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of King Hussein of Jordan in

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; the

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kills over 17,000 people in

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; the

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, one of the first major

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in the

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; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year

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; the

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opens in

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; online music downloading platform

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is launched, soon a source of online piracy;

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loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed

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near

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during the

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1999 was designated as the

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Events

January

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– The

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currency is established and the

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assumes its full powers. *

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

– The Mars Polar Lander is launched by

. *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...

– The 6.2 Armenia, Colombia earthquake hits western

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, killing at least 1,900.

February

February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 &nd ...

– Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein. *

February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

–

Pluto Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of trans-Neptunian object, bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the S ...

moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than

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. It had been nearer than Neptune since

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

, and will become again in 2231. *

February 12 Events Pre-1600 *1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. *1429 – English forces under ...

– U.S. President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

. *

February 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. * 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...

** In

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, an apparent

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attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters. ** Across Europe,

Kurd ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian peoples, Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Ir ...

ish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after

arrests one of their rebel leaders. *

February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...

ish rebel leader

Abdullah Öcalan Abdullah Öcalan ( ; ; born 4 April 1949), also known as Apo (short for Abdullah in Turkish and Kurdish for "uncle"), is a political prisoner and founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Öcalan was based in Syria from ...

is charged with

treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, Turkey. **

1999 Galtür avalanche The Galtür avalanche occurred on 23 February 1999 in the Alpine village of Galtür, Austria. At high and traveling at , the powder avalanche overturned cars, destroyed buildings and buried 57 people. By the time rescue crews managed to arrive, ...

: An

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destroys the village of Galtür, Austria, killing 31. *

February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantinople ...

– While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes.

March

* March 1 ** One of four bombs detonated in

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, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy. **

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

n Hutu rebels kill and dismember eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, Uganda. ** The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force. *

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...

– Former Warsaw Pact members Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic join NATO. * March 15 – The Santer Commission of the EU resigns over allegations of corruption. *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

** Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. ** The 71st Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with '' Shakespeare in Love'' winning Best Picture. * March 24 ** NATO launches air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign state. ** A fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel kills 39 people, closing the tunnel for nearly three years. * March 26 – The

Melissa worm The Melissa virus is a mass-mailing macro virus released on or around March 26, 1999. It targets Microsoft Word and Outlook-based systems and created considerable network traffic. The virus infects computers via email; the email is titled "Import ...

attacks the Internet. * March 27 –

: A U.S.

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is shot down by Yugoslav forces. * March 29 – For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark, at 10,006.78.

April

* April 1 –

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, an Inuit homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the

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to become Canada's third territory. *

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...

** Two Libyans suspected of bringing down

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in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the Netherlands. The United Nations suspends sanctions against Libya. ** In Laramie, Wyoming, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to

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and felony murder, in order to avoid a possible

death penalty Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

conviction for the apparent

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killing of Matthew Shepard. * April 7 –

: Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Yugoslav forces to prevent Kosovar Albanians from leaving. * April 9 – Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, president of Niger, is assassinated. * April 14 –

: NATO warplanes repeatedly bomb ethnic Albanian refugee convoys for 2 hours over a 12-mile stretch of road, after mistaking them for Yugoslav military trucks, between Đakovica and Dečani in western Kosovo, killing at least 73 refugees. * April 20 –

: Two Littleton, Colorado, teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves. * April 24 – Namibian Economic Society is founded. * April 26 ** Sultan

Salahuddin of Selangor Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ( Jawi: ; 8 March 1926 – 21 November 2001) was the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor. Early life Born on at 3:30 pm. ...

becomes the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. ** British TV presenter Jill Dando, 37, is shot dead on the doorstep of her home in

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

, London. * April 30 – Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), bringing the total members to 10.

May

* May 3 –

1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak The 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak was a significant tornado outbreak that affected much of the Central and parts of the Eastern United States, with the highest record-breaking wind speeds of . During this week-long event, 154 tornadoes touched ...

