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

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1999?


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

Famous Deaths

  • 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.

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

  • Russian-born French writer (Born 1900).

  • French architect and designer.

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in October 1999?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Unprettyyoutube
  2. - Heartbreaker
  3. - Smooth
  4. - She's All I Ever Had
  5. - Music Of My Heart

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
  2. - Lift Me Up
  3. - Genie In A Bottle
  4. - What I Am
  5. - S Club Party

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Walking with Dinosaurs

Walking with Dinosaurs

Release year: 1999

Starring: Kenneth Branagh

The Insider

The Insider

Release year: 1999

Directed by: Michael Mann

Starring: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora

Country: United States of America

Wo de fu qin mu qin

Wo de fu qin mu qin

Release year: 1999

Directed by: Yimou Zhang

Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng, Yulian Zhao

Audition

Audition

Release year: 1999

Directed by: Takashi Miike

Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura

Country: United States of America

Sun Alley

Sun Alley

Release year: 1999

Directed by: Leander Haußmann

Starring: Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Robert Stadlober, Teresa Weißbach

Books

Which were the most popular books released in October 1999?
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Second Wind by Dick Francis

Second Wind

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Perry Stuart, a TV meteorologist, barely manages to escape with his life after a Hurricane-chasing plane crashes on a Caribbean island. He can't get away from what he witnessed on the island.

Mother Of Pearl by Melinda Haynes

Mother Of Pearl

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Melinda Haynes' beloved novel captures all the rueful irony, racial ambivalence, and small-town Mississippi in late 1950s. It is an unforgettable exploration of identity, family, and redemption.

Dutch by Edmund Morris

Dutch

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This is the only biography that a sitting president has authorized, yet it was written with total interpretive freedom. Dutch is both revolutionary in its method and formidable in scholarship.

Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King

Hearts in Atlantis

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Stephen King's first novel, Carrie was published in 1974. This year, the U.S. troops pulled out of Vietnam. He is the first TV generation writer to be immensely popular.

In Pursuit Of The Proper Sinner by Elizabeth George

In Pursuit Of The Proper Sinner

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Calder Moor can be dangerous and wild. Many have been trapped there, in limestone caves or lost in copper mines. Others have been injured by gritstone ridges.