March 1999 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 1999?

Events

02 Mar 1999 The brand new Mandalay Bay hotel and casino opens in Las Vegas.
03 Mar 1999 Walter LaGrand is executed by means of gas chamber.
04 Mar 1999 Monica Lewinsky's book detailing her affair with Bill Clinton goes on sale in the United States.
05 Mar 1999 Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
08 Mar 1999 The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.
11 Mar 1999 Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
12 Mar 1999 Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
15 Mar 1999 Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
16 Mar 1999 Sony Online Entertainment releases the EverQuest game for personal computers in the USA.
17 Mar 1999 The Roth 401(k) is introduced by U.S. Senator William Roth.
20 Mar 1999 Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
21 Mar 1999 Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
22 Mar 1999 U.S. pro-euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian goes on trial for murder in Pontiac, Michigan.
23 Mar 1999 NATO launches air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This marks the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
24 Mar 1999 Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
25 Mar 1999 Enron energy traders allegedly route 2,900 megawatts of electricity destined for California to the town of Silver Peak, Nevada, population 200.
26 Mar 1999 A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
28 Mar 1999 Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre.
29 Mar 1999 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
24 Mar 1999 Kosovo War: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.[75]