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<span>November</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-November-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Births_and_deaths" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Births_and_deaths"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Births and deaths</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Births_and_deaths-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nobel_Prizes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nobel_Prizes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Nobel Prizes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nobel_Prizes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_English_words_and_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_English_words_and_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>New English words and terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_English_words_and_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%E1%8A%A5.%E1%8A%A4.%E1%8A%A0." title="1999 እ.ኤ.አ. – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="1999 እ.ኤ.አ." data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="1999 թուական – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="1999 թուական" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="1999 сон – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="1999 сон" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B9%DB%B9_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۹۹۹ (میلادی) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="۱۹۹۹ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AF" title="১৯৯৯ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="১৯৯৯" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_n%C3%AE" title="1999 nî – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="1999 nî" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1999 йыл – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="1999 йыл" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BC%A1%E0%BC%A9%E0%BC%A9%E0%BC%A9%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8D" title="༡༩༩༩ལོ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="༡༩༩༩ལོ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999." title="1999. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="1999." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dz mw-list-item"><a href="https://dz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BC%A1%E0%BC%A9%E0%BC%A9%E0%BC%A9" title="༡༩༩༩ – Dzongkha" lang="dz" hreflang="dz" data-title="༡༩༩༩" data-language-autonym="ཇོང་ཁ" data-language-local-name="Dzongkha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ཇོང་ཁ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="1999 ие – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="1999 ие" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B9%DB%B9" title="۱۹۹۹ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="۱۹۹۹" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D1%88%D1%83" title="1999 шу – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="1999 шу" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%E5%B9%B4" title="1999年 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="1999年" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999-ngi%C3%A8n" title="1999-ngièn – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="1999-ngièn" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%EB%85%84" title="1999년 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1999년" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AF" title="१९९९ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="१९९९" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999." title="1999. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="1999." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AF" title="মারি ১৯৯৯ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মারি ১৯৯৯" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-iu mw-list-item"><a href="https://iu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Inuktitut" lang="iu" hreflang="iu" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut" data-language-local-name="Inuktitut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999-%C3%A6%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%B7" title="1999-æм аз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="1999-æм аз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B3%A7%E0%B3%AF%E0%B3%AF%E0%B3%AF" title="೧೯೯೯ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="೧೯೯೯" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1999 джыл – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="1999 джыл" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1999 жыл – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="1999 жыл" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999-%D3%A7%D0%B4_%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="1999-ӧд во – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="1999-ӧд во" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_(almanak_gregoryen)" title="1999 (almanak gregoryen) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="1999 (almanak gregoryen)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D0%B8" title="1999 и – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="1999 и" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999._gads" title="1999. gads – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1999. gads" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%81" title="1999 йис – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="1999 йис" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_m." title="1999 m. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="1999 m." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999moi" title="1999moi – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="1999moi" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AF" title="१९९९ – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="१९९९" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AF" title="इ.स. १९९९ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स. १९९९" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B9%DB%B9" title="۱۹۹۹ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۱۹۹۹" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_ni%C3%A8ng" title="1999 nièng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="1999 nièng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="1999 он – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="1999 он" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%81%E1%81%89%E1%81%89%E1%81%89" title="၁၉၉၉ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၁၉၉၉" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AF" title="सन् १९९९ – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="सन् १९९९" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%E5%B9%B4" title="1999年 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1999年" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D1%88%D0%BE" title="1999 шо – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="1999 шо" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AD%A7%E0%AD%AF%E0%AD%AF%E0%AD%AF" title="୧୯୯୯ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="୧୯୯୯" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AF" title="१९९९ – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="१९९९" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joohr_1999" title="Joohr 1999 – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Joohr 1999" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="1999 год – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="1999 год" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1999 сыл – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="1999 сыл" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%D8%B9" title="1999ع – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="1999ع" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%A1%D9%A9%D9%A9%D9%A9" title="١٩٩٩ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="١٩٩٩" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="1999 ел – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="1999 ел" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="တႆး" data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>တႆး</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E.