1999

1999 was designated as the [[International Year of Older Persons]].

==Events==

===January===

* [[January 1]] – The [[euro]] currency is established and the [[European Central Bank]] assumes its full powers.

[[January 3]] – The [[Mars Polar Lander]] is launched by [[NASA]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mars Polar Lander {{!}} United States space probe |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mars-Polar-Lander |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

[[January 25]] – The 6.2 {{M|w}} [[1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake|Armenia, Colombia earthquake]] hits western [[Colombia]], killing at least 1,900.

===February===

* [[February 4]] – Unarmed [[Guinea]]n immigrant [[Shooting of Amadou Diallo|Amadou Diallo is shot dead]] by New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, sparking outrage in the city.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/26/nyregion/diallo-verdict-overview-4-officers-diallo-shooting-are-acquitted-all-charges.html "The Diallo Verdict: The Overview; 4 Officers in Diallo Shooting Are Acquitted of All Charges"] (February 26, 2000), ''The New York Times'', New York: The New York Times</ref>

* [[February 7]] – King [[Hussein of Jordan]] dies from [[cancer]], and his son [[Abdullah II]] inherits the throne.

* [[February 11]] – [[Pluto]] moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than [[Neptune]]. It had been nearer than Neptune since [[1979]], and will become again in [[23rd century|2231]].

* [[February 12]] – U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] is acquitted in [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|impeachment proceedings]] in the [[United States Senate]].

* [[February 16]]

- In [[Uzbekistan]], an apparent [[assassination]] attempt against President [[Islam Karimov]] takes place at government headquarters.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cummings|first=Sally N.|year=2002|title=Power and change in Central Asia|url=https://archive.org/details/powerchangecentr00cumm|url-access=limited|page=[https://archive.org/details/powerchangecentr00cumm/page/n140 130]|isbn=9780415255851}}</ref>

** Across Europe, [[Kurd]]ish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after [[Turkey]] arrests one of their rebel leaders.

* [[February 19]] – Moderate [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]]i [[Shiite]] cleric [[Mohammad al-Sadr]] is assassinated.

* [[February 21]] – [[Sanna Sillanpää]] shoots four men, killing three at a shooting range in Finland.

* [[February 23]]

** Kurdish rebel leader [[Abdullah Öcalan]] is charged with [[treason]] in [[Ankara]], Turkey.

** [[White supremacist]] John William King is found guilty of kidnapping and murdering [[African American]] [[James Byrd Jr.]] by dragging him behind a truck for 2 miles (3 km).

** [[1999 Galtür avalanche]]: An [[avalanche]] destroys the village of Galtür, Austria, killing 31.

* [[February 24]] – [[LaGrand case]]: The State of [[Arizona]] executes [[Karl LaGrand]], a German national involved in an armed robbery in [[1982]] that led to a death. Karl's brother Walter is executed a week later, in spite of Germany's legal action in the [[International Court of Justice]] to attempt to save him.

* [[February 27]] – While trying to circumnavigate the world in a [[hot air balloon]], Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes.

===March===

* [[March 1]]

** One of four bombs detonated in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]], destroys the [[Angola]]n Embassy.

** [[Rwanda]]n [[Hutu]] rebels kill and dismember eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, [[Uganda]].

** The [[Ottawa Treaty|Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines]] comes into force.

* [[March 3]] – [[Walter LaGrand]] is executed in the [[gas chamber]] in Arizona.

* [[March 4]] – In a military court, [[United States Marine Corps]] Captain Richard J. Ashby is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the [[Italian Alps]], when his low-flying [[EA-6B Prowler]] [[Cavalese cable car disaster (1998)|hit a gondola cable]].

*[[March 6]] - [[Far-right politics|Far-right]] [[conspiracy theorist]] [[Alex Jones]] creates the show ''[[InfoWars]].''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Free Speech Systems LLC - Company Profile and News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0897673D:US|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en}}</ref>

* [[March 12]] – Former [[Warsaw Pact]] members Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic join [[NATO]].

* [[March 15]] – In Brussels, Belgium, the [[Santer Commission]] resigns over allegations of corruption.

* [[March 21]]

** [[Bertrand Piccard]] and [[Brian Jones (aeronaut)|Brian Jones]] become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.

** The [[71st Academy Awards]] are held at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles]] with ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].

* [[March 23]] – Gunmen assassinate [[Paraguay]]'s Vice President [[Luis María Argaña]].

* [[March 24]]

** NATO launches [[1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|air strikes]] against the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign state.

** A [[Mont Blanc tunnel fire|fire]] in the [[Mont Blanc Tunnel]] kills 39 people, closing the tunnel for nearly three years.

* [[March 25]] – [[Enron]] energy traders allegedly route 2,900 megawatts of electricity destined for [[California]] to the town of [[Silver Peak, Nevada]], population 200.

* [[March 26]] – The [[Melissa worm]] attacks the Internet.

* [[March 27]] – [[Kosovo War]]: A U.S. [[F-117 Nighthawk]] is shot down by Yugoslav forces.

* [[March 29]] – For the first time, the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes above the 10,000 mark, at 10,006.78.

===April===

* [[April 1]] – [[Nunavut]], an [[Inuit]] homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the [[Northwest Territories]] to become Canada's third [[Provinces and territories of Canada|territory]].

* [[April 5]]

** Two [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Libya]]ns suspected of bringing down [[Pan Am Flight 103]] in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the Netherlands. The [[United Nations]] suspends sanctions against Libya.

** In [[Laramie, Wyoming]], Russell Henderson pleads guilty to [[kidnapping]] and felony murder, in order to avoid a possible [[Capital punishment|death penalty]] conviction for the apparent [[hate crime]] killing of [[Matthew Shepard]].

* [[April 7]] – Kosovo War: [[Kosovo]]'s main border crossings are closed by Yugoslav forces to prevent [[Kosovar Albanians]] from leaving.

* [[April 8]] – [[Bill Gates]]'s personal fortune makes him the wealthiest individual in the world due to the increased value of Microsoft stock.

* [[April 9]] – [[Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara]], president of [[Niger]], is assassinated.

* [[April 14]] – Kosovo War: NATO warplanes repeatedly [[NATO bombing of Albanian refugees near Đakovica|bomb ethnic Albanian refugee convoys]] for 2 hours over a 12-mile stretch of road, after mistaking them for Yugoslav military trucks, between Đakovica and Dečani in western Kosovo, killing at least 73 refugees.

* [[April 17]] – A nail bomb, the first of three planted by [[David Copeland]] over a fortnight, explodes in the middle of a busy market in [[Brixton]], South London.

* [[April 20]] – [[Columbine High School massacre]]: Two [[Littleton, Colorado]], teenagers, [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]], open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves.

* [[April 26]]

** Sultan [[Salahuddin of Selangor]] becomes the 11th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].

- British TV presenter [[Jill Dando]], 37, is shot dead on the doorstep of her home in [[Fulham]], London.<ref name=Dando>{{cite web |title=Jill Dando {{!}} Jill Dando murder {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/news/1999/apr/27/guardianobituaries.jilldando |website=amp.theguardian.com |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref>

* [[April 30]]

** [[Cambodia]] joins the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN), bringing the total members to 10.

** A third nail bomb planted by David Copeland explodes in [[The Admiral Duncan]] pub in Old Compton Street, [[Soho|Soho, London]], killing a pregnant woman and two friends and injuring 70 others.

===May===

[[May 3]] – [[1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak]]: a [[1999 Bridge Creek – Moore tornado|devastating tornado]], rated F5 on the [[Fujita scale]], hit southern and eastern [[Oklahoma City metropolitan area]], killing 36 people (and 5 indirectly). It also produced the highest winds recorded on Earth: {{convert|301|±|20|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.

* [[May 6]] – Elections are held in Scotland and Wales for the new [[Scottish Parliament]] and [[National Assembly for Wales]].

* [[May 7]]

** Kosovo War: in the [[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], [[United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade|three Chinese embassy workers are killed and twenty others wounded]] when a NATO [[Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit|B-2 aircraft]] bombs the Chinese Embassy in [[Belgrade]].

