2 January 1999MayorAnthony Williams
Appointed Mayor of the District of Colombia
Historical records for United States in 1999, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Appointed Mayor of the District of Colombia
Death of Jerry Quarry
Sworn in as Governor of Virgin Islands
A new policy would let millions more dollars flow to Cubans and allow more direct flights, mail service, and trade
Appointed Governor of Florida
Sworn in as Governor of California
Sworn in as Governor of Nevada
Sworn in as Governor of Minnesota
Sworn in as Governor of Florida
Washington officials say agents on arms inspection teams discovered secret weapons programs
President Clinton sends Paula Jones a cheque for $850,000 sexual harassment settlement
The US imposes sanctions on three institutions accused of helping Iran and possibly other nations to develop nuclear weapons and missiles
The US imposes sanctions on three institutions accused of helping Iran and possibly other nations to develop nuclear weapons and missiles
Clinton pays $850,000 to end legal action by former Arkansas employee, Paula Joness, who accused him of sexual misconduct
Clinton pays $850,000 to end legal action by former Arkansas employee, Paula Joness, who accused him of sexual misconduct
Opening day of the trial, the 1st presidential impeachment hearing for 131 yrs
President Clinton proposes that Government invest in the stock market to strengthen Social Security in his State of the Union Address
President Clinton proposes that Government invest in the stock market to strengthen Social Security in his State of the Union Address
Appears on national television & states "Listen to me, Im going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"
Galileo completes another close pass of Europa before shifting the extended mission toward Callisto and Io encounters.
Monica Lewinsky gives a deposition in the imeachment trial of Bill Clinton
Monica Lewinsky gives a deposition in the imeachment trial of Bill Clinton
Presses Serbian and Kosovo Albanian delegations to accept a settlement.
1st day of Clintons impeachment trial at the Senate
Senate votes 55-45 not to impeach Clinton for perjury. Senate votes 50-50 to impeach Clinton for obstructing justice. Cleared of high crimes & misdemeanours by the Senate
Metallica is inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame
Metallica is inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame
Metallica is inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame
Metallica is inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame
Metallica is inducted into the San Francisco Walk of Fame
Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer for his production legacy.
Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
Authorizes United States participation in NATO air operations against Yugoslavia.
Metallica records two performances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, then conducted by Michael Kamen, Kamen, had previously worked with Bob Rock on "Nothing Else Matters"
Metallica records two performances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, then conducted by Michael Kamen, Kamen, had previously worked with Bob Rock on "Nothing Else Matters"
Metallica records two performances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, then conducted by Michael Kamen, Kamen, had previously worked with Bob Rock on "Nothing Else Matters"
Metallica records two performances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, then conducted by Michael Kamen, Kamen, had previously worked with Bob Rock on "Nothing Else Matters"
Metallica records two performances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, then conducted by Michael Kamen, Kamen, had previously worked with Bob Rock on "Nothing Else Matters"
Galileo uses a Callisto encounter as part of a campaign to reshape its orbit for later close passes of Io.
Cassini completes a second Venus gravity assist, gaining speed for the next stage of its journey to Saturn.
A second 1999 Callisto flyby further lowers Galileo's closest approach to Jupiter in preparation for Io observations.
Galileo performs another Callisto gravity-assist encounter during the perijove reduction campaign.
Winner of the US PGA Championship
Winner of the 100 meters World title
Winner of the 100 meters World title
Albright participates in efforts to revive implementation of the Oslo agreements
Hosts and supports renewed implementation talks between Barak and Arafat.
Galileo completes the final Callisto encounter in the sequence used to prepare for close Io flybys.
Galileo passes roughly 611 kilometres above Io, beginning exceptionally close extended-mission studies of the volcanic moon.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory obtains a deep view of the M31 nucleus and surrounding X-ray sources, including emission near the central black hole position.
Galileo passes close to Io to investigate active volcanism and the moon's interaction with Jupiter.
Death of Joseph Heller
UNMOVIC was meant to replace the former United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) to carry on with the mandate to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), and to operate a system of ongoing monitoring and verification to check Iraq's compliance with its obligations not to reacquire the same weapons banned by the Security Council
UNMOVIC was meant to replace the former United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) to carry on with the mandate to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), and to operate a system of ongoing monitoring and verification to check Iraq's compliance with its obligations not to reacquire the same weapons banned by the Security Council
Brown commands Discovery as an urgent Hubble servicing mission launches after multiple gyroscope failures force the telescope into safe mode.
Grunsfeld helps restore Hubble's pointing system by replacing failed gyroscope assemblies during the first Servicing Mission 3A spacewalk.
Smith helps replace all three Hubble Rate Sensor Units, restoring six gyroscopes used for accurate telescope pointing.
Smith helps replace an older mechanical data recorder with a solid-state digital recorder during the final spacewalk.
Grunsfeld helps install a replacement transmitter for sending Hubble scientific data to the ground.