%E0%B8%A8._2542" title="พ.ศ. 2542 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พ.ศ. 2542" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8_1999" title="Соли 1999 – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Соли 1999" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%D0%B0%D1%80" title="1999 ар – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="1999 ар" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%D8%A1" title="1999ء – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="1999ء" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_-_%D9%8A%D9%89%D9%84%D9%89" title="1999 - يىلى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="1999 - يىلى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_nienz" title="1999 nienz – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="1999 nienz" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999 – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="1999" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/Ab_urbe_condita" title="Ab urbe condita">Ab urbe condita</a></td><td>2752</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_calendar" title="Armenian calendar">Armenian calendar</a></td><td>1448<br />ԹՎ ՌՆԽԸ</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_calendar" title="Assyrian calendar">Assyrian calendar</a></td><td>6749</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_calendar" title="Baháʼí calendar">Baháʼí calendar</a></td><td>155–156</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Balinese_saka_calendar" title="Balinese saka calendar">Balinese saka calendar</a></td><td>1920–1921</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendar" title="Bengali calendar">Bengali calendar</a></td><td>1405–1406</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Berber_calendar" title="Berber calendar">Berber calendar</a></td><td>2949</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Regnal_years_of_English_and_British_monarchs" title="Regnal years of English and British monarchs">British Regnal year</a></td><td>47 <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Eliz. 2</a> – 48 <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Eliz. 2</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a></td><td>2543</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Burmese_calendar" title="Burmese calendar">Burmese calendar</a></td><td>1361</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_calendar" title="Byzantine calendar">Byzantine calendar</a></td><td>7507–7508</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sexagenary_cycle" title="Sexagenary cycle">戊寅</a>年 (Earth <a href="/wiki/Tiger_(zodiac)" title="Tiger (zodiac)">Tiger</a>)<br />4696 or 4489<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />己卯年 (Earth <a href="/wiki/Rabbit_(zodiac)" title="Rabbit (zodiac)">Rabbit</a>)<br />4697 or 4490</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Coptic_calendar" title="Coptic calendar">Coptic calendar</a></td><td>1715–1716</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Discordian_calendar" title="Discordian calendar">Discordian calendar</a></td><td>3165</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar" title="Ethiopian calendar">Ethiopian calendar</a></td><td>1991–1992</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a></td><td>5759–5760</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendars</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Vikram Samvat</a></i></td><td>2055–2056</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_national_calendar" title="Indian national calendar">Shaka Samvat</a></i></td><td>1920–1921</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></i></td><td>5099–5100</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Holocene_calendar" title="Holocene calendar">Holocene calendar</a></td><td>11999</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_calendar" title="Igbo calendar">Igbo calendar</a></td><td>999–1000</td></tr><tr><td><a 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title="Taiwan">ROC</a> 88<br />民國88年</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Nanakshahi_calendar" title="Nanakshahi calendar">Nanakshahi calendar</a></td><td>531</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Thai_solar_calendar" title="Thai solar calendar">Thai solar calendar</a></td><td>2542</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calendar" title="Tibetan calendar">Tibetan calendar</a></td><td>阳土虎年<br />(male Earth-<a href="/wiki/Tiger_(zodiac)" title="Tiger (zodiac)">Tiger</a>)<br />2125 or 1744 or 972<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />阴土兔年<br />(female Earth-<a href="/wiki/Rabbit_(zodiac)" title="Rabbit (zodiac)">Rabbit</a>)<br />2126 or 1745 or 973</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Unix_time" title="Unix time">Unix time</a></td><td>915148800 – 946684799</td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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century">20th century</a>, and the 10th and last year of the <a href="/wiki/1990s" title="1990s">1990s</a> decade. </p><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Calendar year</div> <p>1999 was designated as the <a href="/wiki/International_Year_of_Older_Persons" title="International Year of Older Persons">International Year of Older Persons</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1" title="January 1">January 1</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a> currency is established and the <a href="/wiki/European_Central_Bank" title="European Central Bank">European Central Bank</a> assumes its full powers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_3" title="January 3">January 3</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Mars_Polar_Lander" title="Mars Polar Lander">Mars Polar Lander</a> is launched by <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_25" title="January 25">January 25</a> – The 6.2 M<sub>w</sub>  <a href="/wiki/1999_Colombia_earthquake" title="1999 Colombia earthquake">Colombia earthquake</a> hits western <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>, killing at least 1,900 people.