: a devastating tornado, rated F5 on the Fujita scale, hits southern and eastern Oklahoma City metropolitan area, killing 36 people (and 5 indirectly) and producing the highest winds recorded on Earth: . * May 7 **

: in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese embassy workers are killed and twenty others wounded when a NATO B-2 aircraft bombs the Chinese Embassy in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

. ** In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup. * May 12 – David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the modern

Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyro ...

. * May 13 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is elected President of Italy. * May 17 –

Ehud Barak Ehud Barak ( he-a, אֵהוּד בָּרָק, Ehud_barak.ogg, link=yes, born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli general and politician who served as the tenth prime minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until Jan ...

is elected prime minister of Israel. * May 26 ** The

Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks third amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial w ...

launches an attack on intruding Pakistan Army troops and

mujahideen ''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term th ...

militants in

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

. ** The

1999 UEFA Champions League Final The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match between Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany, played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 May 1999, to determine the winner of the 1998–99 UEFA Champi ...

takes place at the

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Stadium, Barcelona, in which the English side

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defeats the German side

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2–1. *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– The

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indicts

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...

and four others for war crimes and

crimes against humanity Crimes against humanity are widespread or systemic acts committed by or on behalf of a ''de facto'' authority, usually a state, that grossly violate human rights. Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity do not have to take place within the ...

committed in Kosovo. * May 28 ** Two Swedish police officers are wounded by bank robbers armed with automatic firearms, and later executed with their own service pistols in

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. ** After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's '' The Last Supper'' is placed back on display in Milan, Italy. * May 29 – Nigeria terminates military rule, and the Fourth Nigerian Republic is established with Olusegun Obasanjo as president.

June

* June 1 –

, a music downloading service, is created; it would later inspire other file-sharing sites such as The Pirate Bay, LimeWire, Gnutella, Kazaa, Morpheus, BearShare, and uTorrent 1999-2010 period which some called the "Second Golden Age of Piracy". * June 2 – The King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee. *

June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...

– The Islamic Salvation Army, the armed wing of the Islamic Salvation Front, agrees in principle to disband in Algeria. * June 8 – The government of

announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its gross national product. * June 9 –

: Yugoslavia and NATO sign a

peace treaty A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to stop hostilities; a surr ...

to end their hostilities. * June 10 – Kosovo War: NATO suspends its

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s after

agrees to withdraw Yugoslav forces from Kosovo. * June 12 – Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian/''Operation Agricola'' begins: NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping forces

KFOR KFOR may refer to: * KFOR (AM), a radio station (1240 AM) licensed to Lincoln, Nebraska, United States * KFOR-TV, a television station (channel 4 analog/27 digital) licensed to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States * KFOR-TV (Nebraska), a defunct ...

enter Kosovo, Yugoslavia. * June 16 – Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated as the second

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, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive power in the country's post-democratization history. * June 18 – The J18 international anti-globalization protests are organized in dozens of cities around the world, some of which led to riots. * June 19 – Turin, Italy, is awarded the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. * June 24 – Kosovo War: NATO marines shoot three gunmen in Kosovo, Yugoslavia after being attacked by the latter, killing one of them and injuring the other two. * June 25 – Bosnia and Herzegovina gets a new national anthem. * June 30 – Twenty-three people die in a fire at the Sealand Youth Training Center in South Korea.

July

July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...

– Europol (short for European Police Office) the European Union's criminal intelligence agency becomes fully operational. * July 7 – In Rome, Hicham El Guerrouj runs the fastest mile ever recorded, at 3:43.13. * July 10 – American soccer player

Brandi Chastain Brandi Denise Chastain (born July 21, 1968) is an American retired soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, coach, and sports broadcaster. She played for the United States national team from 1988 ...

scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup. * July 11 – India recaptures Kargil, forcing the Pakistani army to retreat. India announces victory, ending the 2-month conflict. * July 20 ** Mercury program: Liberty Bell 7 – piloted by Gus Grissom in

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

– is raised from the Atlantic Ocean. ** Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China under Jiang Zemin. * July 23 ** NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is launched. ** Mohammed VI of Morocco becomes king upon the death of his father Hassan II. **Fourteen Kosovar Serb villagers are killed by ethnic Albanian gunmen in the village of Staro Gračko. * July 27 – Twenty-one people die in a canyoning disaster at the

Saxetenbach Gorge The Saxetbach is a mountain river south of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. It is a left tributary of the river Lütschine. It flows through the village Saxeten and joins the Lütschine in Wilderswil. It forms a narrow ravine, the ''S ...

near Interlaken, Switzerland. *

July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...

