Date: December 27, 1999
The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide. Date: July 20, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1999Galtür Avalanche Kills 31 in Austria, February 23, 1999TAESA Flight 725…
The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor. Date: December 31, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1999George Mallory Body Found…
The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia. Date: October 12, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1999EgyptAir Flight 990 Crashes Near Nantucket, 217 Killed – October 31, 1999Jesse Ventura…
Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054. Date: May 7, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1999NASA…
United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred. Date: April 12, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo. Date: May 24, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)…