May 1999 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1999 Three spectators were killed and eight others were injured at Lowe's Motor Speedway during an IRL race when a tire went into the grandstand.
• 02 May 1999 Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by the serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas (his fourth and fifth victims in his fourth slaying incident).
• 03 May 1999 The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is devastated by an F5 tornado killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This is the strongest tornado ever recorded with wind speeds of up to 318 mph.
• 04 May 1999 The US Mint unveils designs for the Sacagawea dollar coin.
• 05 May 1999 Microsoft releases Windows 98 (Second Edition), from 1998.
• 06 May 1999 First elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly held.
• 08 May 1999 Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Military College of South Carolina.
• 11 May 1999 Starting late on May 10 and continuing through the early hours of May 12, NASA's ACE and Wind spacecraft each observed that the density of the solar wind dropped by more than 98%. (NASA Science)
• 18 May 1999 The Backstreet Boys release their album, Millennium.
• 19 May 1999 ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' is released in theaters. It becomes the highest grossing ''Star Wars'' film.
• 20 May 1999 Bluetooth is announced.
• 22 May 1999 The television show Mortal Kombat: Conquest last airs in the US. 22 shows aired during the season.
• 23 May 1999 Kansas City, Missouri, wrestler Owen Hart (Blue Blazer) falls 78 feet (24 m) to his death while being lowered into a World Wrestling Federation ring during WWF Over the Edge.
• 25 May 1999 The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
• 26 May 1999 Indian Air Force launches attack on intruding Pakistan backed militants in Kashmir sparking the Kargil War.
• 27 May 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milosevic and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
• 28 May 1999 Two Swedish police officers are murdered with their own fire arms by the bank robbers Jackie Arklov and Tony Olsson after a car chase.
• 30 May 1999 Travel Midland Metro enters public service.
• 31 May 1999 Olusegun Obasanjo is elected President of Nigeria.

Famous Birthday

• Cameron Boyce (actor)
• Lily-Rose Depp

  French-American actress and model.

• Sabrina Carpenter

  TV Actress.

• Camren Bicondova

  Dancer.

• Kerry Ingram

  TV Actress.

• Jonny Gray

  TV Actor.

• Alek Arjona

  Vine Star.

• Milan Rushdie

  British noted family, the second son born to novelist and essayist Salman Rushdie.

• Angel Gibbs

  Dancer.

• Brad Mattinson

  YouTube Star.

• Rebel Rodriguez

  Movie Actor.

• Kaitlyn Dias

  Movie Actress.

• Summer McKeen

  YouTube Star.

• TheHyperCraft

  YouTube Star.

• Kawaii

  YouTube Star.

• Star Williams

  Dancer.

• Sky Williams

  Dancer.

• Chris Miles

  Rapper.

• Colton Burpo
• Jordan Elle

  YouTube Star.

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Famous Deaths

• James Blades

  British musician, a percussionist; and radio and film sounds effects man.

• Owen Hart

  Canadian professional wrestler (Born 1965).

• Augustus Pablo

  Jamaican singer (Born 1954).

• Gene Sarazen

  Harrison, New York -- PGA golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 32).

• Shel Silverstein

  American poet and composer (Born 1930).

• Saul Steinberg

  Romania -- Cartoonist / illustrator (New Yorker).

• Godfrey Evans

  English cricketer (Born 1920).

• Waldo Semon

  American chemist and engineer (d. 1999).

• Joe Adcock

  American baseball player and manager (d. 1999).

• Vasilis Diamantopoulos

  Greek actor director and screenwriter (d. 1999).

• Candy Candido

  American singer bass player and voice actor (d. 1999).

• Ed Gilbert

  American actor (Born 1931).

• Bruce Fairbairn

  Canadian record producer and musician (Born 1949).

• Giorgos Kappis

  Greek actor (Born 1929).

• Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz

  Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia 1993-1999 (Born 1910).

• Karnail ''Bugz'' Pitts

  American rapper (D12) (Born 1979).

• Steve Chiasson

  Canadian ice hockey player (Born 1967).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. TLC - No Scrubs
2. Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
3. Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
4. Cher - Believe
5. Sugar Ray - Every Morning

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Westlife - Swear It Again
2. TLC - No Scrubs
3. Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
4. Boyzone - You Needed Me
5. Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now