–

intentionally crashes the

Lunar Prospector ''Lunar Prospector'' was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. At a cost of $62.8 million, the 19-month mission was designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon, ...

spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the lunar surface.

August

* August 7 – Hundreds of Chechen guerrillas invade the Russian republic of

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

, triggering a short war. * August 10 – The Atlantique incident occurs as an intruding

Pakistan Navy ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English language, English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Quran, Qur'an, Al Imran, 3:173' ...

plane is shot down in India, sparking tensions between the two nations, coming just a month after the end of the Kargil War. *

August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...

– A total solar eclipse is seen in Europe and Asia. *

August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...

–

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approved Putin as Prime Minister * August 17 – The 7.6 İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern

with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving more than 17,000 dead and around 50,000 injured. * August 19 – In

, tens of thousands of Yugoslavs rally to demand the resignation of

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. * August 26 – The Second Chechen War begins * August 30 – East Timor votes for independence from Indonesia (which had invaded and occupied it since 1975) in a referendum.

September

* September 3 –

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occurs, involving 87 vehicles and killing 8. * September 7 – The 6.0 Athens earthquake hits with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless. * September 8 – The first of a series of Russian apartment bombings occurs. Subsequent bombings occur on September 13 and 16, while a bombing on September 22 fails. * September 12 – Under international pressure to allow an international peacekeeping force, Indonesian president BJ Habibie announces that he will do so. * September 14 – Kiribati,

Nauru Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...

and Tonga join the United Nations. * September 21 – The 921 earthquake, also known as the Jiji earthquake (magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale), kills about 2,400 people in Taiwan.

October

* October **

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, Peruvian indigenous rights organization is founded. **

loses one of its probes, the '' Mars Climate Orbiter''. * October 1 – Shanghai Pudong International Airport opens in China, taking over all international flights from Hongqiao. * October 5 – Thirty-one people die in the

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, west of London, England. * October 12 – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attempts to dismiss Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf, who is out of the country. The generals lead a coup d'état, ousting Sharif's administration, and Musharraf takes control of the government. * October 27 – Gunmen

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in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman

Karen Demirchyan Karen Serobi Demirchyan ( hy, Կարեն Սերոբի Դեմիրճյան; 17 April 1932 – 27 October 1999) was a Soviet and Armenian politician. He served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1974 to 1988. Soon after ...

, and six other members. * October 29 – A super cyclonic storm impacts Orissa, India, killing approximately 10,000 people. * October 30 – : A pub catches fire in Inchon, South Korea, killing 56 people. * October 31 ** EgyptAir Flight 990, travelling from New York City to Cairo, crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on board. ** Roman Catholic Church and several

Lutheran Church Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

leaders sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, attempting to resolve a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.

November

* November 6 – Australians defeat a referendum proposing the replacement of the Queen and the Governor General with a President to make Australia a republic. * November 12 – The 7.2

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shakes northwestern

with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). At least 845 people are killed and almost 5,000 are injured. * November 20 –

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

launches the first Shenzhou spacecraft. * November 23 – The National Assembly of Kuwait revokes a

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

law that granted women's suffrage. * November 26 – The 7.5 Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows, killing 10 and injuring 40. * November 27 – The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the

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, with leader Helen Clark becoming the second female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.

December

* December 3 ** After rowing for 81 days and 5,486 kilometers (2,962 nautical miles), Tori Murden becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by rowboat alone, when she reaches

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from the

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. **

loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander, moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere. * December 5 – Bolivian municipal elections, the first election contested by Evo Morales'

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. * December 18 – NASA launches the Terra platform into orbit, carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including

ASTER Aster or ASTER may refer to: Biology * ''Aster'' (genus), a genus of flowering plants ** List of ''Aster'' synonyms, other genera formerly included in ''Aster'' and still called asters in English * Aster (cell biology), a cellular structure shap ...

