Events from the year 1999 in the United States .
Newt Gingrich (R -Georgia ) (until January 3)Dennis Hastert (R -Illinois ) (starting January 6)
Governors and lieutenant governors
Governor of Alabama : Fob James (Republican ) (until January 18), Don Siegelman (Democratic ) (starting January 18)Governor of Alaska : Tony Knowles (Democratic )Governor of Arizona : Jane Dee Hull (Republican )Governor of Arkansas : Mike Huckabee (Republican )Governor of California : Pete Wilson (Republican ) (until January 4), Gray Davis (Democratic ) (starting January 4)Governor of Colorado : Roy Romer (Democratic ) (until January 12), Bill Owens (Republican ) (starting January 12)Governor of Connecticut : John G. Rowland (Republican )Governor of Delaware : Thomas R. Carper (Democratic )Governor of Florida : Buddy MacKay (Democratic ) (until January 5), Jeb Bush (Republican ) (starting January 5)Governor of Georgia : Zell Miller (Democratic ) (until January 11), Roy Barnes (Democratic ) (starting January 11)Governor of Hawaii : Ben Cayetano (Democratic )Governor of Idaho : Phil Batt (Republican ) (until January 4), Dirk Kempthorne (Republican ) (starting January 4)Governor of Illinois : Jim Edgar (Republican ) (until January 11), George Ryan (Republican ) (starting January 11)Governor of Indiana : Frank O'Bannon (Democratic )Governor of Iowa : Terry E. Branstad (Republican ) (until January 15), Tom Vilsack (Democratic ) (starting January 15)Governor of Kansas : Bill Graves (Republican )Governor of Kentucky : Paul E. Patton (Democratic )Governor of Louisiana : Murphy J. Foster Jr. (Republican )Governor of Maine : Angus King (Independent )Governor of Maryland : Parris N. Glendening (Democratic )Governor of Massachusetts : Paul Cellucci (Republican )Governor of Michigan : John Engler (Republican )Governor of Minnesota : Arne H. Carlson (Republican ) (until January 4), Jesse Ventura (Independence ) (starting January 4)Governor of Mississippi : Kirk Fordice (Republican )Governor of Missouri : Mel Carnahan (Democratic )Governor of Montana : Marc Racicot (Republican )Governor of Nebraska : Ben Nelson (Democratic ) (until January 7), Mike Johanns (Republican ) (starting January 7)Governor of Nevada : Bob Miller (Democratic ) (until January 4), Kenny Guinn (Republican ) (starting January 4)Governor of New Hampshire : Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic )Governor of New Jersey : Christine Todd Whitman (Republican )Governor of New Mexico : Gary Johnson (Republican )Governor of New York : George Pataki (Republican )Governor of North Carolina : Jim Hunt (Democratic )Governor of North Dakota : Ed Schafer (Republican )Governor of Ohio : Nancy Hollister (Republican ) (until January 11), Bob Taft (Republican ) (starting January 11)Governor of Oklahoma : Frank Keating (Republican )Governor of Oregon : John Kitzhaber (Democratic )Governor of Pennsylvania : Tom Ridge (Republican )Governor of Rhode Island : Lincoln C. Almond (Republican )Governor of South Carolina : David Beasley (Republican ) (until January 13), Jim Hodges (Democratic ) (starting January 13)Governor of South Dakota : William J. Janklow (Republican )Governor of Tennessee : Don Sundquist (Republican )Governor of Texas : George W. Bush (Republican )Governor of Utah : Mike Leavitt (Republican )Governor of Vermont : Howard Dean (Democratic )Governor of Virginia : Jim Gilmore (Republican )Governor of Washington : Gary Locke (Democratic )Governor of West Virginia : Cecil H. Underwood (Republican )Governor of Wisconsin : Tommy Thompson (Republican )Governor of Wyoming : Jim Geringer (Republican )
Lieutenant governors
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Lieutenant Governor of Alabama : Don Siegelman (Democratic ) (until January 18), Steve Windom (Republican ) (starting January 18)Lieutenant Governor of Alaska : Fran Ulmer (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas : Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of California : Gray Davis (Democratic ) (until January 4), Cruz Bustamante (Democratic ) (starting January 4)Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : Gail Schoettler (Democratic ) (until January 12), Joe Rogers (Republican ) (starting January 12)Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Jodi Rell (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : Ruth Ann Minner (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Florida : vacant (until January 5), Frank Brogan (Republican ) (starting January 5)Lieutenant Governor of Georgia : Pierre Howard (Democratic ) (until January 11), Mark Taylor (Democratic ) (starting January 11)Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii : Mazie Hirono (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : Butch Otter (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : vacant (until January 11), Corinne Wood (Republican ) (starting January 11)Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Joe E. Kernan (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Joy Corning (Republican ) (until January 15), Sally Pederson (Democratic ) (starting January 15)Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Gary Sherrer (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Steve Henry (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Kathleen Blanco (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Maryland : Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : Paul Cellucci (Republican ) (until January 7), Jane Swift (Republican ) (starting January 7)Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : Connie Binsfeld (Republican ) (until January 1), Dick Posthumus (Republican ) (starting January 1)Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Joanne E. Benson (Republican ) (until January 4), Mae Schunk (Independence ) (starting January 4)Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : Ronnie Musgrove (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Roger B. Wilson (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Montana : Judy Martz (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Kim M. Robak (Democratic ) (until January 7), David I. Maurstad (Republican ) (starting January 7)Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Lonnie Hammargren (Republican ) (until January 4), Lorraine Hunt (Republican ) (starting January 4)Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : Walter Dwight Bradley (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of New York : Mary Donohue (Republican ) (starting January 1)Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Dennis A. Wicker (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Rosemarie Myrdal (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : vacant (until January 11), Maureen O'Connor (Republican ) (starting January 11)Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma : Mary Fallin (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : Mark S. Schweiker (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Bernard Jackvony (Republican ) (until January 2), Charles J. Fogarty (Democratic ) (starting January 2)Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : Bob Peeler (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : Carole Hillard (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : John S. Wilder (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Texas : Bob Bullock (Democratic ) (until January 19), Rick Perry (Republican ) (starting January 19)Lieutenant Governor of Utah : Olene S. Walker (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Doug Racine (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : John H. Hager (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Washington : Brad Owen (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Scott McCallum (Republican )
January 1 – DIY Network , a spinoff of Home and Garden Television , is launched.
January 2 – A snowstorm leaves 14 inches (36 cm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 21 inches (53 cm) in Chicago, Illinois , killing 68.
January 6 – Dennis Hastert becomes Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .
January 7 – The Senate trial in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton begins. He had been impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19.
January 14–17 – The Winter X Games take place in Crested Butte .[ 2]
January 21 – In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of cocaine aboard, headed for Houston, Texas .
January 22 – An F3 tornado strikes downtown Clarksville, Tennessee , destroying and heavily damaging more than 500 buildings, including the historic Montgomery County Courthouse, and nationally registered Trinity Episcopal Church and Madison Street United Methodist Church .[ 3]
January 31 – The adult animated sitcom Family Guy Fox network after Super Bowl XXXIII . February 12: President Clinton acquitted by the Senate March 2 – The new Mandalay Bay hotel and casino opens on the Las Vegas Strip .
March 3 – Walter LaGrand is executed in the gas chamber in Arizona .
March 4 – In a military court, United States Marine Corps Captain Richard J. Ashby is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps , when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable .
March 8 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing .
March 11 – Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
March 17 – The Roth IRA is introduced by U.S. Senator William V. Roth Jr.
March 20 – Legoland California , the first Legoland outside of Europe , opens in Carlsbad, California .
March 21 – The 71st Academy Awards , hosted by Whoopi Goldberg , are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles , with John Madden 's Shakespeare in Love Best Picture . Steven Spielberg wins his second Best Director award for Saving Private Ryan
March 25 – Enron energy traders allegedly route 2,900 megawatts of electricity destined for California to the town of Silver Peak, Nevada , population 200.
March 26 – A Michigan jury finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
March 27 – Kosovo War : A U.S. F-117 Nighthawk is shot down by Serbian forces.
March 28 – The science-fiction adult animated sitcom Futurama Fox .
March 29 – For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark, at 10,006.78.
March 31 – The Matrix is released in theaters. April 1: ATC traffic with Korean Air Lines Flight 36 and Air China Flight 9018 as they nearly collide at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. April 1 – Air China Flight 9018, a Boeing 747 , taxis onto an active runway at O'Hare International Airport during the takeoff of Korean Air Flight 36, another Boeing 747 , nearly resulting in a crash. Flight 36 averted a collision by taking off early and missing the Air China aircraft by 75 feet. There were 8 people on the Air China cargo plane and 379 on the Korean Air flight.[ 5]
April 5 – In Laramie, Wyoming , Russell Henderson pleads guilty to kidnapping and felony murder, in order to avoid a possible death penalty conviction for the killing of Matthew Shepard .
April 7 – The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.[ 6]
April 8 – Bill Gates ' personal fortune exceeds US$100 billion, thanks to the increased value of Microsoft stock.