** In [[Guinea-Bissau]], President [[João Bernardo Vieira]] is ousted in a military [[coup]].

* [[May 12]] – [[David Steel]] becomes the first Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.

* [[May 13]] – [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]] is elected President of Italy.

* [[May 17]] – [[Ehud Barak]] is elected prime minister of [[Israel]].

* [[May 19]] – [[George Lucas]]' fourth ''[[Star Wars]]'' film (''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'') is released in the [[United States]].

[[May 20]] – American daredevil [[Robbie Knievel]] jumps {{Convert|228|ft}} over the [[Grand Canyon]] on a 500cc [[motorcycle]].

* [[May 26]]

** The [[Indian Air Force]] launches an attack on intruding [[Pakistan]] Army troops and [[mujahideen]] militants in [[Kashmir]].

** The first [[Welsh Assembly]] in over 600 years opens in [[Cardiff]].

** The [[1999 UEFA Champions League Final]] takes place at the [[Camp Nou]] Stadium, [[Barcelona]], in which the English side [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] defeats the German side [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] 2–1.

* [[May 27]] – The [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] in [[The Hague|The Hague, Netherlands]] indicts [[Slobodan Milošević]] and four others for [[war crime]]s and [[crimes against humanity]] committed in Kosovo.

* [[May 28]]

** Two Swedish police officers are wounded by bank robbers armed with automatic firearms, and [[Malexander murders|later executed with their own service pistols]] in [[Malexander]], [[Sweden]].

** After 22 years of restoration work, [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)|The Last Supper]]'' is placed back on display in [[Milan]], Italy.

* [[May 29]] – [[Nigeria]] terminates military rule, and the [[Fourth Nigerian Republic]] is established with [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] as [[President of Nigeria|president]].

===June===

[[June 1]] – [[Napster]], a music downloading service, debuts, which would later inspire other [[Peer-to-peer file sharing|file-sharing sites]] such as [[The Pirate Bay]], [[LimeWire]], [[Gnutella]], [[Kazaa]], [[Morpheus (software)|Morpheus]], [[BearShare]], and [[uTorrent]] 1999-2010 period which some called the "Second [[Golden Age of Piracy]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ghoshal|first=Abhimanyu|date=2018-12-28|title=A nostalgic look back at digital music piracy in the 2000s|url=https://thenextweb.com/insights/2018/12/28/a-nostalgic-look-back-at-digital-music-piracy-in-the-2000s/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=The Next Web|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=The Rise and Fall of LimeWire|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2BwsMbrXqo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/e2BwsMbrXqo| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-03-18}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

* [[June 2]] – The [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck|King of Bhutan]] allows television transmissions to commence in [[Bhutan|the Kingdom]] for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee.

* [[June 5]] – The [[Islamic Salvation Army]], the armed wing of the [[Islamic Salvation Front]], agrees in principle to disband in [[Algeria]].

* [[June 8]] – The government of Colombia announces it will include the estimated value of the country's [[illegal drug]] crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its [[gross national product]].

* [[June 9]] – Kosovo War: Yugoslavia and NATO sign a [[peace treaty]] to end their hostilities.

* [[June 10]] – Kosovo War: NATO suspends its [[air strike]]s after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Yugoslav [[Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro|forces]] from [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija|Kosovo]].

* [[June 12]]

** Kosovo War: [[Operation Joint Guardian]]/''Operation Agricola'' begins: NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping forces [[Kosovo Force|KFOR]] enter Kosovo, Yugoslavia.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/06/24/marines-shoot-3-in-kosovo-firefight/6282cb80-2b47-4c3a-88b2-8de7966f529f/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190717052055/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/06/24/marines-shoot-3-in-kosovo-firefight/6282cb80-2b47-4c3a-88b2-8de7966f529f/?noredirect=on|url-status = dead|title=Marines Shoot 3 In Kosovo Firefight|date=June 24, 1999|via=www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=July 17, 2019|archive-date=July 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9F7Xxp46hI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/-9F7Xxp46hI| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|publisher=Associated Press|title=KOSOVO: NATO PEACEKEEPING MISSION: US MARINES|date=June 1999|access-date=July 17, 2019|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLETDU7VFjM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/kLETDU7VFjM| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: GNJILANE: US MARINES ARRIVE|publisher=Associated Press|date=June 1999|access-date=July 17, 2019|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

** [[Texas]] governor [[George W. Bush]] announces he will pursue the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]'s nomination for [[president of the United States]].

[[June 16]] – [[Thabo Mbeki]] is inaugurated as the second [[president of South Africa]], marking the first [[peaceful transition of power|peaceful transfer of executive power]] in the country's post-democratization history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/president-thabo-mbeki-inaugurated-union-buildings|title=President Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated at Union Buildings|date=March 16, 2011|website=South African History Online}}</ref>{{importance inline|reason=election and inauguration are usually the same event|date=June 2020}}

* [[June 18]] – The [[Anti-globalization#J18|J18]] international anti-globalization protests are organized in dozens of cities around the world, some of which led to riots.

* [[June 19]] – [[Turin]], Italy, is awarded the [[2006 Winter Olympics]].

[[June 24]] – Kosovo War: NATO marines shoot three gunmen in Kosovo, Yugoslavia after being attacked by the latter, killing one of them and injuring the other two.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_4OvttRDjI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Z_4OvttRDjI| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|publisher=Associated Press|title=KOSOVO: ZEGRA: US MARINES COME UNDER FIRE|date=June 1999|access-date=July 17, 2019|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[June 25]] – [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] gets a [[National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina|new national anthem]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohr.int/decisions/statemattersdec/default.asp?content_id=354|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030709125629/http://www.ohr.int/decisions/statemattersdec/default.asp?content_id=354|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 9, 2003|date=June 25, 1999|title=Decision imposing the Law on the National Anthem of BiH|first=Carlos|last=Westendorp|author-link=Carlos Westendorp|access-date=July 9, 2003|publisher=Office of the High Representative|location=Sarajevo|quote=In accordance with my authority under Annex 10 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Article XI of the Bonn Document, I do hereby decide that the Law on the National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina enters into force with immediate effect on an interim basis, until the House of Peoples adopts this law in due form, without amendments and no conditions attached.}}</ref>

* [[June 30]] – Twenty-three people die in a fire at the [[Sealand Youth Training Center Fire|Sealand Youth Training Center]] in South Korea.

===July===

[[File:LPnosunm.jpeg|thumb|[[NASA]]'s [[Lunar Prospector]]]]

* [[July 1]]

** The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by [[Elizabeth II]] on the day that devolved powers are officially transferred from the [[Scottish Office]] in London to the new devolved [[Scottish Executive]] in [[Edinburgh]].

** [[Europol]] (short for European Police Office) the [[European Union]]'s [[criminal intelligence]] agency becomes fully operational.

* [[July 4]] - The United States Celebrates 233 years of Independence.

*[[July 7]] – In Rome, [[Hicham El Guerrouj]] runs the [[Mile run world record progression|fastest mile ever recorded]], at 3:43.13.

* [[July 10]] – American soccer player [[Brandi Chastain]] scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final|final of the FIFA Women's World Cup]].

* [[July 11]] – India recaptures [[Kargil district|Kargil]], forcing the Pakistani army to retreat. India announces victory, ending the 2-month conflict.

* [[July 16]] – Off the coast of [[Martha's Vineyard]], a [[John F. Kennedy, Jr. plane crash|plane crashes]] piloted by [[John F. Kennedy Jr.]], killing him, his wife [[Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy]], and her sister [[Lauren Bessette]].

* [[July 20]]

** [[Project Mercury|Mercury program]]: [[Mercury-Redstone 4|Liberty Bell 7]] – piloted by [[Gus Grissom]] in [[1961]] – is raised from the Atlantic Ocean.