, CERES, MISR,

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and MOPITT. * December 20 – The sovereignty of Macau is transferred from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China after 442 years of Portuguese settlement. * December 26 –

Cyclones Lothar and Martin Cyclone Lothar is regarded as the worst European windstorm recorded during the 20th century. Crossing France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany between 25 December and 27 December 1999, Cyclone Lothar resulted in 110 fatalities (inclu ...

kill 140 people as they cross France, southern Germany, and Switzerland. * December 27 – Storm Martin causes damage throughout France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy, including an emergency due to flooding at the Blayais Nuclear Power Plant. * December 31 – Boris Yeltsin resigns as president of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting president.

Births

January–February

** Gianluca Scamacca, Italian football player ** Diamond White, American actress, voice artist, and singer *

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...

** Daniel Arzani, Australian footballer **

Nico Hischier Nico Hischier (; born 4 January 1999) is a Swiss professional ice hockey centre and captain of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hischier made his professional debut in his native Switzerland in 2015, spending time bo ...

, Swiss ice hockey player **

Collin Sexton Collin Darnell Sexton (born January 4, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide. In January 2017 Sexton was sel ...

, American basketball player *

January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...

** Polo G, American rapper ** Elena Radionova, Russian figure skater *

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...

–

Damiano David Damiano David (; born 8 January 1999) is an Italian singer. He is the frontman of the rock band Måneskin, which won the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and subsequently the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 representing Italy with the song "Zitti e buo ...

, Italian singer-songwriter *

January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...

– Li Zhuhao, Chinese swimmer * January 12 ** Nicolás Schiappacasse, Uruguayan footballer ** Xavier Tillman, American basketball player * January 18 – Karan Brar, American actor *

– Jai Waetford, Australian singer *

– Bea Miller, American actress, singer, and songwriter * February 10 – Tiffany Espensen, Chinese-American actress *

–

Andriy Lunin Andriy Oleksiyovych Lunin ( ua, Андрій Олексійович Лунін; born 11 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Ukraine national team. Club career Lun ...

, Ukrainian footballer *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...

– Tyler Adams, American soccer player *

February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...

–

Lea van Acken Lea van Acken (born 20 February 1999) is a German actress. Career Lea van Acken had her first appearance on stage at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg in 2011. She was the leading actress in the 2014 drama film ''Stations of the Cross'' d ...

, German actress * February 21 – Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, Thai actor and singer *

February 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. ...

– Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian footballer *

February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...

– Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player

March–April

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* March 2 –

Abdullah Al-Qwabani Abdullah Al-Qwabani (born 2 March 1999) is a male Yemeni long-distance running, long-distance runner. He competed in the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, 5000 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics i ...

, Yemeni long-distance runner *

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...

** Madison Beer, American singer ** Yeri, South Korean singer * March 6 –

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown is a Japanese athlete specialising in sprinting events. Sani Brown has a Japanese mother and a Ghanaian Dagomba father. Sani Brown won the 100 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics setting a championship record of 10.28 (� ...

, Japanese athlete *

March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...

– Marvin Bagley III, American basketball player * March 16 –

Antonis Stergiakis Antonis Stergiakis ( gr, Αντώνης Στεργιάκης; born 16 March 1999) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Super League club Panetolikos. Club career Slavia Sofia After spending time at Aris' academie ...

, Greek footballer * March 19 – Jack Higgins, Australian rules footballer * March 22 – Mick Schumacher, German racing driver * March 24 – Arina Openysheva, Russian swimmer *

March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...

– Jin Ji-hee, South Korean actress *

April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...

– Sheku Kanneh-Mason, British cellist *

–

Maria Astashkina Maria Astashkina (russian: Мария Асташкина), (born 5 April 1999 in Penza, Russia) is a Russian swimmer. She won 4 gold medals in (200 m, 100 m, 50m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley) at the 2015 European Games. Career In 2014 ...

, Russian swimmer *

April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...