April 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit .
April 15 – Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz are exonerated of the rape and murder of Debbie Carter and released from prison. Both had spent 11 years in prison, with Williamson on death row, and having come within five days of execution.[ 7]
April 20 – Columbine High School massacre : Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and one teacher, and then themselves. It would be the deadliest shooting at a high school in U.S. history at the time. The shooting sparks debate on school bullying, gun control and violence in the media.
April 23 – 1999 Major League Baseball season : Fernando Tatís of the St. Louis Cardinals hits two grand slams in one inning, becoming the first and only player in MLB history to do so.[ 8]
April 28 – Bausch & Lomb announces its intent to sell Ray-Ban to the Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica .[ 9] May 3 – 6: 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak July 2
July 5–6 – U.S. Army Pfc. Barry Winchell is bludgeoned in his sleep at Fort Campbell , Kentucky by fellow soldiers; he dies the next day from his injuries.
July 8 – A major flash flood in Las Vegas swamps hundreds of cars, smashes mobile homes and kills two people.
July 10 – U.S. soccer player Brandi Chastain scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the FIFA Women's World Cup .
July 14 – Big Blue Crane collapses while constructing Miller Park killing three workers.
July 16 – Off the coast of Martha's Vineyard , a plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. crashes , killing him and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy , and her sister, Lauren Bessette .
July 20 – Mercury program : Liberty Bell 7 is raised from the Atlantic Ocean .
July 22 – The first version of MSN Messenger is released by Microsoft .
July 23–25 – The Woodstock '99 festival is held in New York .
July 25 – Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France .
July 26 – The last Checker taxi cab is retired in New York City and auctioned off for approximately $135,000.
July 29
1999 Atlanta day trading firm shootings : Mark Orrin Barton kills his family. He then goes on a murder spree at the trading firm he worked at, killing a total of 12 people in Atlanta, Georgia . He later committed suicide at a gas station when cornered by police.NASA intentionally crashes the Lunar Prospector Moon , thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the lunar surface. November 18: Aggie Bonfire collapse November 30: WTO protests in Seattle December – The unemployment rate drops to 4%, the lowest level since January 1970.
December 3 – NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander , moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
December 7 – The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client, alleging copyright infringement .
December 16 – Walt Disney Pictures ' 38th feature film, Fantasia 2000 Fantasia Carnegie Hall , with an IMAX release on New Years Day 2000 and a general theatrical release later in June.
December 18 – NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform, carrying 5 Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER , CERES , MISR , MODIS and MOPITT .
December 31 – The U.S. turns over complete administration of the Panama Canal to the Panamanian government, as stipulated in the Torrijos–Carter Treaties of 1977.
Karan Brar Tiffany Espensen Madison Beer Mikey Madison Sophie Reynolds April 2 – Sophie Reynolds , actressApril 6 – Kwesi Boakye , actorApril 8 – Ty Panitz , actorApril 9 – Lil Nas X , rapper, singer and songwriterApril 18 – Mallory Beach , notable victim (died 2019 )April 20 – Carly Rose Sonenclar , actress, singer and songwriterApril 23 – Claud , singer-songwriterApril 29 – Morgan Turner , actress Sabrina Carpenter James Charles Ali Kabbani Lily-Rose Depp May 1 – YNW Melly , American rapperMay 3 – Rory Staunton , notable victim (d. 2012 )May 4 – Tyler Senerchia , professional wrestlerMay 5
May 10 – Michael Gandolfini , actorMay 11
May 18 – Teo Halm , actorMay 22 – Camren Bicondova , actressMay 23
May 24
May 25 – Brec Bassinger , actressMay 27 – Lily-Rose Depp , actress and modelMay 28 – Cameron Boyce , actor (d. 2019 )May 29 – Ella Emhoff , fashion designerMay 30 – Sean Giambrone , actor and voice actorMay 31 – Emily Evan Rae , actress Trippie Redd Chandler Riggs Joey King Ja Morant Bryce Hall August 4 – Kelly Gould , actressAugust 7 – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone , hurdler and sprinter, Olympic champion (2020 )August 9 – Ariana Guido , actressAugust 10 – Ja Morant , basketball playerAugust 11 – Khyree Jackson , American football player (d. 2024 )[ 16] August 12 – Dream , Minecraft August 13 – Eli Brown , actorAugust 14
