Senate Trial Begins in Bill Clinton Impeachment January 7, 1999

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…

Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 19 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city. Date: February 4, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)…

The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins. Date: January 7, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1999Pope John Paul II Visits Romania, First Orthodox Nation Since 1054, May 7,…

Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station. Date: May 29, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1999House of Lords Act Restricts Hereditary Peers, November 11, 1999CIH Computer Virus Outbreak…

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) More events from 1999Space Shuttle…

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) More events from 1999CIH Computer Virus Outbreak April 26, 1999Spanish…