** CiCi Bellis, American tennis player ** José Gomes, Portuguese footballer * April 9 – Lil Nas X, American rapper, singer, and songwriter * April 14 – Chase Young, American football player * April 15 – Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player * April 16 – Wendell Carter Jr., American basketball player * April 18 – Michael Andrew, American swimmer * April 19 – Corentin Moutet, French tennis player * April 20 – Carly Rose Sonenclar, American actress and singer * April 30 –

Jorden van Foreest Jhr. Jorden van Foreest (born 30 April 1999) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He was Dutch Chess Champion in 2016, and won the Tata Steel Masters in 2021. Van Foreest is the No. 2 ranked Dutch player behind Anish Giri. Chess career Introduced ...

, Dutch chess grandmaster

May–June

* May 5 **

Justin Kluivert Justin Dean Kluivert (born 5 May 1999) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for La Liga club Valencia CF, Valencia, on loan from Serie A club A.S. Roma, Roma. He also represents the Net ...

, Dutch footballer ** Nathan Chen, American figure skater *

May 8 Events Pre-1600 * 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...

Maykel Massó Maykel Demetrio Massó Bavastro (born 8 May 1999) is a Cuban long jumper. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also k ...

, Cuban long jumper ** Rebeca Andrade, Brazilian artistic gymnast *

May 11 Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...

–

Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter (born May 11, 1999) is an American singer and actress. Carpenter made her acting debut with an appearance in the television crime show ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and had a recurring role on Fox Broadcasting ...

, American actress, singer, and songwriter * May 18 – Teo Halm, American actor and singer * May 22 – Camren Bicondova, American actress and dancer *

May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...

– Charlie Plummer, American actor * May 25 – Ibrahima Konaté, French footballer *

** Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress and model ** Maria Kameneva, Russian swimmer *

May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...

–

Sean Giambrone Sean Giambrone (born May 30, 1999) is an American actor. His on-screen roles include Adam F. Goldberg in the sitcom ''The Goldbergs (2013 TV series), The Goldbergs'' and Ron Stoppable in the Disney Channel film ''Kim Possible (film), Kim Possible' ...

, American actor * June 1 – Dmitri Aliev, Russian figure skater * June 11 ** Kai Havertz, German footballer **

Saxon Sharbino Saxon Paige Sharbino (born June 11, 1999) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Amelia Robbins in the Fox series ''Touch'' and Kendra Bowen in the 2015 remake of '' Poltergeist.'' Early life Sharbino was born in Lewisville, Texa ...

, American actress * June 14 – Tzuyu, Taiwanese singer * June 17 – Elena Rybakina, Russian–Kazakh tennis player * June 18 – Trippie Redd, American rapper *

June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...

– Natalie Alyn Lind, American actress * June 24 – Mads Roerslev, Danish footballer * June 27 – Chandler Riggs, American actor * June 29 – Nikita Volodin, Russian pair skater

July–August

* July 2 – Nicolò Zaniolo, Italian footballer * July 4 – Moa Kikuchi, Japanese singer and dancer * July 6 – Denis Khodykin, Russian pair skater * July 10 **

April Ivy Mariana Barreiros Dos Santos Gonçalves (born 10 July 1999), better known for her stage name, April Ivy, is a Portuguese singer-songwriter. Since the age of 9, she has been getting a taste of the artistic world, either giving voice to Disney ch ...

, Portuguese singer and composer **

Matthew Real Matthew Joseph Real (born July 10, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as left-back for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer. Club career Bethlehem Steel FC Real signed an amateur deal to play with United Soccer Lea ...

, Brazilian-American soccer player * July 12 – Nur Dhabitah Sabri, Malaysian diver * July 13 – Leong Jun Hao, Malaysian badminton player * July 15 – Seda Tutkhalyan, Russian artistic gymnast * July 17 – Lisandro Cuxi, Portuguese-French singer * July 19 – Kim So-hye, South Korean actress and singer * July 20 ** Princess Alexandra of Hanover ** Ellie Downie, British artistic gymnast * July 30 –

Joey King Joey Lynn King (born July 30, 1999) is an American actress. She first gained recognition for portraying Ramona Quimby in the comedy film ''Ramona and Beezus'' (2010) and has since gained wider recognition for her lead role in ''The Kissing Boot ...