** [[Falun Gong]] is banned in the People's Republic of China under [[Jiang Zemin]].

* [[July 23]]

** NASA's [[Chandra X-ray Observatory]] is launched.

** [[Mohammed VI of Morocco]] becomes king upon the death of his father [[Hassan II of Morocco|Hassan II]].

**Fourteen [[Serbs|Kosovar Serb]] villagers are [[Staro Gračko massacre|killed]] by ethnic Albanian gunmen in the village of Staro Gračko.

* [[July 27]] – Twenty-one people die in a [[canyoning]] disaster at the [[Saxetenbach Gorge]] near [[Interlaken]], Switzerland.

* [[July 31]] – NASA intentionally crashes the Lunar Prospector [[spacecraft]] into the [[Moon]], thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the lunar surface.

===August===

[[File:Izmit eart2.jpg|thumb|[[1999 İzmit earthquake]], Turkey]]

* [[August 7]] – Hundreds of Chechen guerrillas invade the Russian republic of [[Dagestan]], triggering a [[War of Dagestan|short war]].

* [[August 10]] – The [[Atlantique incident]] occurs as an intruding [[Pakistan Navy]] plane is shot down in India, sparking tensions between the two nations, coming just a month after the end of the [[Kargil War]].

* [[August 11]] – A [[Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999|total solar eclipse]] is seen in Europe and Asia.

* [[August 16]] – [[State Duma]] approved Putin as Prime Minister

* [[August 17]] – The 7.6 {{M|w}} [[1999 İzmit earthquake|İzmit earthquake]] shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), leaving more than 17,000 dead and around 50,000 injured.

* [[August 19]] – In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Yugoslavs rally to demand the resignation of [[President of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav President]] Slobodan Milošević.

* [[August 26]] – The [[Second Chechen War]] begins

* [[August 30]] – [[East Timor]] votes for independence from [[Indonesia]] (which had invaded and occupied it since 1975) in [[1999 East Timorese independence referendum|a referendum]].

===September===

* [[September 3]] – [[1999 Ontario Highway 401 crash]] occurs, involving 87 vehicles and killing 8.

* [[September 7]] – The 6.0 {{M|w}} [[1999 Athens earthquake|Athens earthquake]] hits with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.

* [[September 8]] – The first of a series of [[Russian apartment bombings]] occurs. Subsequent bombings occur on September 13 and 16, while a bombing on September 22 fails.

* [[September 9]] – The [[Sega]] Company introduces in American market the new game console with the name [[Dreamcast]].

* [[September 12]] – Under international pressure to allow an international peacekeeping force, Indonesian president BJ Habibie announces that he will do so.

* [[September 14]] – [[Kiribati]], [[Nauru]] and [[Tonga]] join the United Nations.

* [[September 21]] – The [[1999 Jiji earthquake|921 earthquake]], also known as the Jiji earthquake (magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale), kills about 2,400 people in [[Taiwan]].

===October===

[[File:Mars Climate Orbiter during tests.jpg|thumb|''[[Mars Climate Orbiter]]'' during tests]]

* October – NASA loses one of its probes, the ''[[Mars Climate Orbiter]]''.

* [[October 1]] – [[Shanghai Pudong International Airport]] opens in China, taking over all international flights from Hongqiao.

* [[October 5]] – Thirty-one people die in the [[Ladbroke Grove rail crash]], west of London, England.

* [[October 12]] – Pakistani Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] attempts to dismiss Army Chief General [[Pervez Musharraf]], who is out of the country. The generals lead a [[coup d'état]], ousting Sharif's administration, and Musharraf takes control of the government.

[[October 13]] – The United States Senate rejects ratification of the [[Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty]] (CTBT).{{importance inline|date=June 2020}}

* [[October 27]] – Gunmen [[1999 Armenian parliament shooting|open fire]] in the [[Armenia]]n Parliament, killing Prime Minister [[Vazgen Sargsyan]], Parliament Chairman [[Karen Demirchyan]], and six other members.

* [[October 29]] – [[1999 Odisha cyclone|A super cyclonic storm]] impacts Orissa, India, killing approximately 10,000 people.

[[October 30]] – {{Interlanguage link|1999 Inchon bar fire|ko|인현동 호프집 화재 참사}}: A pub catches fire in Inchon, South Korea, killing 56 people.

* [[October 31]]

** [[EgyptAir Flight 990]], travelling from New York City to [[Cairo]], crashes off the coast of [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]], killing all 217 on board.

** [[Roman Catholic Church]] and several [[Lutheran Church]] leaders sign the [[Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification]], attempting to resolve a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of [[faith]] and [[salvation]].

===November===

* [[November 6]] – Australians defeat a [[1999 Australian republic referendum|referendum]] proposing the replacement of the Queen and the Governor General with a President to make Australia a republic.

* [[November 12]] – The 7.2 {{M|w}} [[1999 Düzce earthquake|Düzce earthquake]] shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). At least 845 people are killed and almost 5,000 are injured.

* [[November 20]] – [[China]] launches the first [[Shenzhou spacecraft]].

* [[November 23]] – The [[National Assembly (Kuwait)|National Assembly]] of [[Kuwait]] revokes a [[1985]] law that granted women's suffrage.

[[November 26]] – The 7.5 {{M|w}} [[1999 Ambrym earthquake|Ambrym earthquake]] shakes [[Vanuatu]] and a destructive tsunami follows, killing 10 and injuring 40.

* [[November 27]] – The centre-left [[Labour Party (New Zealand)|Labour Party]] takes control of the [[New Zealand government]], with leader [[Helen Clark]] becoming the second female [[Prime Ministers of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] in New Zealand's history.

* [[November 30]] – The [[ExxonMobil]] merger is completed, forming the largest corporation in the world at that time.

===December===

[[File:Canary.wharf.and.dome.london.arp.jpg|thumb|The [[Millennium Dome]] opened in London.]]

* [[December 3]]

** After rowing for 81 days and 5,486 kilometers (2,962 nautical miles), [[Tori Murden]] becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by [[rowboat]] alone, when she reaches [[Guadeloupe]] from the [[Canary Islands]].

** NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander, moments before the spacecraft enters the [[Mars|Martian]] atmosphere.

* [[December 5]] – [[1999 Bolivian municipal elections|Bolivian municipal elections]], the first election contested by [[Evo Morales]]' [[Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)|Movement for Socialism]].

* [[December 18]] – NASA launches the Terra platform into orbit, carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including [[Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer|ASTER]], [[Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System|CERES]], [[MISR]], [[MODIS]] and [[MOPITT]].

* [[December 20]] – The [[sovereignty]] of [[Macau]] is [[Transfer of the sovereignty of Macau|transferred]] from the [[Portuguese Republic]] to the People's Republic of China after 442 years of Portuguese settlement.

* [[December 26]] – [[Cyclones Lothar and Martin]] kill 140 people as they cross France, southern Germany, and Switzerland.

* [[December 27]] – [[Martin (storm)|Storm Martin]] causes damage throughout France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy, including an emergency due to [[1999 Blayais Nuclear Power Plant flood|flooding at the Blayais Nuclear Power Plant]].

* [[December 31]]

** The U.S. turns over complete administration of the [[Panama Canal]] to the Panamanian Government, as stipulated in the [[Torrijos–Carter Treaties]] of [[1977]].

** [[Boris Yeltsin]] resigns as [[president of Russia]], leaving [[Prime Minister of Russia|Prime Minister]] [[Vladimir Putin]] as the acting president.