The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1284, replacing UNSCOM with the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, also known as UNMOVIC. Four countries – among them Russia, France and China – abstained from voting on Res. 1284, which led the Iraqi regime to reject the resolution because they saw the resolution as a way for the UN to claim Iraq as a "protectorate"
The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1284, replacing UNSCOM with the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, also known as UNMOVIC. Four countries – among them Russia, France and China – abstained from voting on Res. 1284, which led the Iraqi regime to reject the resolution because they saw the resolution as a way for the UN to claim Iraq as a "protectorate"
The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1284, replacing UNSCOM with the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, also known as UNMOVIC. Four countries – among them Russia, France and China – abstained from voting on Res. 1284, which led the Iraqi regime to reject the resolution because they saw the resolution as a way for the UN to claim Iraq as a "protectorate"
Plays a role in advocating the establishment of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act
De Lorean is declared bankrupt
Supports the bombing of Iraq as sanctions have little effect
Directs, Bringing Out the Dead
Galileo gravity and magnetic observations improve models of Callisto's internal structure and possible subsurface conductive material.
Stars in Casino
Joe Pesci plays Nicky Santoro, based on real-life mob enforcer Anthony Spilotro in Casino
Sharon Stone plays Ginger, Aces self-obsessed and devious wife in Casino a role that earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
The Constitution cites "high crimes and misdemeanors" as impeachable offenses
Turner argues that observations require a dominant smooth energy component with negative pressure, framing dark energy as a major constituent of the cosmic energy budget.
Tragedy struck the Kennedy family again when a Piper Saratoga light aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Marthas Vineyard, the accident killed its pilot John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife and sister-in-law
Participates in the discovery of Callirrhoe, an irregular outer moon of Jupiter.
Appointed Adviser for the Bush election campaign
Magnetic measurements support a salty ocean beneath Europa's ice.
Perlmutter and collaborators publish the Supernova Cosmology Project analysis of 42 high-redshift supernovae, strengthening evidence for an accelerating universe.
Plays a role in advocating the establishment of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act. instrumental in passage of the Foster Care Independence Act, which doubles federal monies for teenagers aging out of foster care
Sharon Stone plays Ginger, Aces self-obsessed and devious wife in Casino a role that earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
Appointed Adviser for the Bush election campaign
Bill Clinton appoints Hillary Clinton to head and be the chairwoman of the Task Force on National Health Care Reform, hoping to replicate the success she had in leading the effort for Arkansas education reform
Plays a role in advocating the establishment of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act.
The recommendations of the task force become the Clinton Health Care Plan, a comprehensive proposal that would require employers to provide health coverage to their employees through individual health maintenance organisations.
The Constitution cites "high crimes and misdemeanors" as impeachable offenses. Clinton is impeached on two counts in the House of Representatives, a Senate trial does not result in the two-thirds majority vote required to remove the President. Clinton faces a trial of impeachment in the US Senate following improper relations with a White House intern & evidence of perjury & obstruction of justice
Publication of "Interpreter of Maladies"
Plays a role in advocating the establishment of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act
Publication of "Motherless Brooklyn"
Receives a National Board of Review career achievement award.
The recommendations of the task force become the Clinton Health Care Plan, a comprehensive proposal that would require employers to provide health coverage to their employees through individual health maintenance organisations. Bill Clinton appoints Hillary Clinton to head and be the chairwoman of the Task Force on National Health Care Reform, hoping to replicate the success she had in leading the effort for Arkansas education reform
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering signals that govern protein transport and localization within cells.
Visited by leaders of Nothern Ireland political parties
Plays a role in advocating the establishment of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act
Returns with Springsteen and the E Street Band for the major reunion tour.
Supports the bombing of Iraq as sanctions have little effect
Investigators obtain a semen-stained dress as well as testimony from Lewinsky, Clinton changes tactics and admits that an improper relationship with Lewinsky had taken place
Named the American Broadcasting Companys Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
Plays a role in advocating the establishment of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act
Wallken appears in the modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second collaboration with director Abel Ferrara and writer Nicholas St. John
Wallken appears in the modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second collaboration with director Abel Ferrara and writer Nicholas St. John
Returns to feature direction with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
Plays Queen Padme Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
Makes her feature directing debut with The Virgin Suicides, adapting Jeffrey Eugenides's novel.
Included in TIME Magazines 100 most influential people of the Twentieth century
Publication of "Timeline"
Winner of the Tour de France, 1st time
Publication of "Toward the End of Time"
Steinhardt explores tracking behaviour in quintessence, where scalar-field evolution can reduce sensitivity to initial conditions while remaining relevant to late cosmic acceleration.
Directs and stars in True Crime, a journalism and death-row thriller.
Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter later accused some UNSCOM personnel of spying,[32] and also alleged that the purpose of the spying was to target Saddam in the bombing
Says "...Iraq has been disarmed. Iraq today possesses no meaningful weapons of mass destruction capability."
UNMOVIC was meant to replace the former United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) to carry on with the mandate to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), and to operate a system of ongoing monitoring and verification to check Iraq's compliance with its obligations not to reacquire the same weapons banned by the Security Council
Says "...Iraq has been disarmed. Iraq today possesses no meaningful weapons of mass destruction capability."
Wallken appears in Wild Side, The Prophecy and the modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second collaboration with director Abel Ferrara and writer Nicholas St. John. Walken plays Calvin Webber in the romantic comedy Blast from the Past. Appears in Sleepy Hollow. Appears in Pulp Fiction
Bennett leads development of WMAP to map microwave background anisotropy more precisely than COBE
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