1999

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This article is about the year 1999. For other uses, see 1999 (disambiguation).
Millennium: 2nd millennium
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1999 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1999
MCMXCIX
Ab urbe condita 2752
Armenian calendar 1448
ԹՎ ՌՆԽԸ
Assyrian calendar 6749
Bahá'í calendar 155–156
Bengali calendar 1406
Berber calendar 2949
British Regnal year 47 Eliz. 2 – 48 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2543
Burmese calendar 1361
Byzantine calendar 7507–7508
Chinese calendar 戊寅(Earth Tiger)
4695 or 4635
    — to —
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
4696 or 4636
Coptic calendar 1715–1716
Discordian calendar 3165
Ethiopian calendar 1991–1992
Hebrew calendar 5759–5760
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2055–2056
 - Shaka Samvat 1920–1921
 - Kali Yuga 5099–5100
Holocene calendar 11999
Igbo calendar 999–1000
Iranian calendar 1377–1378
Islamic calendar 1419–1420
Japanese calendar Heisei 11
(平成11年)
Javanese calendar 1931–1932
Juche calendar 88
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4332
Minguo calendar ROC 88
民國88年
Nanakshahi calendar 531
Thai solar calendar 2542
Unix time 915148800 – 946684799

1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1999th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 999th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1990s decade.

1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.

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The iBook G3

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Mars Climate Orbiter during tests

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The Millennium Dome opened in London.

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Main article: Deaths in 1999

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References[edit]

  1. ^ The Diallo Verdict: The Overview; 4 Officers in Diallo Shooting Are Acquitted of All Charges The New York Times
  2. ^ Cummings, Sally N. (2002). Power and change in Central Asia. p. 130. 
  3. ^ McClary, Daryl C. (2003-06-11). "the Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History". HistoryLink.org. Retrieved 2015-11-25. 
  4. ^ Kira Millage (2009-06-07). "Timeline of Bellingham pipeline explosion". Bellingham Herald. Retrieved 2015-11-25. 
  5. ^ Lyall, Sarah (31 December 1999). "George Harrison Stabbed in Chest by an Intruder". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2010.