** [[millennium celebrations|3rd millennium]] celebrations.

==Births==

===January===

[[File:Mountbrightonoct3 2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mason Mount]]]]

* January 1

** [[Gianluca Scamacca]], Italian soccer player

** [[Diamond White (singer)|Diamond White]], American actress, voice artist, and singer

* [[January 4]]

- [[Daniel Arzani]], Australian footballer<ref>{{cite book|author=Javad Movahedi|title=The 2018 World Cup Quiz & Facts Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0JGbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26|date=March 18, 2019|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=978-1-911476-58-0|pages=26}}</ref>

** [[Nico Hischier]], Swiss ice hockey player

** [[Collin Sexton]], American basketball player

* [[January 6]] – [[Elena Radionova]], Russian figure skater

* [[January 8]]

** [[Ignas Brazdeikis]], Canadian basketball player

- [[Damiano David]], Italian singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 January 2021|title=Damiano, 22 anni da rockstar per il cantante dei Maneskin|work=[[La Repubblica]]|url=https://www.repubblica.it/moda-e-beauty/dossier/i-compleanni-dei-vip/2021/01/08/news/damiano_david_compleanno_22_anni_cantante_maneskin-291105416/|access-date=2 June 2021 |last=Lupini |first=Anna |quote=...è nato a Roma l'8 gennaio del 1999 |language=it}}</ref>

* [[January 9]] – [[Li Zhuhao]], Chinese swimmer

* [[January 10]] – [[Mason Mount]], English footballer

* [[January 11]] – [[Christian Nodal]], Mexican singer

* [[January 12]]

** [[Nicolás Schiappacasse]], Uruguayan footballer

** [[Xavier Tillman]], American basketball player

* [[January 15]] – [[Martin Nečas]], Czech ice hockey player

* [[January 18]] – [[Karan Brar]], American actor

* January 25 – [[Jai Waetford]], Australian singer

* [[January 28]] – [[Roman Bravo-Young]], American wrestler

* [[January 29]] – [[HRVY]], British singer

===February===

[[File:Bea miller london betterquality.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bea Miller]]]]

[[File:Luka Dončić.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Luka Dončić]]]]

* February 7 – [[Bea Miller]], American actress, singer, and songwriter

* [[February 9]] – [[Saúl Coco]], Equatoguinean footballer

* [[February 10]] – [[Tiffany Espensen]], Chinese-American actress

* February 11

** [[Candace Hill]], American track and field athlete

** [[Andriy Lunin]], Ukrainian footballer

* February 12 – [[Jaylen Hands]], American basketball player

* [[February 14]] – [[Tyler Adams]], American soccer player

* [[February 17]] – [[Alex de Minaur]], Australian tennis player

* [[February 18]] – [[Lorraine McNamara]], American ice dancer

* February 19

** [[Quinn Lord]], Canadian actor

** [[Hugo González (swimmer)|Hugo Gonzalez]], Spanish swimmer

* [[February 20]]

** [[Jarrett Culver]], American basketball player

** [[Lea van Acken]], German actress

February 21 – [[Metawin Opas-iamkajorn]], Thai actor and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Biodata Aktor Thailand Win Metawin Opa-iamkajorn |url=https://dianiopiari.com/biodata-aktor-thailand-win-metawin-opas-iamkajorn/ |website=dianiopiari.com |publisher=Diani Opiari |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=id |date=16 March 2020}}</ref>

* February 24 – [[Riley Herbst]], American professional stock car racing driver

* [[February 25]] – [[Gianluigi Donnarumma]], Italian footballer

* [[February 28]] – [[Luka Dončić]], Slovenian basketball player

===March===

[[File:Madison Beer 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Madison Beer]]]]

[[File:191125_Lil_Nas_X_at_the_2019_American_Music_Awards.png|thumb|120px|[[Lil Nas X]]]]

[[File:1 Mattéo Guendouzi 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Matteo Guendouzi]]]]

* [[March 2]] – [[Abdullah Al-Qwabani]], Yemeni long-distance runner

* March 4 – [[Brooklyn Beckham]], British model and son of [[David Beckham|David]] and [[Victoria Beckham]]

* [[March 5]]

** [[Madison Beer]], American singer

** [[Yeri (singer)|Yeri]], South Korean singer

* March 6 – [[Abdul Hakim Sani Brown]], Japanese athlete

* [[March 14]] – [[Marvin Bagley III]], American basketball player

* [[March 16]]

** [[Bailie Key]], American artistic gymnast

** [[Antonis Stergiakis]], Greek footballer

** [[Vladimir Guerrero Jr.]], Canadian-Dominican baseball player

* [[March 19]] – [[Jack Higgins (Australian footballer)|Jack Higgins]], Australian rules footballer

* [[March 22]] – [[Mick Schumacher]], German racing driver

* March 24 – [[Arina Openysheva]], Russian swimmer

* March 25 – [[Jin Ji-hee]], South Korean actress

* [[March 30]] – [[Jota (footballer, born 1999)|Jota]], Portuguese footballer

* [[March 31]] – [[Sawyer Fredericks]], American singer

===April===

* April 1 – [[Jairus Aquino]], Filipino actor

* [[April 3]] – [[Arisha Razi]], Pakistani actress

* [[April 4]] – [[Sheku Kanneh-Mason]], British cellist

* April 5

** [[Maria Astashkina]], Russian swimmer

** [[Sharlene San Pedro]], Filipina actress and singer

* April 8

- [[CiCi Bellis]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/322526/title/catherine-bellis-0|title=Catherine Bellis|website=WTA|access-date=June 30, 2019}}</ref>

** [[José Gomes (footballer, born 1999)|José Gomes]], Portuguese footballer

* April 9

** [[Ikhsan Fandi]], Singaporean footballer

** [[Lil Nas X]], American rapper, singer, and songwriter

* [[April 11]] – [[Yianni Diakomihalis]], American wrestler

* April 14

** [[Matteo Guendouzi]], French footballer

- [[Chase Young]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fortier |first1=Sam |title=Chase Young's upbringing made him a 'crazy unusual' leader, and Washington is already following |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/01/chase-young-leader-washington-football-team/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=January 1, 2021 |date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101224031/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/01/chase-young-leader-washington-football-team/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[April 15]]

** [[Zachary Lagha]], Canadian ice dancer

** [[Denis Shapovalov]], Canadian tennis player

* [[April 16]] – [[Wendell Carter Jr.]], American basketball player

* [[April 18]] – [[Michael Andrew (swimmer)|Michael Andrew]], American swimmer

* [[April 19]] – [[Corentin Moutet]], French tennis player

* April 20

** [[Fabio Quartararo]], French motorbike racer

** [[Carly Rose Sonenclar]], American actress and singer

* [[April 24]] – [[Jerry Jeudy]], American football player

* April 26 – [[Alexander Petrov (figure skater)|Alexander Petrov]], Russian figure skater

* [[April 28]] – [[Justin Haley (racing driver)|Justin Haley]], American professional stock car racing driver

* April 30 – [[Jorden van Foreest]], Dutch chess grandmaster

===May===

[[File:Sabrina Carpenter 2019.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Sabrina Carpenter]]]]

[[File:Brec Bassinger HHH 2015.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Brec Bassinger]]]]

[[File:Chandler Riggs - 2018077122146 2018-03-18 Walker Stalker Con - Sven - 1D X MK II - 605 - AK8I9646 (cropped).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Chandler Riggs]]]]

* [[May 1]] – [[Akhyar Rashid]], Malaysian footballer

* [[May 5]]

** [[Jonny Gray (actor)|Jonny Gray]], Canadian actor

** [[Justin Kluivert]], Dutch footballer

** [[Nathan Chen]], American figure skater

* [[May 8]]

** [[Maykel Massó]], Cuban long jumper

** [[Rebeca Andrade]], Brazilian artistic gymnast

* [[May 11]] – [[Sabrina Carpenter]], American actress, singer, and songwriter

* [[May 22]] – [[Camren Bicondova]], American actress and dancer

* [[May 24]] – [[Charlie Plummer]], American actor

* [[May 25]]

** [[Brec Bassinger]], American actress

** [[Ibrahima Konaté]], French footballer

* May 26 – [[Kerry Ingram]], English actress

* May 27

** [[Lily-Rose Depp]], French-American actress and model

** [[Maria Kameneva]], Russian swimmer

* [[May 30]]

** [[Eddie Nketiah]], English footballer

** [[Sean Giambrone]], American actor

* [[May 31]] – [[Roman Sadovsky]], Canadian figure skater

===June===

[[File:2019-06-11 Fußball, Männer, Länderspiel, Deutschland-Estland StP 2059 LR10 by Stepro.jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[Kai Havertz]]]]

* June 1 – [[Dmitri Aliev]], Russian figure skater

* June 2 – [[Wei Yi]], Chinese chess prodigy

* [[June 4]]