, American actress *

August 2 Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...

– Emma Bale, Belgian singer * August 3 – Yoo Yeon-jung, South Korean singer * August 7 –

Sydney McLaughlin Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (, born August 7, 1999) is an American hurdler and sprinter who competes in the 400 meters hurdles. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record, and 2022 World champion with a world record time of 50 ...

, American hurdler and sprinter * August 9 – Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater *

** Kevin Knox, American basketball player ** Mary-Sophie Harvey, Canadian swimmer * August 12 – Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer *

– Karen Chen, American figure skater * August 22 – Dakota Goyo, Canadian actor * August 26 –

Leonie Kullmann Leonie Kullmann (born 26 August 1999) is a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is attending and competing in swimming at the University of Alabama. She qualified to ...

, German swimmer * August 27 **

Mitchell van Bergen Mitchell van Bergen (born 27 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Reims. Club career Vitesse In July 2015, Van Bergen joined Vitesse on a three–year deal from Eredivisie side Willem II as a ...

, Dutch footballer ** Mile Svilar, Belgian footballer * August 28 – Prince Nikolai of Denmark * August 31 – Miomir Kecmanović, Serbian tennis player

September–October

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Bailee Madison 2015 TV Critics Association Tour (cropped)

* September 3 –

Rich Brian Brian Imanuel Soewarno (born 3 September 1999), known professionally as Rich Brian, is an Indonesian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for his viral debut single " Dat $tick", which was first released in March 2016 on ...

, Indonesian rapper * September 4 –

Ellie Darcey-Alden Ellie May Darcey-AldenDarcey-Alden, EllieVideo: About me!''YouTube.'' 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017. Event occurs at 8:27. (born 4 September 1999)

, English actress * September 5 –

Alexey Erokhov Alexey Valeryevich Erokhov (russian: Алексей Валерьевич Ерохов; born 5 September 1999) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2018 Junior World champion, the 2017 JGP Belarus champion, the 2017 JGP Poland champion, and ...

, Russian figure skater * September 7 – Michelle Creber, Canadian actress and singer * September 8 –

Shubman Gill Shubman Gill (born 8 September 1999) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket as a right-handed opening batsman. He was the vice-captain of the India U-19 team for 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He got awar ...

, Indian cricketer * September 13 –

Ekaterina Borisova Ekaterina Sergeyevna Borisova, (russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Борисова, born 13 September 1999) is a Russian former competitive pair skater. With partner Dmitry Sopot, she is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2016 Wo ...

, Russian pair skater * September 16 –

Mao Yi Mao Yi (; born 16 September 1999) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She won the silver medal with the team in 2015 World Gymnastic Championships. She competed in the 2016 Olympic Games, where she and her teammates won a bronze medal in the team ev ...

, Chinese gymnast *

September 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". * 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...

– Daniel Huttlestone, English actor * September 21 **

Alexander Isak Alexander Isak (; born 21 September 1999) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Sweden national team. Starting off his professional career with AIK in 2016, Isak represent ...

, Swedish footballer ** Wang Junkai, Chinese singer * September 22 ** Kim Yoo-jung, South Korean actress **

Erin Pitt Erin Michelle Pitt (born September 22, 1999) is a Canadian actress, known for her trio of roles in the horror film '' Silent Hill: Revelation'', where she played Dark Alessa, Alessa Gillespie, and the younger Sharon DaSilva. Pitt's first lead ...

, Canadian actress * September 30 – Flávia Saraiva, Brazilian artistic gymnast * October 1 – Christopher Taylor, Jamaican sprinter * October 14 ** Wu Yibing, Chinese tennis player ** Laura Zeng, American rhythmic gymnast *

October 15 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. * 1211 ...

** Bailee Madison, American actress **

Alexei Sancov Alexei Sancov (born 15 October 1999) is a Moldovan competitive swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and placed 34th with a time of 1:48.85. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career On ...