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_II_of_Jordan" title="Abdullah II of Jordan">Abdullah II</a> inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King <a href="/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan" title="Hussein of Jordan">Hussein</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-h211_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h211-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_11" title="February 11">February 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pluto" title="Pluto">Pluto</a> moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than <a href="/wiki/Neptune" title="Neptune">Neptune</a>. It had been nearer than Neptune since <a href="/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a>, and will become again in <a href="/wiki/23rd_century" class="mw-redirect" title="23rd century">2231</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_12" title="February 12">February 12</a> – U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> is acquitted in <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton" title="Impeachment of Bill Clinton">impeachment proceedings</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_16" title="February 16">February 16</a> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a>, an apparent <a href="/wiki/1999_Tashkent_bombings" title="1999 Tashkent bombings">assassination attempt</a> against President <a href="/wiki/Islam_Karimov" title="Islam Karimov">Islam Karimov</a> takes place at government headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Across Europe, <a href="/wiki/Kurds" title="Kurds">Kurdish</a> protestors take over embassies and hold hostages after <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> arrests one of their rebel leaders, <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_%C3%96calan" title="Abdullah Öcalan">Abdullah Öcalan</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_23" title="February 23">February 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kurds" title="Kurds">Kurdish</a> rebel leader <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_%C3%96calan" title="Abdullah Öcalan">Abdullah Öcalan</a> is charged with <a href="/wiki/Treason" title="Treason">treason</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a>, Turkey.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Galt%C3%BCr_avalanche" title="1999 Galtür avalanche">1999 Galtür avalanche</a>: An <a href="/wiki/Avalanche" title="Avalanche">avalanche</a> destroys the village of <a href="/wiki/Galt%C3%BCr" title="Galtür">Galtür</a>, Austria, killing 31.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_27" title="February 27">February 27</a> – While trying to circumnavigate the world in a <a href="/wiki/Hot_air_balloon" title="Hot air balloon">hot air balloon</a>, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_1" title="March 1">March 1</a> <ul><li>One of four bombs detonated in <a href="/wiki/Lusaka" title="Lusaka">Lusaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a>, destroys the <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angolan</a> Embassy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwandan</a> <a href="/wiki/Hutu" title="Hutu">Hutu</a> rebels kill and dismember eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Treaty" title="Ottawa Treaty">Ottawa Treaty</a> comes into force.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_12" title="March 12">March 12</a> – Former <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a> members Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic join <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_15" title="March 15">March 15</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Santer_Commission" title="Santer Commission">Santer Commission</a> of the EU resigns over allegations of corruption.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Piccard" title="Bertrand Piccard">Bertrand Piccard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Jones_(aeronaut)" title="Brian Jones (aeronaut)">Brian Jones</a> become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a <a href="/wiki/Hot_air_balloon" title="Hot air balloon">hot air balloon</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/71st_Academy_Awards" title="71st Academy Awards">71st Academy Awards</a> are held at the <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Chandler_Pavilion" title="Dorothy Chandler Pavilion">Dorothy Chandler Pavilion</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> with <i><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_Love" title="Shakespeare in Love">Shakespeare in Love</a></i> winning <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_24" title="March 24">March 24</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> launches <a href="/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia" title="NATO bombing of Yugoslavia">air strikes</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a>, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign state.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Mont_Blanc_Tunnel_fire" title="Mont Blanc Tunnel fire">fire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mont_Blanc_Tunnel" title="Mont Blanc Tunnel">Mont Blanc Tunnel</a> kills 39 people, closing the tunnel for nearly three years.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_26" title="March 26">March 26</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Melissa_(computer_virus)" title="Melissa (computer virus)">Melissa virus</a> attacks the Internet.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_27" title="March 27">March 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a>: A U.S. <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk" title="Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk">Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk</a> is shot down by Yugoslav forces.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_29" title="March 29">March 29</a> – For the first time, the <a href="/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average" title="Dow Jones Industrial Average">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a> closes above the 10,000 mark, at 10,006.78.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_1" title="April 1">April 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nunavut" title="Nunavut">Nunavut</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Inuit" title="Inuit">Inuit</a> homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territories" title="Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a> to become Canada's third <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">territory</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_5" title="April 5">April 5</a> <ul><li>Two <a href="/wiki/Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya" class="mw-redirect" title="Libyan Arab Jamahiriya">Libyans</a> suspected of bringing down <a href="/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103" title="Pan Am Flight 103">Pan Am Flight 103</a> in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the Netherlands. The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> suspends sanctions against Libya.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Laramie,_Wyoming" title="Laramie, Wyoming">Laramie, Wyoming</a>, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to <a href="/wiki/Kidnapping" title="Kidnapping">kidnapping</a> and felony murder, in order to avoid a possible <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">death penalty</a> conviction for the apparent <a href="/wiki/Hate_crime" title="Hate crime">hate crime</a> killing of <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Shepard" title="Matthew Shepard">Matthew Shepard</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_7" title="April 7">April 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>'s main border crossings are closed by Yugoslav forces to prevent <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Albanians" title="Kosovo Albanians">Kosovo Albanians</a> from leaving.