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1999 is a year in the 20th century . It is a common year .
Events
January
January 2 - A snowstorm leaves 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, Illinois , killing 68.
January 4 - Gunmen open fire on Shia Muslims worshiping in a mosque in Islamabad , Pakistan , killing 16 and injuring 25.
January 4 - The United States Mint issues the first of their 50 state quarters .
January 6 - Dennis Hastert becomes Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .
January 10 - A large piece of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea.
January 20 - The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafes .
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 (4.3 tons) of cocaine aboard, headed for Houston, Texas .
January 25 - A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia , killing at least 1,000.
January 31 - The Denver Broncos win their second Super Bowl in a row, defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-19 in Super Bowl XXXIII at Pro Player Stadium in Miami , Florida .
February
Orbit of Pluto - polar view.
February 2 - Hugo Chávez becomes President of Venezuela .
February 4 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by NYC police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
February 7 - King Hussein of Jordan dies from cancer , and his son Abdullah II inherits the throne.
February 10 - Avalanches in the French Alps near Geneva kill at least 10.
February 11 - Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune . It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979 , and will become again in 2231 .
February 16 - In Uzbekistan , an apparent assassination attempt against President Islom Karimov takes place at government headquarters.
February 16 - Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders.
February 21 - The Albertinkatu shootings in Helsinki , Finland : Three men are killed and 1 wounded at a shooting range.
February 22 - Moderate Iraqi Shiite cleric Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr is assassinated.
February 23 - Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara , Turkey .
February 23 - White supremacist John William King is found guilty of kidnapping and killing African American James Byrd Jr. by dragging him behind a truck for 2 miles (3 km).
February 23 - An avalanche destroys the village of Galtür, Austria , killing 31.
February 24 - LaGrand Case : The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand , a German national involved in an armed robbery that led to a death. Karl's brother Walter is executed a week later, in spite of Germany 's legal action in the International Court of Justice to attempt to save him.
February 27 - While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon , Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes.
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