March 1999 calendar

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 only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California.
• 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 internet boom.

Famous Birthday

• Brooklyn Beckham

  British noted family, the son of Spice Girl Victoria Adams (subsequently Victoria Beckham), also known as Posh Spice, and her boyfriend,...

• Madison Beer

  Pop Singer.

• Jack Keating

  Irish noted family, the son of Boyzone singer Ronan Keating (born 3/03/1977).

• Jenna Warren

  TV Actress.

• Bailey McConnell

  Pop Singer.

• Holly Laing

  YouTube Star.

• Victoria Vida

  TV Actress.

• Mason Gonzales

  Vine Star.

• George Smith

  Pop Singer.

• Jessie Paege

  YouTube Star.

• Reno Rojas

  Vine Star.

• Taylor Knight

  Dancer.

• Zack Torres

  Dancer.

• Alyssa Vanlandingham

  Instagram Star.

• Merle Juschka

  TV Actress.

• Lil Jaxe

  Rapper.

• Brennen Bliss

  YouTube Star.

• Gavin Macintosh

  TV Actor.

• Olivia Stuck

  TV Actress.

• Chance King

  American noted family, the son of 64-year-old talk show host Larry King and his 38-year-old wife, Shawn Southwick-King, his fourth child and...

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Famous Deaths

• Gertrud Scholtz-Klink

  German Nazi, the Women's League leader in the Third Reich who emphasized Nazi slogan, "children, church, kitchen.

• Kirk Alyn

  American actor, a former Broadway chorus boy and vaudeville entertainer when he was cast in the role of the first "Superman," 1948.

• Lee Falk

  American director producer and playwright (d. 1999).

• Garson Kanin

  Rochester, New York -- Playwright / producer (Double Life).

• Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah

  Emir of Bahrain (Born 1933).

• Adolfo Bioy Casares

  Argentine writer (Born 1914).

• William Wrigley III

  President of the Wm.

• Oswaldo Guayasamin

  Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (Born 1919).

• Valentino Mazzia

  American forensic anesthesiologist (Born 1922).

• Bidu Sayao

  Brazilian born soprano (Born 1902).

• Gratien Gelinas

  Canadian playwright and director (Born 1909).

• Tofilau Eti Alesana

  former Prime Minister of Samoa (Born 1924).

• Luis Maria Argana

  Paraguayan politician (Born 1932).

• Joe DiMaggio

  American athlete, considered one of the greatest outfielders in baseball history.

• Jaime Sabines

  Mexican contemporary poet.

• Rod Hull

  British comedian (Born 1936).

• Elizabeth Huckaby

  American author and educator (d. 1999).

• Camille Laurin

  Canadian psychiatrist and politician 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1999).

• Karel van het Reve

  Dutch writer, translator and literary historian (Born 1921).

• Peggy Cass

  American actress and comedian (Born 1924).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Monica - Angel Of Mine
2. Cher - Believe
3. Whitney Houston - Heartbreak Hotel
4. Sarah McLachlan - Angel
5. Mariah Carey - I Still Believe

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
2. Boyzone - When The Going Gets Tough
3. Whitney Houston - It's Not Right But It's Okay
4. Blur - Tender
5. The Vengaboys - We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)