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9" title="April 9">April 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Bar%C3%A9_Ma%C3%AFnassara" title="Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara">Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara</a>, president of <a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a>, is assassinated.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_14" title="April 14">April 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a>: NATO warplanes repeatedly <a href="/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Albanian_refugees_near_Gjakova" title="NATO bombing of Albanian refugees near Gjakova">bomb ethnic Albanian refugee convoys</a> for 2 hours over a 12-mile stretch of road, after mistaking them for Yugoslav military trucks, between <a href="/wiki/%C4%90akovica" class="mw-redirect" title="Đakovica">Đakovica</a> and <a href="/wiki/De%C4%8Dani" class="mw-redirect" title="Dečani">Dečani</a> in western Kosovo, killing at least 73 refugees.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_20" title="April 20">April 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre" title="Columbine High School massacre">Columbine High School massacre</a>: Two <a href="/wiki/Littleton,_Colorado" title="Littleton, Colorado">Littleton, Colorado</a>, teenagers, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Harris_and_Dylan_Klebold" title="Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold">Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold</a>, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 13 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_24" title="April 24">April 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Namibian_Economic_Society" title="Namibian Economic Society">Namibian Economic Society</a> is founded.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_26" title="April 26">April 26</a> <ul><li>Sultan <a href="/wiki/Salahuddin_of_Selangor" title="Salahuddin of Selangor">Salahuddin of Selangor</a> becomes the 11th <a href="/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang di-Pertuan Agong">Yang di-Pertuan Agong</a> of <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>.</li> <li>British TV presenter <a href="/wiki/Jill_Dando" title="Jill Dando">Jill Dando</a>, 37, is shot dead on the doorstep of her home in <a href="/wiki/Fulham" title="Fulham">Fulham</a>, London.<sup id="cite_ref-Dando_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dando-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_30" title="April 30">April 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> joins the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Southeast_Asian_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of Southeast Asian Nations">Association of Southeast Asian Nations</a> (ASEAN), bringing the total members to 10.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_3" title="May 3">May 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/1999_Oklahoma_tornado_outbreak" title="1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak">1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak</a>: a <a href="/wiki/1999_Bridge_Creek%E2%80%93Moore_tornado" title="1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado">devastating tornado</a>, rated F5 on the <a href="/wiki/Fujita_scale" title="Fujita scale">Fujita scale</a>, hits southern and eastern <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_metropolitan_area" title="Oklahoma City metropolitan area">Oklahoma City metropolitan area</a>, killing 36 people (and 5 indirectly) and producing the highest winds recorded on Earth: 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_7" title="May 7">May 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a>: in the <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_bombing_of_the_Chinese_embassy_in_Belgrade" title="United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade">three Chinese embassy workers are killed and 20 others wounded</a> when a <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> <a href="/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit" title="Northrop B-2 Spirit">B-2 aircraft</a> bombs the Chinese Embassy in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a>, President <a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Bernardo_Vieira" title="João Bernardo Vieira">João Bernardo Vieira</a> is ousted in a military <a href="/wiki/Coup" class="mw-redirect" title="Coup">coup</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_12" title="May 12">May 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">David Steel</a> becomes the first Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the modern <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Azeglio_Ciampi" title="Carlo Azeglio Ciampi">Carlo Azeglio Ciampi</a> is elected President of Italy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_14" title="May 14">May 14</a>–<a href="/wiki/June_20" title="June 20">June 20</a> – The <a href="/wiki/1999_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1999 Cricket World Cup">1999 Cricket World Cup</a> is held in England, (some matches in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands), with Australia defeating Pakistan in the final.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_17" title="May 17">May 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ehud_Barak" title="Ehud Barak">Ehud Barak</a> is <a href="/wiki/1999_Israeli_general_election" title="1999 Israeli general election">elected</a> prime minister of <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_26" title="May 26">May 26</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> launches an attack on intruding <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> Army troops and <a href="/wiki/Mujahideen" title="Mujahideen">mujahideen</a> militants in <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1999_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="1999 UEFA Champions League final">1999 UEFA Champions League final</a> takes place at the <a href="/wiki/Camp_Nou" title="Camp Nou">Camp Nou</a> Stadium, <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a>, in which the English side <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> defeats the German side <a href="/wiki/FC_Bayern_Munich" title="FC Bayern Munich">Bayern Munich</a> 2–1.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_27" title="May 27">May 27</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia" title="International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia">International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Hague" title="The Hague">The Hague, Netherlands</a> indicts <a href="/wiki/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Slobodan Milošević">Slobodan Milošević</a> and four others for <a href="/wiki/War_crime" title="War crime">war crimes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity" title="Crimes against humanity">crimes against humanity</a> committed in <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Space Shuttle <i>Discovery</i></a> is launched on <a href="/wiki/STS-96" title="STS-96">STS-96</a>, the first shuttle mission to dock with the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mission_page_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mission_page-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a> <ul><li>Two Swedish police officers are wounded by bank robbers armed with automatic firearms, and <a href="/wiki/Malexander_murders" title="Malexander murders">later executed with their own service pistols</a> in <a href="/wiki/Malexander" title="Malexander">Malexander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>.