Date: April 14, 1999
The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties. Date: December 31, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on…
NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed. Date: April 14, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1999Elián González Rescued Off Florida Coast by Fishermen, November…
War on drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board. Date: January 21, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This…
53 people are killed in a stampede at the Nyamiha metro station in Minsk, Belarus. Date: May 30, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1999Dow Jones Closes Above 10,000 for First Time, March 29,…
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) More events from 1999Jesse Ventura Sworn In as Minnesota Governor – January 4, 1999Kargil War Begins…
Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations. Date: September 14, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1999Athens Earthquake Kills 143, Injures Hundreds, Leaves 50,000 Homeless September 7, 1999Milošević Indicted for Kosovo War Crimes,…