**[[Kim So-hyun]], South Korean actress

**[[Drew Pavlou]], [[Australians|Australian]] [[Activism|activist]]

* June 9

** [[Michael DiPietro]], Canadian ice hockey player

** [[Zane Smith (racing driver)|Zane Smith]], American professional stock car racing driver

* [[June 11]]

** [[Kai Havertz]], German footballer

** [[Saxon Sharbino]], American actress

* June 12 – [[CarryMinati]], Indian YouTuber

* [[June 13]] – [[Callum Coleman-Jones]], Australian rules footballer

* [[June 14]] – [[Tzuyu]], Taiwanese singer

* [[June 17]] – [[Elena Rybakina]], Russian–Kazakh tennis player

* June 18 – [[Trippie Redd]], American rapper

* June 19 – [[Jordan Poole]], American basketball player

* [[June 21]] – [[Natalie Alyn Lind]], American actress

* June 24 – [[Mads Roerslev]], Danish footballer

* [[June 27]] – [[Chandler Riggs]], American actor

* [[June 28]] – [[Markéta Vondroušová]], Czech tennis player

* [[June 29]] – [[Nikita Volodin]], Russian pair skater

===July===

[[File:Seda Tutkhalyan Rio 2016.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Seda Tutkhalyan]]]]

[[File:Matthijs de Ligt 2018.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Matthijs de Ligt]]]]

* July 1 – [[Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley]]

* [[July 2]]

** [[Robert Thomas (ice hockey)|Robert Thomas]], Canadian ice hockey player

** [[Nicolò Zaniolo]], Italian footballer

* July 4 – [[Moa Kikuchi]], Japanese singer and dancer

* [[July 6]] – [[Denis Khodykin]], Russian pair skater

* July 10

** [[April Ivy]], Portuguese singer and composer

** [[Matthew Real]], Brazilian-American soccer player

* [[July 12]] – [[Nur Dhabitah Sabri]], Malaysian diver

* [[July 13]] – [[Leong Jun Hao]], Malaysian badminton player

* [[July 15]] – [[Seda Tutkhalyan]], Russian artistic gymnast

* [[July 17]] – [[Lisandro Cuxi]], Portuguese-French singer

* [[July 19]] – [[Kim So-hye]], South Korean actress and singer

* July 20

** [[Princess Alexandra of Hanover (born 1999)|Princess Alexandra of Hanover]]

** [[Goga Bitadze]], Georgian basketball player

** [[Ellie Downie]], British artistic gymnast

** [[Pop Smoke]], American rapper (d. [[2020]])

* [[July 28]] – [[Troy Brown Jr.]], American basketball player

* [[July 30]] – [[Joey King]], American actress

===August===

* [[August 2]] – [[Emma Bale]], Belgian singer

* [[August 3]] – [[Yoo Yeon-jung]], South Korean singer

* [[August 5]] – [[Kim Si-hyeon]], South Korean singer and host

* [[August 6]] – [[Hunter Greene (baseball)|Hunter Greene]], American baseball pitcher

* August 7

** [[Dejan Joveljić]], Serbian footballer

** [[Sydney McLaughlin]], American hurdler and sprinter

* [[August 9]] – [[Deniss Vasiļjevs]], Latvian figure skater

* August 10 – [[Ja Morant]], American basketball player

* August 11

** [[Kevin Knox (basketball)|Kevin Knox]], American basketball player

** [[Mary-Sophie Harvey]], Canadian swimmer

* [[August 12]] – [[Matthijs de Ligt]], Dutch footballer

* [[August 14]] – [[Bryce Hall (internet personality)|Bryce Hall]], American social media personality

* August 16 – [[Karen Chen]], American figure skater

* [[August 22]]

** [[Dakota Goyo]], Canadian actor

** [[Mai Mihara]], Japanese figure skater

** [[Ricardo Hurtado]], American actor

* August 26 – [[Leonie Kullmann]], German swimmer

* [[August 27]]

** [[Mitchell van Bergen]], Dutch footballer

** [[Mile Svilar]], Belgian footballer

* [[August 28]] – [[Prince Nikolai of Denmark]]

* [[August 31]] – [[Miomir Kecmanović]], Serbian tennis player

===September===

[[File:Joey Awards - Michelle Creber - Best Voice Actor.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Michelle Creber]]]]

[[File:Bailee Madison 2015 TV Critics Association Tour (cropped).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Bailee Madison]]]]

* September 3 – [[Rich Brian]], Indonesian rapper

* [[September 4]] – [[Ellie Darcey-Alden]], English actress

* [[September 5]] – [[Alexey Erokhov]], Russian figure skater

* September 7 – [[Michelle Creber]], Canadian actress and singer

September 8 – [[Shubman Gill]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1070173.html |title=Shubman Gill |access-date=25 February 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* [[September 13]] – [[Ekaterina Borisova]], Russian pair skater

* September 14 – [[Emma Kenney]], American actress

* [[September 15]] – [[Jaren Jackson Jr.]], American basketball player

* [[September 16]]

** [[Mao Yi]], Chinese gymnast

** [[Brady Tkachuk]], American ice hockey player

* [[September 17]] – [[Daniel Huttlestone]], English actor

* September 21

** [[Alexander Isak]], Swedish footballer

** [[Wang Junkai]], Chinese singer

* [[September 22]]

** [[Kim Yoo-jung]], South Korean actress

** [[Erin Pitt]], Canadian actress

* [[September 28]] – [[Kayla Day]], American tennis player

* [[September 30]] – [[Flávia Saraiva]], Brazilian artistic gymnast

===October===

[[File:2020-0113-TrevorLawrence.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Trevor Lawrence]]]]

[[File:20181013 이달의 소녀 음악중심 미니 팬미팅 (7).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Chuu (singer)|Chuu]]]]

* October 1 – [[Christopher Taylor (sprinter)|Christopher Taylor]], Jamaican sprinter

* [[October 2]] – [[Martin Kaut]], Czech ice hockey player

* [[October 6]] – [[Trevor Lawrence]], American football quarterback

* [[October 14]]

** [[Quinn Hughes]], American ice hockey player

** [[Wu Yibing]], Chinese tennis player

** [[Laura Zeng]], American rhythmic gymnast

* [[October 15]]

** [[Bailee Madison]], American actress

** [[Alexei Sancov]], Moldovan swimmer

** [[Ben Woodburn]], British footballer

* [[October 17]] – [[Gabrielle Fa'amausili]], New Zealand swimmer

* [[October 19]] – [[Carlotta Truman]], German singer

* [[October 20]]

** [[Chuu (singer)|Chuu]], South Korean singer and television personality

** [[YoungBoy Never Broke Again]], American rapper

* [[October 23]]

** [[Noah Balta]], Australian rules footballer

** [[Belle Delphine]], English internet personality, model, and YouTuber

** [[Joseph Andre Garcia]], Filipino actor

* October 27 – [[Amy Tinkler]], British artistic gymnast

* October 30 – [[Wang Yan (gymnast)|Wang Yan]], Chinese gymnast

===November===

[[File:Armand Duplantis after his 6.0 m jump-1.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Armand Duplantis]]]]

[[File:Kiernan Shipka at PaleyFest 2014 HQ.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Kiernan Shipka]]]]

* [[November 1]] – [[Buddy Handleson]], American actor

* [[November 9]] – [[Karol Sevilla]], Mexican actress and singer

* [[November 10]]

** [[Armand Duplantis]], American-born Swedish pole vaulter

** [[João Félix]], Portuguese footballer

** [[Kiernan Shipka]], American actress

* [[November 11]]

** [[Fan Yilin]], Chinese artistic gymnast

** [[X González]], American activist

* November 12 – [[Choi Yoo-jung (singer)|Choi Yoo-jung]], South Korean singer and songwriter

* [[November 13]]

** [[Merveille Fundambu]], Congolese football midfielder

** [[Lando Norris]], British racing driver

* [[November 16]] – [[Bol Bol]], American basketball player

* [[November 19]] – [[Evgenia Medvedeva]], Russian figure skater

* November 26 – [[Olivia O'Brien]], American singer

===December===

* [[December 4]]

