform 200 hours of community service for the August 31, 1998 assault on two people after a car accident.
07 Feb 1999 Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
12 Feb 1999 The US Senate votes on whether to remove President Bill Clinton from office. The president is acquitted on both articles of impeachment.
15 Feb 1999 Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party, is arrested in Kenya.
16 Feb 1999 In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islom Karimov.
19 Feb 1999 President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.
21 Feb 1999 The Albertinkatu shootings in Helsinki, Finland: Three men are killed and one is wounded at a shooting range.
22 Feb 1999 Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
23 Feb 1999 Eminem's 'The Slim Shady LP is released, following his 1997 EP 'The Slim Shady EP' and debut album 'Infinite'.
24 Feb 1999 A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People's Republic of China, killing 61.
27 Feb 1999 One of 4 bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy.
11 Feb 1999 Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.