</li> <li>After 22 years of restoration work, <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci" title="Leonardo da Vinci">Leonardo da Vinci</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo)" title="The Last Supper (Leonardo)">The Last Supper</a></i> is placed back on display in <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>, Italy.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_29" title="May 29">May 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> terminates military rule, and the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nigerian_Republic" title="Fourth Nigerian Republic">Fourth Nigerian Republic</a> is established with <a href="/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo" title="Olusegun Obasanjo">Olusegun Obasanjo</a> as <a href="/wiki/President_of_Nigeria" title="President of Nigeria">president</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_1" title="June 1">June 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Napster" title="Napster">Napster</a>, a music downloading service, is created; it would later inspire other <a href="/wiki/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing" title="Peer-to-peer file sharing">file-sharing sites</a> such as <a href="/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay" title="The Pirate Bay">The Pirate Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/LimeWire" title="LimeWire">LimeWire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gnutella" title="Gnutella">Gnutella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazaa" title="Kazaa">Kazaa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morpheus_(file-sharing_software)" title="Morpheus (file-sharing software)">Morpheus</a>, <a href="/wiki/BearShare" title="BearShare">BearShare</a>, and <a href="/wiki/%CE%9CTorrent" title="ΜTorrent">ΜTorrent</a> 1999-2010 period which some called the "Second <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Piracy" title="Golden Age of Piracy">Golden Age of Piracy</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2" title="June 2">June 2</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Jigme_Singye_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Singye Wangchuck">King of Bhutan</a> allows <a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Bhutan#Radio_and_television" title="Mass media in Bhutan">television</a> transmissions to commence in <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">the Kingdom</a> for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_5" title="June 5">June 5</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Salvation_Army" title="Islamic Salvation Army">Islamic Salvation Army</a>, the armed wing of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Salvation_Front" title="Islamic Salvation Front">Islamic Salvation Front</a>, agrees in principle to disband in <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_8" title="June 8">June 8</a> – The government of <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> announces it will include the estimated value of the country's <a href="/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade_in_Colombia" title="Illegal drug trade in Colombia">illegal drug</a> crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its <a href="/wiki/Gross_national_product" class="mw-redirect" title="Gross national product">gross national product</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_9" title="June 9">June 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Yugoslavia</a> and <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> sign a <a href="/wiki/Peace_treaty" title="Peace treaty">peace treaty</a> to end their hostilities.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_10" title="June 10">June 10</a> – Kosovo War: <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> suspends its <a href="/wiki/Airstrike" title="Airstrike">airstrikes</a> after <a href="/wiki/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Slobodan Milošević">Slobodan Milošević</a> agrees to withdraw <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Yugoslav</a> <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro">forces</a> from <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija" title="Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija">Kosovo</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_12" title="June 12">June 12</a> – Kosovo War: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Joint_Guardian" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Joint Guardian">Operation Joint Guardian</a>/<i>Operation Agricola</i> begins: <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>-led <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> peacekeeping forces <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Force" title="Kosovo Force">KFOR</a> enter <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija" title="Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija">Kosovo, Yugoslavia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thabo_Mbeki" title="Thabo Mbeki">Thabo Mbeki</a> is inaugurated as the second <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Africa" title="President of South Africa">president of South Africa</a>, marking the first <a href="/wiki/Peaceful_transition_of_power" title="Peaceful transition of power">peaceful transfer of executive power</a> in the country's post-democratization history.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Encyclopedic_content" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not"><span title="election and inauguration are usually the same event (June 2020)">importance?</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_18" title="June 18">June 18</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Anti-globalization#J18" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-globalization">J18</a> international anti-globalization protests are organized in dozens of cities around the world, some of which led to riots.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>, Italy, is awarded the <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">2006 Winter Olympics</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_24" title="June 24">June 24</a> – Kosovo War: NATO marines shoot three gunmen in <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija" title="Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija">Kosovo, Yugoslavia</a> after being attacked by the latter, killing one of them and injuring the other two.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_25" title="June 25">June 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> gets a <a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="National anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina">new national anthem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_30" title="June 30">June 30</a> – Twenty-three people die in a fire at the <a href="/wiki/Sealand_Youth_Training_Center_Fire" title="Sealand Youth Training Center Fire">Sealand Youth Training Center</a> in South Korea.