October 1999 calendar

Events

• 03 Oct 1999 Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara, head writers in the WWF during its most successful time in history, sign with rival company WCW.
• 05 Oct 1999 The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
• 07 Oct 1999 The 1999 Connecticut quarter dollar is introduced.
• 09 Oct 1999 The last flight of the SR-71.
• 10 Oct 1999 Elections are held in Portugal.
• 12 Oct 1999 Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
• 13 Oct 1999 The United States Senate rejects ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
• 15 Oct 1999 National Geographic Society reveals the fossil of Archaeoraptor in a press conference (the fossil is later found to be a forgery).
• 16 Oct 1999 In Southern California, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs. Few injuries, light damage.
• 18 Oct 1999 Russo and Ferrara's first Monday Nitro with them at the helm of creative airs.
• 22 Oct 1999 Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
• 25 Oct 1999 Golfer Payne Stewart, 42, dies in an aircraft accident.
• 26 Oct 1999 Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
• 27 Oct 1999 EgyptAir Flight 990, travelling from New York City to Cairo, crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on board. When the pilot leaves the cockpit, the co-pilot causes the Boeing 767 to enter a steep dive, resulting in impact with the Atlantic Ocean.
• 29 Oct 1999 A large cyclone devastates Orissa, India.
• 31 Oct 1999 EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.

Famous Birthday

• Bailee Madison

  American actress.

• Julius Tapert

  New Zealand born child of noted parents, his mother is Lucy Lawless famous for her role as Xena and her husband Rob Tapert.

• Will Shadley
• Luke Foushee

  Vine Star.

• Nathaniel Potvin

  TV Actor.

• Blake Richardson

  Pop Singer.

• Aramis Knight

  Movie Actor.

• Jacob Taff

  Music Producer.

• Matthew Sherrill

  Vine Star.

• Ashlynn SevenFabulousTeens

  YouTube Star.

• PaigeThePanda

  YouTube Star.

• Ashi Ross

  Dancer.

• Taylor Alesia

  Instagram Star.

• Addison Wingate

  Reality Star.

• Daniel Roche

  TV Actor.

• Creepypasta

  YouTube Star.

• Joshua Hoffman

  TV Actor.

• Luke Armstrong

  American noted family, the son of Lance Armstrong and his wife Kirstin, a healthy two weeks preemie.

• Nathalie Paris

  YouTube Star.

• Dylan Rey

  Pop Singer.

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Famous Deaths

• Lena Zavaroni

  Scottish singer, a child star at age ten who sang "Ma, He's making Eyes At Me," and " If My Friends Could See Me Now.

• Bernard Buffet

  French painter, lithographer, engraver, muralist and book illustrator who was noted for various medias, including stage design.

• Nathalie Sarraute

  Russian-born French writer (Born 1900).

• Charlotte Perriand

  French architect and designer.

• Akio Morita

  Japanese businessman co-founded Sony (d. 1999).

• Amalia Rodrigues

  Portuguese Fadista, one of the best-known Fado singers on the international stage, sometimes called the "Voice of Portugal's Soul" .

• Milt Jackson

  American vibraphonist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1999).

• Lars Bo

  Danish author and illustrator (d. 1999).

• Nicholas Metropolis

  Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (Born 1915).

• Art Farmer

  American trumpet player and composer (The Jazztet) (d. 1999).

• Heinz G Konsalik

  German novelist (Born 1921).

• Hoyt Axton

  American actor and country music singer-songwriter (Born 1938).

• Erik Br?dreskift (aka Grim)

  Norwegian black metal musician (Born 1969).

• Robert Marsden Hope

  Australian jurist (Born 1919).

• Josef Locke

  Irish-born tenor (Born 1917).

• Michel Regnier (Greg)

  Belgian comic-book writer and artist (Achille Talon) (Born 1931).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. TLC - Unpretty
2. Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker
3. Santana - Smooth
4. Ricky Martin - She's All I Ever Had
5. N'Sync - Music Of My Heart

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
2. Geri Halliwell - Lift Me Up
3. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle
4. Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton - What I Am
5. S Club 7 - S Club Party