, Moldovan swimmer **

Ben Woodburn Benjamin Luke Woodburn (born 15 October 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Preston North End and the Wales national team. Woodburn joined the football academy of Liverpool when he was seven years old. Nearly a deca ...

, British footballer * October 17 –

Gabrielle Fa'amausili Gabrielle Fa'amausili (born 17 October 1999) is a New Zealand swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. She withdrew from the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games ...

, New Zealand swimmer * October 19 –

Carlotta Truman Carlotta Truman (born 19 October 1999) is a German singer and a finalist in season 3 of ''Das Supertalent'' 2009 and ''The Voice Kids'' 2014. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 as part of the duo S!sters with the song " ...

, German singer * October 20 – YoungBoy Never Broke Again, American rapper * October 27 – Amy Tinkler, British artistic gymnast * October 30 – Wang Yan, Chinese gymnast

November–December

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...

– Karol Sevilla, Mexican actress and singer * November 10 ** Armand Duplantis, American-born Swedish pole vaulter ** João Félix, Portuguese footballer ** Kiernan Shipka, American actress * November 11 –

Fan Yilin Fan Yilin (; born 11 November 1999) is a Chinese artistic gymnast and uneven bars specialist. She is a two-time world champion on the uneven bars (2015, 2017) and the 2015 Asian champion on balance beam. At the 2015 World Championships, she was ...

, Chinese artistic gymnast * November 12 – Choi Yoo-jung, South Korean singer and songwriter * November 13 – Lando Norris, British racing driver * November 19 – Evgenia Medvedeva, Russian figure skater * November 26 – Olivia O'Brien, American singer * December 4 ** Kang Mi-na, South Korean singer and actress ** Kim Do-yeon, South Korean singer * December 22 –

Ameer Idreis Ameer Idreis (born 1999) is a Canadian writer, who has published two books in his debut series ''The Ewald Series''. He has received various awards and recognition as a young novelist in Canada from the ''Hamilton Spectator''Natalie Paddon"Ancast ...

, Canadian author * December 29 – Nadine Joy Nathan, Singaporean artistic gymnast

Deaths

January

– Iron Eyes Cody, Italian-American actor (b.

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

) *

– Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist and composer (b.

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

) * January 11 **

Teuvo Aura Teuvo Ensio Aura (28 December 1912, in Ruskeala – 11 January 1999, in Helsinki) was a Finnish politician of the Liberal People's Party. He served as Mayor of Helsinki and interim Prime Minister of Finland twice, in 1970 and 1971–72. Cabinets ...

, Finnish politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Finland (b.

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

) ** Fabrizio De André, Italian singer and songwriter (b.

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January ...

) ** Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian writer (b.

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

) * January 12 – Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (b.

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

) *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...

– Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (b.

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

) * January 21 –

Susan Strasberg Susan Elizabeth Strasberg (May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Imagined to be the next Hepburn-type ingenue, she was nominated for a Tony Award at age 18, playing the title role in ''The Diary ...

, American actress (b.

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

) *

January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...

– Graham Staines, Australian missionary (b.

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

) * January 23 – Joe D'Amato, Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b.

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

) *

– Robert Shaw, American conductor (b.

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

)

February

Gene Siskel at the 61st Academy Awards cropped

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...

–

Barış Manço Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television producer and show host. Beg ...

, Turkish singer and television personality (b.

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

) *

February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...

Deborah Makepeace Deborah Makepeace (1957, Buckrose, Yorkshire, England – 2 February 1999, Bromley, London, England) was a British television, theater, and voiceover actress. Biography Prior to her acting career, she originally aspired to become a ballerin ...

, English actress (b.

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

). *

February 5 Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...

– Wassily Leontief, Russian economist (b.

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

) *

** King Hussein of Jordan (b.

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

) ** Bobby Troup, American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (b.

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

) * February 8 – Dame Iris Murdoch, Anglo-Irish author (b.

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...

) *

– Heinz Schubert, German actor and photographer (b.

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

) *

** Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (b.

) ** John Ehrlichman, American Watergate scandal figure (b.

) *

February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...