** [[Kang Mi-na]], South Korean singer and actress

** [[Kim Do-yeon (singer)|Kim Do-yeon]], South Korean singer

* December 5 – [[Willy Braciano]], Ivorian footballer (d. [[2021]])

* [[December 9]] – [[Monique Conti]], Australian rules footballer

* [[December 23]] – [[Dmitrii Kozlovskii]], Russian figure skater

* [[December 28]] – [[Iqbaal Ramadhan]], Indonesian actor and singer

* [[December 29]] – [[Nadine Joy Nathan]], Singaporean artistic gymnast

* [[December 30]] – [[Jean-Clair Todibo]], French footballer

==Deaths==

===January===

[[File:1973 Susan Strasberg.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Susan Strasberg]]]]

* January 4 – [[Iron Eyes Cody]], Italian-American actor (b. [[1904]])

* January 6 – [[Michel Petrucciani]], French jazz pianist and composer (b. [[1962]])

* January 11

** [[Teuvo Aura]], Finnish politician, 33rd [[Prime Minister of Finland]] (b. [[1912]])

** [[Fabrizio De André]], Italian singer and songwriter (b. [[1940]])

** [[Brian Moore (novelist)|Brian Moore]], Northern Irish-Canadian writer (b. [[1921]])

* January 12 – [[Betty Lou Gerson]], American actress (b. [[1914]])

* [[January 14]] – [[Jerzy Grotowski]], Polish theatre director (b. [[1933]])

* [[January 21]] – [[Susan Strasberg]], American actress (b. [[1938]])

* [[January 22]] – [[Graham Staines]], Australian missionary (b. [[1941]])

* [[January 23]] – [[Joe D'Amato]], Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. [[1936]])

* January 25 – [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]], American conductor (b. [[1916]])

===February===

[[File:Hussein of Jordan 1997.jpg|thumb|120px|King [[Hussein of Jordan]]]]

[[File:Gene Siskel at the 61st Academy Awards cropped.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Gene Siskel]]]]

* [[February 1]] – [[Barış Manço]], Turkish singer and television personality (b. [[1943]])

* [[February 5]] – [[Wassily Leontief]], Russian economist (b. [[1906]])

* February 7

** King Hussein of Jordan (b. [[1935]])

** [[Bobby Troup]], American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (b. [[1918]])

* [[February 8]] – Dame [[Iris Murdoch]], Anglo-Irish author (b. [[1919]])

* February 12 – [[Heinz Schubert (actor)|Heinz Schubert]], German actor and photographer (b. [[1925]])

* February 14

** [[Buddy Knox]], American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)

** [[John Ehrlichman]], American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1925)

* [[February 15]]

** [[Big L]], American rapper (b. [[1974]])

** [[Henry Way Kendall]], American physicist (b. [[1926]])

* February 16 – [[Björn Afzelius]], Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. [[1947]])

* February 18 – [[Andreas Feininger]], French-born photographer (b. 1906)

* February 20

** [[Sarah Kane]], English playwright (b. [[1971]])

** [[Gene Siskel]], American film critic (b. [[1946]])

* February 21 – [[Gertrude B. Elion]], American scientist (b. 1918)

* February 25 – [[Glenn T. Seaborg]], American chemist (b. 1912)

* February 28

** [[Bing Xin]], Chinese author and poet (b. [[1900]])

** [[Bill Talbert]], American tennis player (b. 1918)

===March===

[[File:Dusty Springfield (1966)b.png|thumb|120px|[[Dusty Springfield]]]]

[[File:Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa 1998.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa]]]]

[[File:Kubrick on the set of Barry Lyndon (1975 publicity photo).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Stanley Kubrick]]]]

[[File:1939 Playball Joe Dimaggio (minus halftone).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Joe DiMaggio]]]]

* March 2 – [[Dusty Springfield]], English pop singer (b. [[1939]])

* March 3

** [[Jackson C. Frank]], American folk musician (b. 1943)

** [[Gerhard Herzberg]], German-born chemist (b. 1904)

* March 4

** [[Harry Blackmun]], American judge, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court]] (b. [[1908]])

** [[Fritz Honegger]], Swiss politician, 79th [[President of Switzerland]] (b. [[1917]])

* March 5 – [[Richard Kiley]], American actor (b. [[1922]])

* March 6

** [[Dennis Viollet]], English footballer (b. 1933)

** Emir [[Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa|Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain]] (b. [[1931]])

* [[March 7]] – [[Stanley Kubrick]], American film director and producer (b. [[1928]])

* [[March 8]]

- [[Adolfo Bioy Casares]], Argentine writer (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite book|author=O. Classe|title=Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L. Kiribati|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers|year=2000|page=153}}</ref>

** [[Peggy Cass]], American actress, comedian, and game show panelist (b. [[1924]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/10/arts/peggy-cass-74-an-actress-won-tony-as-agnes-gooch.html Peggy Cass, 74, an Actress; Won Tony as Agnes Gooch], ''[[The New York Times]]''; accessed October 11, 2016.</ref>

** [[Joe DiMaggio]], American baseball player (b. 1914)

* [[March 10]]

** [[Oswaldo Guayasamín]], Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)

** [[Kusumagraj]], Indian poet, playwright and novelist (b. 1912)

* March 12 – [[Yehudi Menuhin]], American violinist (b. 1916)

[[March 13]] – [[Garson Kanin]], American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1912)<ref>{{Cite web|title= KANIN, GARSON (1912–1999), U.S. playwright and director. |website=[[Jewish Virtual Library]]|url= https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/kanin-garson |access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/14/nyregion/garson-kanin-a-writer-and-director-of-classic-movies-and-plays-is-dead-at-86.html Garson Kanin, a Writer and Director of Classic Movies and Plays, Is Dead at 86]</ref>

* March 14 – [[Kirk Alyn]], American actor (b. [[1910]])

* [[March 17]]

** [[Ernest Gold (composer)|Ernest Gold]], Austrian-born composer (b. 1921)

** [[Humberto Fernández-Morán]], Venezuelan research scientist (b. 1924)

** [[Hildegard Peplau]], American nurse and theorist (b. [[1909]])

* March 19 – [[Tofilau Eti Alesana]], Samoan politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Samoa]] (b. 1924)

* March 21

** [[Jean Guitton]], French philosopher (b. [[1901]])

** [[Ernie Wise]], English comedian (b. 1925)

* March 22 – [[David Strickland]], American actor (b. [[1969]])

* March 24 – [[Gertrud Scholtz-Klink]], German politician (b. [[1902]])

* March 29 – [[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]], American singer (b. 1918)

* March 30 – [[Igor Netto]], Soviet–Russian footballer (b. [[1930]])

* March 31 – [[Yuri Knorozov]], Russian linguist and epigrapher (b. 1922)

===April===

[[File:Rory Calhoun - 1961.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Rory Calhoun]]]]

[[File:Alf Ramsey (1969).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Alf Ramsey]]]]

* April 4

** [[Faith Domergue]], American actress (b. 1924)

** [[Jumabek Ibraimov]], 5th [[Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan]] (b. [[1944]])

** [[Bob Peck]], English actor (b. [[1945]])

* April 9 – Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Nigerese military officer, 5th [[President of Niger]] (b. [[1949]])

* [[April 10]] – [[Jean Vander Pyl]], American actress (b. 1919)

* [[April 13]] – [[Willi Stoph]], German politician, 2-time [[Prime Minister of East Germany|Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic]] (b. 1914)

* April 14

** [[Ellen Corby]], American actress (b. [[1911]])

** [[Anthony Newley]], English actor, singer and songwriter (b. 1931)

* April 15 – [[Harvey Postlethwaite]], English engineer and race car designer (b. 1944)

* April 16 – [[Skip Spence]], Canadian-American singer and songwriter (b. 1946)

* April 19 – [[Hermine Braunsteiner]], German Nazi prison guard (b. 1919)

* April 20 – [[Rick Rude]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1958]])

* [[April 21]] – [[Charles "Buddy" Rogers]], American actor (b. 1904)

* [[April 22]] – [[Bert Remsen]], American actor (b. 1925)

