Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station. Date: May 27, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades. Date: May 25, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Kosovo War: NATO bombs the village of Koriša, killing at least 87 people. Date: May 13, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup. Date: May 7, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. Date: May 7, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held. Date: May 6, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War. Date: May 3, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 484 ± 32 kilometres per hour (301 ± 20 mph). In meteorology, the term…