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_1" title="July 1">July 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Europol" title="Europol">Europol</a> (short for European Police Office) the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Criminal_intelligence" title="Criminal intelligence">criminal intelligence</a> agency becomes fully operational.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – In Rome, <a href="/wiki/Hicham_El_Guerrouj" title="Hicham El Guerrouj">Hicham El Guerrouj</a> runs the <a href="/wiki/Mile_run_world_record_progression" title="Mile run world record progression">fastest mile ever recorded</a>, at 3:43.13.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_10" title="July 10">July 10</a> – American soccer player <a href="/wiki/Brandi_Chastain" title="Brandi Chastain">Brandi Chastain</a> scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the <a href="/wiki/1999_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final">final of the FIFA Women's World Cup</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_11" title="July 11">July 11</a> – India recaptures <a href="/wiki/Kargil_district" title="Kargil district">Kargil</a>, forcing the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistani</a> army to retreat. India announces victory, ending the 2-month conflict.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_15" title="July 15">July 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/T-Mobile_Park" title="T-Mobile Park">T-Mobile Park</a> (formerly known as Safeco Field) opens for the first time.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_16" title="July 16">July 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Jr." title="John F. Kennedy Jr.">John F. Kennedy Jr.</a> dies in a plane crash off <a href="/wiki/Martha%27s_Vineyard" title="Martha's Vineyard">Martha's Vineyard</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_18" title="July 18">July 18</a> – MLB Pitcher <a href="/wiki/David_Cone" title="David Cone">David Cone</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, throws the 16th <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> in Major League Baseball history.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_20" title="July 20">July 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">Mercury program</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_4" title="Mercury-Redstone 4">Liberty Bell 7</a> – piloted by <a href="/wiki/Gus_Grissom" title="Gus Grissom">Gus Grissom</a> in <a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961</a> – is raised from the Atlantic Ocean.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falun_Gong" title="Falun Gong">Falun Gong</a> is banned in the People's Republic of China under <a href="/wiki/Jiang_Zemin" title="Jiang Zemin">Jiang Zemin</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_22" title="July 22">July 22</a>–<a href="/wiki/July_25" title="July 25">25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Woodstock_%2799" title="Woodstock '99">Woodstock '99</a> was held in <a href="/wiki/Rome,_New_York" title="Rome, New York">Rome, New York</a> at former <a href="/wiki/Griffiss_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Griffiss Air Force Base">Griffiss Air Force Base</a>, which was marred with difficult environmental conditions, poor sanitation, overpriced food and water, looting, violence, rapes, riots and several deaths.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_23" title="July 23">July 23</a> <ul><li>NASA's <a href="/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory" title="Chandra X-ray Observatory">Chandra X-ray Observatory</a> is launched.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_VI_of_Morocco" title="Mohammed VI of Morocco">Mohammed VI of Morocco</a> becomes king upon the death of his father <a href="/wiki/Hassan_II_of_Morocco" title="Hassan II of Morocco">Hassan II</a>.</li> <li>Fourteen <a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Kosovar Serb</a> villagers are <a href="/wiki/Staro_Gracko_massacre" title="Staro Gracko massacre">killed</a> by ethnic Albanian gunmen in the village of Staro Gračko.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_27" title="July 27">July 27</a> – Twenty-one people die in a <a href="/wiki/Canyoning" title="Canyoning">canyoning</a> disaster at the <a href="/wiki/Saxetenbach_Gorge" class="mw-redirect" title="Saxetenbach Gorge">Saxetenbach Gorge</a> near <a href="/wiki/Interlaken" title="Interlaken">Interlaken</a>, Switzerland.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_31" title="July 31">July 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> intentionally crashes the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_Prospector" title="Lunar Prospector">Lunar Prospector</a> <a href="/wiki/Spacecraft" title="Spacecraft">spacecraft</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a>, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the lunar surface.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_7" title="August 7">August 7</a> – Dagestan incursions: Hundreds of Chechen guerrillas invade the Russian republic of <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a>, triggering the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Dagestan_(1999)" title="War in Dagestan (1999)">short war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_10" title="August 10">August 10</a> – The <a href="/wiki/1999_Pakistan_Breguet_1150_Atlantic_shootdown" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown">Atlantique incident</a> occurs as an intruding <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a> plane is shot down in India, sparking tensions between the two nations, a month after the end of the <a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_11" title="August 11">August 11</a> – A <a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_11,_1999" title="Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999">total solar eclipse</a> is seen in Europe and Asia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_17" title="August 17">August 17</a> – The 7.6 M<sub>w</sub>  <a href="/wiki/1999_%C4%B0zmit_earthquake" title="1999 İzmit earthquake">İzmit earthquake</a> shakes northwestern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> with a maximum <a href="/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of IX (<i>Violent</i>), leaving more than 17,000 dead and around 50,000 injured.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_19" title="August 19">August 19</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>, tens of thousands of <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Yugoslavs</a> rally to demand the resignation of <a href="/wiki/President_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="President of Serbia and Montenegro">Yugoslav President</a> <a href="/wiki/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Slobodan Milošević">Slobodan Milošević</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_30" title="August 30">August 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> votes for independence from <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> (which had invaded and occupied it since 1975) in <a href="/wiki/1999_East_Timorese_independence_referendum" title="1999 East Timorese independence referendum">a referendum</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_3" title="September 3">September 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/1999_Ontario_Highway_401_crash" title="1999 Ontario Highway 401 crash">1999 Ontario Highway 401 crash</a> occurs, involving 87 vehicles and killing 8.