The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble. Date: March 29, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica. Date: March 28, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav Army SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat. Date: March 27, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel, creating an inferno that kills 39 people. Date: March 24, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 24 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Kosovo War: NATO begins attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country. Date: March 24, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 24 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña. Date: March 23, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. Date: March 21, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US. Date: March 20, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO. Date: March 12, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Alitalia Flight 1553 crashes at Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport in Genoa, Italy, killing four. Date: February 25, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 25 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)