* [[April 25]]

** [[Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin|Michael Morris]], Irish journalist and 6th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (b. 1914)

** [[Roger Troutman]], American funk musician (b. [[1951]])

* April 26 – Jill Dando, British television journalist (b. 1961)<ref name=Dando />

* [[April 27]] – [[Al Hirt]], American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1922)

* April 28

** [[Rory Calhoun]], American actor (b. 1922)

** [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]], American physicist (b. 1921)

** [[Alf Ramsey]], English footballer and manager (b. [[1920]])

===May===

[[File:Dirk Bogarde Hallmark Hall of Fame.JPG|thumb|120px|[[Dirk Bogarde]]]]

* [[May 2]] – [[Oliver Reed]], English actor (b. 1938)

* May 8

** [[Dana Plato]], American actress (b. [[1964]])

** [[Dirk Bogarde]], English actor (b. 1921)

* [[May 10]] – [[Shel Silverstein]], American author and poet (b. 1930)

* May 12 – [[Saul Steinberg]], Romanian-born cartoonist (b. 1914)

* May 13 – [[Gene Sarazen]], American golfer (b. 1902)

* May 17 – [[Henry Jones (actor)|Henry Jones]], American actor (b. 1912)

* [[May 18]] – [[Betty Robinson]], American athlete (b. 1911)

* May 19 – [[Candy Candido]], American voice actor (b. [[1913]])

* [[May 21]] – [[Vanessa Brown]], Austrian-born American actress (b. 1928)

* [[May 23]] – [[Owen Hart]], Canadian professional wrestler (b. [[1965]])

* May 26 – [[Paul Sacher]], Swiss conductor (b. 1906)

===June===

[[File:DEFOREST KELLEY.jpg|thumb|120px|[[DeForest Kelley]]]]

[[File:Sergey Khlebnikov (URS).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Sergey Khlebnikov]]]]

* June 1 – [[Christopher Cockerell]], English engineer (b. 1910)

* June 5 – [[Mel Tormé]], American singer (b. 1925)

* June 9 – [[Andrew L. Stone]], American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1902)

* June 11 – [[DeForest Kelley]], American actor (b. 1920)

* June 12 – [[Sergey Khlebnikov]], Soviet speed skater (b. [[1955]])

* June 16 – [[Screaming Lord Sutch]], English politician (b. 1940)

* June 17

** [[Basil Hume]], English cardinal (b. [[1923]])

** [[Paul-Émile de Souza]], Beninese army officer and political figure (b. 1930)

* June 19

** [[Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999)|Henri, Count of Paris]], French nobleman (b. 1908)

** [[Mario Soldati]], Italian writer and film director (b. 1906)

* June 25

** [[Fred Trump]], American real estate developer (b. [[1905]])

** [[Yevgeny Morgunov]], Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer (b. [[1927]])

* June 27

** [[Siegfried Lowitz]], German actor (b. 1914)

** [[Georgios Papadopoulos]], 69th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] and 4th [[President of Greece]] (b. 1919)

* June 28 – [[Vere Bird]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda]] (b. 1910)

* June 30 – [[Édouard Boubat]], French photojournalist and art photographer (b. 1923)

===July===

[[File:Charles Conrad (S64-31465).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Pete Conrad]]]]

[[File:John Kennedy Jr 1999.jpg|thumb|120px|[[John F. Kennedy Jr.]]]]

[[File:Hassan II of Morocco, 1983.jpg|thumb|120px|King [[Hassan II of Morocco]]]]

* July 1

** [[Dennis Brown]], Jamaican reggae singer (b. [[1957]])

** [[Edward Dmytryk]], American film director (b. 1908)

** [[Guy Mitchell]], American singer (b. 1927)

** [[Joshua Nkomo]], Zimbabwean politician (b. 1917)

** [[Sylvia Sidney]], American actress (b. 1910)

July 2 – [[Mario Puzo]], American author (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/03/movies/mario-puzo-author-who-made-the-godfather-a-world-addiction-is-dead-at-78.html|title=Mario Puzo, Author Who Made 'The Godfather' a World Addiction, Is Dead at 78|work=nytimes.com|date=July 3, 1999}}</ref>

* [[July 3]] – [[Mark Sandman]], American rock musician and artist (b. [[1952]])

* July 6 – [[Joaquín Rodrigo]], Spanish composer (b. 1901)

* [[July 8]]

** [[Pete Conrad]], American astronaut (b. 1930)

** [[Frank Lubin]], Lithuanian-American basketball player (b. 1910)

** [[Shafik Wazzan]], 27th [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] (b. 1925)

* July 11 – [[Helen Forrest]], American jazz singer (b. 1917)

* July 12

** [[Rajendra Kumar]], Indian film actor, producer and director (b. [[1929]])

** [[Bill Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]], English actor (b. 1914)

* [[July 14]]

** [[Władysław Hasior]], Polish sculptor (b. 1928)

** [[Gar Samuelson]], American drummer (b. 1958)

* July 16

** John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and magazine publisher (b. [[1960]])

** Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American actress and model (b. [[1966]])

* July 20 – [[Sandra Gould]], American actress (b. 1916)

* [[July 21]] – [[David Ogilvy (businessman)|David Ogilvy]], French Advertising executive (b. 1911)

* July 23 – King Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929)

* [[July 26]] – [[Trygve Haavelmo]], Norwegian economist (b. 1911)

* July 27

** [[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]], Soviet/Russian mathematician, physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)

** [[Phaedon Gizikis]], Greek general, 5th President of Greece (b. 1917)

* [[July 29]] – [[Anatoliy Solovianenko]], Soviet operatic tenor (b. [[1932]])

===August===

[[File:Victor Mature - publicity.JPG|thumb|120px|[[Victor Mature]]]]

* [[August 1]] – [[Nirad C. Chaudhuri]], Bengali writer (b. [[1897]])

* [[August 4]] – [[Victor Mature]], American actor (b. 1913)

* August 7 – [[Brion James]], American actor (b. 1945)

* August 10 – [[Giuseppe Delfino]], Italian fencer (b. 1921)

* August 11 – [[Henk Chin A Sen]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Suriname]] (b. [[1934]])

* [[August 13]] – [[Jaime Garzón]], Colombian journalist and comedian (b. 1960)

* August 14 – [[Pee Wee Reese]], American baseball player (b. 1918)

* August 17 – [[Reiner Klimke]], German equestrian (b. 1936)

* August 22 – [[Aleksandr Demyanenko]], Russian film and theater actor (b. [[1937]])

* [[August 23]] – [[James White (author)|James White]], Irish writer (b. 1928)

===September===

[[File:George C. Scott - publicity.JPG|thumb|120px|[[George C. Scott]]]]

* [[September 6]] – [[Lagumot Harris]], 3rd [[President of Nauru]] (b. 1938)

* September 8 – [[Moondog]], American musician and composer (b. 1916)

* September 9 – [[Ruth Roman]], American actress (b. 1922)

* [[September 10]] – [[Alfredo Kraus]], Spanish tenor (b. 1927)

* [[September 11]] – [[Gonzalo Rodríguez (racing driver)|Gonzalo Rodríguez]], Uruguayan racing driver (b. [[1972]])

* September 12 – [[Allen Stack]], American swimmer (b. 1928)

* September 14 – [[Charles Crichton]], English film director (b. 1910)

* [[September 20]] – [[Raisa Gorbacheva]], Soviet first lady (b. 1932)

* September 22 – [[George C. Scott]], American actor (b. 1927)

* [[September 24]] – [[Ester Boserup]], Danish economist (b. 1910)

[[September 25]] – [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]], American writer (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-marion-zimmer-bradley-1123162.html|title=Obituary: Marion Zimmer Bradley|last=Adrian|first=Jack|date=30 September 1999|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en-GB}}</ref>

===October===

[[File:Wilt Chamberlain3.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Wilt Chamberlain]]]]

[[File:Julius Nyerere cropped.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Julius Nyerere]]]]

[[File:Վազգեն Սարգսյան.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Vazgen Sargsyan]]]]