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_7" title="September 7">September 7</a> – The 6.0 M<sub>w</sub>  <a href="/wiki/1999_Athens_earthquake" title="1999 Athens earthquake">Athens earthquake</a> hits with a maximum <a href="/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of IX (<i>Violent</i>), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">September 8</a> – The first of a series of <a href="/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombings" title="1999 Russian apartment bombings">Russian apartment bombings</a> occurs. Subsequent bombings occur on September 13 and 16, while a bombing on September 22 fails.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_12" title="September 12">September 12</a> – Under international pressure to allow an international peacekeeping force, Indonesian president BJ Habibie announces that he will do so.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_14" title="September 14">September 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a> join the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – Start of the <a href="/wiki/1999_Greek_stock_market_crash" title="1999 Greek stock market crash">Greek stock market crash of 1999</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_21" title="September 21">September 21</a> – The 7.7 M<sub>w</sub>  <a href="/wiki/1999_Jiji_earthquake" title="1999 Jiji earthquake">921 earthquake</a> (also known as the Jiji earthquake) affects central Taiwan with a maximum Mercali intensity of X (<i>Extreme</i>) leaving 2,400 people dead and more than 11,000 injured.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3></div> <ul><li>October <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conacami" title="Conacami">Conacami</a> (National Confederation of <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peruvian</a> Communities Affected by Mining) is established to protect indigenous rights.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> loses one of its probes, the <i><a href="/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter" title="Mars Climate Orbiter">Mars Climate Orbiter</a></i>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Pudong_International_Airport" title="Shanghai Pudong International Airport">Shanghai Pudong International Airport</a> opens in China, taking over all international flights from Hongqiao.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a>–<a href="/wiki/November_6" title="November 6">November 6</a> – The <a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1999 Rugby World Cup">1999 Rugby World Cup</a>, the first World Cup in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_rugby_union#Professionalism" title="History of rugby union">professional era of rugby</a> is held in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> and is won by <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a> who beat <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a> in <a href="/wiki/1999_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="1999 Rugby World Cup final">the final</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a> – Thirty-one people die in the <a href="/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove_rail_crash" title="Ladbroke Grove rail crash">Ladbroke Grove rail crash</a>, west of London, England.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_12" title="October 12">October 12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistani</a> Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a> attempts to dismiss Army Chief General <a href="/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf" title="Pervez Musharraf">Pervez Musharraf</a>, who is out of the country. The generals lead a <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Coup d'état">coup d'état</a>, ousting Sharif's administration, and Musharraf takes control of the government.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Bj%C3%B6rn_S%C3%B6derberg" title="Murder of Björn Söderberg">Murder of Björn Söderberg</a> in Stockholm, Sweden by neo-fascists.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_25" title="October 25">October 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Telenovela" title="Telenovela">Telenovela</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Yo_soy_Betty,_la_fea" title="Yo soy Betty, la fea">Yo soy Betty, la fea</a></i> debuts on <a href="/wiki/RCN_Televisi%C3%B3n" title="RCN Televisión">RCN Televisión</a> in <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>. It will give rise to <i><a href="/wiki/Ugly_Betty" title="Ugly Betty">Ugly Betty</a></i> and at least a dozen other versions worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_27" title="October 27">October 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Armenian_parliament_shooting" title="Armenian parliament shooting">Armenian parliament shooting</a>: Gunmen open fire in the <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenian</a> Parliament, killing Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Vazgen_Sargsyan" title="Vazgen Sargsyan">Vazgen Sargsyan</a>, Parliament Chairman <a href="/wiki/Karen_Demirchyan" title="Karen Demirchyan">Karen Demirchyan</a>, and six other members.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_29" title="October 29">October 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/1999_Odisha_cyclone" title="1999 Odisha cyclone">1999 Odisha cyclone</a>: A super cyclonic storm impacts Orissa, India, killing approximately 10,000 people.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_30" title="October 30">October 30</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Incheon_bar_fire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Incheon bar fire (page does not exist)">1999 Incheon bar fire</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B8%ED%98%84%EB%8F%99_%ED%98%B8%ED%94%84%EC%A7%91_%ED%99%94%EC%9E%AC_%EC%B0%B8%EC%82%AC" class="extiw" title="ko:인현동 호프집 화재 참사">ko</a>]</span>: A bar catches fire in Incheon, South Korea, killing 56 people.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_31" title="October 31">October 31</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990" title="EgyptAir Flight 990">EgyptAir Flight 990</a>, travelling from New York City to <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, crashes off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Nantucket" title="Nantucket">Nantucket</a>, Massachusetts killing all 217 on board.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and several <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran Church">Lutheran Church</a> leaders sign the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Declaration_on_the_Doctrine_of_Justification" title="Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification">Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification</a>, attempting to resolve a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of <a href="/wiki/Faith" title="Faith">faith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Salvation" title="Salvation">salvation</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_6" title="November 6">November 6</a> – Australians defeat a <a href="/wiki/1999_Australian_republic_referendum" title="1999 Australian republic referendum">referendum</a> proposing the replacement of the Queen and the Governor General with a President to make Australia a republic.