August 16 – Karen Chen , figure skaterAugust 19
August 21 – Maxim Knight , actorAugust 22 – Ricardo Hurtado , actor and singer[ 17] August 25 – Sophie Cates , singer-songwriter Tom Schaar Gracie Abrams Lexie Hull Bailee Madison Kiernan Shipka Dolan Twins YBN Nahmir
Susan Strasberg Gertrude B. Elion Glenn T. Seaborg February 1 – Paul Mellon , American philanthropist (b. 1907 )February 6 – Jimmy Roberts , American singer (b. 1924 )February 7 – Bobby Troup , American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (b. 1918 )February 11 – Jaki Byard , American jazz musician (b. 1922 )February 14
February 15
February 16 – Michael Larson , Press Your Luck 1949 )February 18
February 20 – Gene Siskel , American film critic (b. 1946 )February 21 – Gertrude B. Elion , American biochemist and pharmacologist (b. 1918 )February 22 – William Bronk , American poet (b. 1918 )February 23 – The Renegade , American wrestler (b. 1965 )February 24
February 25 – Glenn T. Seaborg , American chemist (b. 1912 )February 28 – Bill Talbert , American tennis player (b. 1918 ) Stanley Kubrick Joe DiMaggio March 1 – Ann Corio , American dancer and actress (b. 1909 )March 3 – Jackson C. Frank , American folk musician (b. 1943 )March 4
March 5 – Richard Kiley , American actor (b. 1922 )March 7
March 8
March 12 – Yehudi Menuhin , American violinist (b. 1916 )March 13
March 17 – Ernest Gold , Austrian-born American composer (b. 1921 )March 22 – David Strickland , American actor (b. 1969 )March 25 – Cal Ripken Sr. , baseball coach and manager (b. 1935 )March 26 – David Holliday , American actor (b. 1937 )March 29 – Joe Williams , American singer (b. 1918 )March 30 – Terry Wilson , American actor (b. 1923 ) Faith Domergue Rory Calhoun Shel Silverstein May 8 – Dana Plato , American actress (b. 1964 )May 10 – Shel Silverstein , American poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books (b. 1930 )May 13 – Gene Sarazen , American golfer (b. 1902 )May 17 – Henry Jones , American actor (b. 1912 )May 18 – Betty Robinson , American athlete (b. 1911 )May 19 – Candy Candido , American voice actor (b. 1913 )May 23
May 26 – Waldo Semon , American inventor (b. 1898 )May 31 – Charles Pierce , American impressionist (b. 1926 ) DeForest Kelley Pete Conrad John F. Kennedy Jr. July 1
July 2 – Mario Puzo , American author (b. 1920 )July 3 – Mark Sandman , American rock musician and artist (b. 1952 )July 6
July 7 – Julie Campbell Tatham , American writer (b. 1908 )July 8 – Pete Conrad , American astronaut, naval aviator, and aeronautical engineer (b. 1930 )July 9 – James Farmer , American civil rights leader (b. 1920 )July 11 – Helen Forrest , American jazz singer (b. 1917 )July 16
July 20 – Sandra Gould , American actress (b. 1916 )July 22 – Gar Samuelson , American drummer (b. 1958 )July 29 – Anita Carter , American singer (b. 1933 ) Victor Mature George C. Scott Art Farmer Wilt Chamberlain October 1 – Glen Foster , American Olympic sailor (b. 1930)October 2
October 3 – Paul Burris , American baseball player (b. 1923 )October 4 – Art Farmer , American jazz trumpeter (b. 1928 )October 5 – Alex Lowe , American mountaineer (b. 1958 )October 6 – Gorilla Monsoon , American professional wrestler and announcer (b. 1937 )October 7
October 8 – John McLendon , American basketball coach (b. 1915 )October 9 – Milt Jackson , American musician (b. 1923 )October 10 – George Forrest , American writer (b. 1915 )October 12 – Wilt Chamberlain , American basketball player (b. 1936 )October 16 – Jean Shepherd , writer and personality (b. 1921 )October 19 – James C. Murray , American politician (b. 1917 )October 24 – John Chafee , American politician (b. 1922 )October 25 – Payne Stewart , American golfer (b. 1957 )October 26
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October 29 – Tom Dickinson , American football player (b. 1897 ) Gene Rayburn November 1
November 4 – Daisy Bates , American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer (b. 1914 )November 9 – Mabel King , American actress and singer (b. 1932 )November 11 – Mary Kay Bergman , American voice actress (b. 1961 )November 15 – Gene Levitt , American television writer, producer, and director (b. 1920 )November 16 – Daniel Nathans , American microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1928 )November 18
November 21 – Ralph Foody , American actor (b. 1928 )November 29 – Gene Rayburn , American television personality (b. 1917 ) Madeline Kahn Hank Snow Curtis Mayfield
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