* October 2 – [[Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani]], Albanian Islamic scholar (b. 1914)

* [[October 3]] – [[Akio Morita]], Japanese businessman (b. 1921)

* [[October 4]]

** [[Bernard Buffet]], French painter (b. 1928)

** [[Art Farmer]], American jazz trumpeter (b. 1928)

* October 6

** [[Gorilla Monsoon]], American professional wrestler and announcer (b. 1937)

** [[Amália Rodrigues]], Portuguese [[fado]] singer and actress (b. 1920)

* [[October 9]]

** [[Milt Jackson]], American musician (b. 1923)

** [[Akhtar Hameed Khan]], Pakistani businessman (b. 1914)

* [[October 11]] – [[Galina Bystrova]], Soviet athlete (b. 1934)

* October 12 – [[Wilt Chamberlain]], American professional basketball player (b. 1936)

* October 14 – [[Julius Nyerere]], 1st [[President of Tanzania]] (b. 1922)

* October 17 – [[Nicholas Metropolis]], Greek-American physicist (b. [[1915]])

* October 19 – [[Nathalie Sarraute]], Russian-born Francophone lawyer and writer (b. 1900)

* October 20 – [[Jack Lynch]], Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1917)

* [[October 21]] – [[John Bromwich]], Australian tennis player (b. 1918)

* October 23 – [[András Hegedüs]], Hungarian politician, 45th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. 1922)

* [[October 24]] – [[John Chafee]], American politician (b. 1922)

* [[October 25]] – [[Payne Stewart]], American golfer (b. 1957)

* [[October 26]]

** [[Hoyt Axton]], American singer and actor (b. 1938)

** [[Abraham Polonsky]], American screenwriter and director (b. 1910)

* October 27

** [[Frank De Vol]], American arranger, composer, and actor (b. 1911)

** Karen Demirchyan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia (b. 1932)

** [[Robert Mills (physicist)|Robert Mills]], American physicist (b. 1927)

** [[Leonard Petrosyan]], 3rd [[Prime Minister of Artsakh]] (b. [[1953]])

** Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian military commander and politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Armenia]] (assassinated) (b. [[1959]])

* [[October 28]] – [[Rafael Alberti]], Spanish poet (b. 1902)

* October 31 – [[Greg Moore (racing driver)|Greg Moore]], Canadian race car driver (b. [[1975]])

===November===

[[File:Leon Štukelj 1958 (2).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Leon Štukelj]]]]

[[File:Amintore Fanfani 1983-04-14.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Amintore Fanfani]]]]

* November 1

** [[Bhekimpi Dlamini]], 4th [[Prime Minister of Swaziland]] (b. 1924)

** [[Theodore Hall]], American physicist and spy (b. 1925)

** [[Walter Payton]], American football player (b. [[1954]])

* [[November 2]] – [[Demetrio B. Lakas]], 27th [[President of Panama]] (b. 1925)

* [[November 3]] – [[Ian Bannen]], Scottish actor (b. 1928)

* [[November 8]] – [[Leon Štukelj]], Slovene gymnast (b. [[1898]])

* November 11

** [[Mary Kay Bergman]], American voice actress (b. 1961)

** [[Vivian Fuchs]], English geologist (b. 1908)

** [[Jacobo Timerman]], Argentine journalist and author (b. 1923)

* November 12 – [[Mohammad Mohammadullah]], 3rd [[President of Bangladesh]] (b. 1921)

* November 16 – [[Daniel Nathans]], American microbiologist (b. 1928)

* [[November 18]]

- [[Paul Bowles]], American novelist (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/library/books/111999obit-p-bowles.html |title= Obituary for Paul Bowles| work= The New York Times| date= 19 November 1999}}</ref>

** [[Horst P. Horst]], American photographer (b. 1906)

** [[Doug Sahm]], American musician (b. 1941)

* November 20 – [[Amintore Fanfani]], Italian politician, 32nd [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. 1908)

* [[November 21]] – [[Quentin Crisp]], English writer (b. 1908)

===December===

[[File:Madeline Kahn publicity.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Madeline Kahn]]]]

[[File:Hanksnowpromoimage.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Hank Snow]]]]

[[File:Figueiredo (colour).jpg|thumb|120px|[[João Figueiredo]]]]

[[File:Curtis_Mayfield.png|thumb|120px|[[Curtis Mayfield]]]]

[[File:Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]]]

* [[December 1]] – [[Fritz Fischer]], German historian (b. 1908)

* [[December 2]] – [[Charlie Byrd]], American jazz musician and classical guitarist (b. 1925)

* December 3

** [[John Archer (actor)|John Archer]], American actor (b. 1915)

** [[Scatman John]], American musician (b. [[1942]])

** [[Madeline Kahn]], American actress, singer and comedian (b. 1942)

* December 4 – [[Nilde Iotti]], Italian politician (b. 1920)

* December 5 – [[Nathan Jacobson]], American mathematician (b. 1910)

* [[December 7]] – [[Darling Légitimus]], French actress (b. [[1907]])

* December 9 – [[Yakov Rylsky]], Soviet sabre fencer (b. 1928)

* [[December 10]]

** [[Rick Danko]], Canadian musician (b. 1943)

** [[Franjo Tuđman]], 1st [[President of Croatia]] (b. 1922)

* [[December 12]]

** [[Paul Cadmus]], American artist (b. 1904)

- [[Joseph Heller]], American novelist (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news |title= Joseph Heller, Darkly Surreal Novelist, Dies at 76|author1=Severo, Richard |author2=Mitgang, Herbert |newspaper= The New York Times|date= December 14, 1999|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/14/books/joseph-heller-darkly-surreal-novelist-dies-at-76.html?ref=joseph_heller|access-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>

* [[December 13]] – [[Stane Dolanc]], Yugoslav politician (b. 1925)

* [[December 17]]

** [[Rex Allen]], American actor, singer, and songwriter (b. 1920)

** [[Jürgen Moser]], German-American mathematician (b. 1928)

** [[Grover Washington Jr.]], American saxophonist (b. 1943)

* December 18 – [[Robert Bresson]], French filmmaker (b. 1901)

* [[December 19]] – [[Desmond Llewelyn]], British actor (b. 1914)

* December 20

** [[Irving Rapper]], American film director (b. 1898)

** [[Riccardo Freda]], Italian film director (b. 1909)

** [[Hank Snow]], Canadian-American country musician (b. 1914)

* December 23

- [[John P. Davies]], American diplomat (b. 1908){{importance inline|date=June 2020}}

** [[Wallace Diestelmeyer]], Canadian skater (b. 1926)

* [[December 24]]

** [[Tito Guízar]], Mexican singer and film actor (b. 1908)

** [[Bill Bowerman]], American track and field coach, co-founder of [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] (b. 1911)

** [[Maurice Couve de Murville]], 152nd [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1907)

** [[João Figueiredo]], Brazilian military leader and politician, 30th [[President of Brazil]] (b. 1918)

** [[Grete Stern]], German-Argentine photographer (b. 1904)

* December 26

** [[Curtis Mayfield]], American musician and composer (b. 1942)

** [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]], 9th [[President of India]] (b. 1918)

* December 27 – [[Pierre Clémenti]], French actor (b. 1942)

* December 28 – [[Clayton Moore]], American actor (b. 1914)

* December 30

** [[Fritz Leonhardt]], German structural engineer (b. 1909)

** [[Sarah Knauss]], American supercentenarian (b. [[1880]])

* December 31 – [[Elliot Richardson]], American politician and lawyer (b. 1920)

==Nobel Prizes==

[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Gerardus 't Hooft]] and [[Martinus J. G. Veltman]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Ahmed H. Zewail]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Günter Blobel]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Günter Grass]]

* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Médecins Sans Frontières]]

* [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] – [[Robert Mundell]]

==New English words and terms==

* ''blog''

* ''carbon footprint''

* ''dashcam''

* ''epigenomics''

*''metabolomics''

*''texting''

* ''vape''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/1999|title=Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words from 1999|website=merriam-webster.com|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref>

==References==

==External links==

[[Category:1999| ]]