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_12" title="November 12">November 12</a> – The 7.2 M<sub>w</sub>  <a href="/wiki/1999_D%C3%BCzce_earthquake" title="1999 Düzce earthquake">Düzce earthquake</a> shakes northwestern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> with a maximum <a href="/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of IX (<i>Violent</i>). At least 845 people are killed and almost 5,000 are injured.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> launches the first <a href="/wiki/Shenzhou_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Shenzhou spacecraft">Shenzhou spacecraft</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_23" title="November 23">November 23</a> – The <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Kuwait)" title="National Assembly (Kuwait)">National Assembly</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> revokes a <a href="/wiki/1985" title="1985">1985</a> law that granted women's suffrage.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_26" title="November 26">November 26</a> – The 7.5 M<sub>w</sub>  <a href="/wiki/1999_Ambrym_earthquake" title="1999 Ambrym earthquake">Ambrym earthquake</a> shakes <a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a> and a destructive tsunami follows, killing 10 and injuring 40.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">November 27</a> – The centre-left <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour Party</a> takes control of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Government" title="New Zealand Government">New Zealand Government</a>, with leader <a href="/wiki/Helen_Clark" title="Helen Clark">Helen Clark</a> becoming the second female <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand" title="Prime Minister of New Zealand">Prime Minister</a> in New Zealand's history.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_3" title="December 3">December 3</a> <ul><li>After rowing for 81 days and 5,486 kilometers (2,962 nautical miles), <a href="/wiki/Tori_Murden" title="Tori Murden">Tori Murden</a> becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by <a href="/wiki/Rowboat" class="mw-redirect" title="Rowboat">rowboat</a> alone, when she reaches <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> loses radio contact with the <a href="/wiki/Mars_Polar_Lander" title="Mars Polar Lander">Mars Polar Lander</a>, moments before the spacecraft enters the <a href="/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Mars" title="Atmosphere of Mars">Martian atmosphere</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_5" title="December 5">December 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/1999_Bolivian_municipal_elections" title="1999 Bolivian municipal elections">Bolivian municipal elections</a>, the first election contested by <a href="/wiki/Evo_Morales" title="Evo Morales">Evo Morales</a>' <a href="/wiki/Movimiento_al_Socialismo" title="Movimiento al Socialismo">Movimiento al Socialismo</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">December 18</a> – NASA launches the Terra platform into orbit, carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Spaceborne_Thermal_Emission_and_Reflection_Radiometer" title="Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer">ASTER</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clouds_and_the_Earth%27s_Radiant_Energy_System" title="Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System">CERES</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multi-angle_imaging_spectroradiometer" title="Multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer">MISR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moderate_Resolution_Imaging_Spectroradiometer" title="Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer">MODIS</a> and <a href="/wiki/MOPITT" title="MOPITT">MOPITT</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">December 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Handover_of_Macau" title="Handover of Macau">Handover of Macau</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Republic">Portuguese Republic</a> to the People's Republic of China after 442 years of Portuguese rule in the settlement.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_26" title="December 26">December 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Lothar" title="Cyclone Lothar">Cyclone Lothar</a> kills 140 people as it crosses France, southern Germany, and Switzerland.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_27" title="December 27">December 27</a> – A day after Cyclone Lothar, <a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Martin_(1999)" title="Cyclone Martin (1999)">Cyclone Martin</a> causes additional damage throughout France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy, including an emergency due to <a href="/wiki/1999_Blayais_Nuclear_Power_Plant_flood" title="1999 Blayais Nuclear Power Plant flood">flooding at the Blayais Nuclear Power Plant</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin" title="Boris Yeltsin">Boris Yeltsin</a> resigns as <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">president of Russia</a>, leaving <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Russia" title="Prime Minister of Russia">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> as the acting president.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births_and_deaths">Births and deaths</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main pages: <a href="/wiki/Category:1999_births" title="Category:1999 births">Category:1999 births</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deaths_in_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="Deaths in 1999">Deaths in 1999</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nobel_Prizes">Nobel Prizes</h2></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nobel_medal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Nobel_medal.png/120px-Nobel_medal.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Nobel_medal.png/180px-Nobel_medal.png 1.5x, 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G. Veltman">Martinus J. G. Veltman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Chemistry</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Zewail" title="Ahmed Zewail">Ahmed Zewail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Physiology or Medicine</a> – <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Blobel" title="Günter Blobel">Günter Blobel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Literature</a> – <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Grass" title="Günter Grass">Günter Grass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Peace</a> – <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res" title="Médecins Sans Frontières">Médecins Sans Frontières</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences" title="Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences">Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mundell" title="Robert 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