** Big L, American rapper (b.

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

) ** Henry Way Kendall, American physicist (b.

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

) *

– Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist (b.

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

) * February 18 – Andreas Feininger, French-born photographer (b.

) *

Sarah Kane Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre director. She is known for her plays that deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture—both physical and psychological� ...

, English playwright (b.

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

) **

Gene Siskel Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the ''Chicago Tribune''. Along with colleague Roger Ebert, he hosted a series of movie review programs on television from 1975 until his d ...

, American film critic (b.

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

) * February 21 –

Gertrude B. Elion Gertrude "Trudy" Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black for their use of innovat ...

, American biochemist and pharmacologist (b.

) *

– Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist (b.

) *

** Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet (b.

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

) ** Bill Talbert, American tennis player (b.

)

March

Kubrick on the set of Barry Lyndon (1975 publicity photo)

1939 Playball Joe Dimaggio (minus halftone)

* March 2 – Dusty Springfield, English pop singer (b.

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

) * March 3 **

Jackson C. Frank Jackson Carey Frank (March 2, 1943 – March 3, 1999) was an American folk musician. He released his first and only album in 1965, produced by Paul Simon. After the release of the record, Frank was plagued by a series of personal issues, ...

, American folk musician (b.

) ** Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist (b.

) * March 4 **

Harry Blackmun Harry Andrew Blackmun (November 12, 1908 – March 4, 1999) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 to 1994. Appointed by Republican President Richard Nixon, Blac ...

, American judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b.

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

) **

Fritz Honegger Fritz Honegger (25 July 1917 – 4 March 1999) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 7 December 1977 and handed over office on 31 December 1982. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. During his t ...

, Swiss politician, 79th

President of Switzerland The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the Confederation or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is the head of Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council, the country's executive branch. Elected by t ...

(b.

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

) *

– Richard Kiley, American actor (b.

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

) * March 6 ** Dennis Viollet, English footballer (b.

) ** Emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain (b.

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

) *

March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...

–

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...

, American film director and producer (b.

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

) * March 8 ** Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer (b.

) ** Peggy Cass, American actress, comedian, and game show panelist (b.

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

) ** Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (b.

) * March 10 ** Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b.

) ** Kusumagraj, Indian poet, playwright and novelist (b.

) *

– Yehudi Menuhin, American violinist (b.

) * March 13 – Garson Kanin, American playwright and screenwriter (b.

) *

– Kirk Alyn, American actor (b.

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

) * March 17 ** Ernest Gold, Austrian-born composer (b.

) **

Humberto Fernández-Morán Humberto Fernández-Morán Villalobos (February 18, 1924 March 17, 1999) was a Venezuelan research scientist born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, known for inventing the diamond knife or scalpel, significantly advancing the development of electromagne ...

, Venezuelan research scientist (b.

) **

Hildegard Peplau Hildegard E. Peplau (September 1, 1909 – March 17, 1999) was an American nurse and the first published nursing theorist since Florence Nightingale. She created the middle-range nursing theory of interpersonal relations, which helped to revolut ...

, American nurse and theorist (b.

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

) * March 19 –

Tofilau Eti Alesana Tofilau Eti Alesana, AC, born Aualamalefalelima Alesana (4 June 1924 – 19 March 1999) was a Samoan politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Samoa from 1982 to 1985, and again from 1988 until his resignation in 1998. Biography ...

, Samoan politician, 6th

Prime Minister of Samoa The prime minister of the Independent State of Samoa ( sm, Palemia o le Malo Tuto’atasi o Sāmoa) is the head of government of Samoa. The prime minister is a member of the Legislative Assembly, and is appointed by the O le Ao o le Malo (Hea ...

(b.

) *

** Jean Guitton, French philosopher (b.

1901 Events January * January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...

) ** Ernie Wise, English comedian (b.

) * March 22 – David Strickland, American actor (b.

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

) * March 24 – Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German politician (b.

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...

) * March 29 – Joe Williams, American singer (b.

) * March 30 – Igor Netto, Soviet–Russian footballer (b.

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

) *

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...

– Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist and epigrapher (b.

)

April

** Faith Domergue, American actress (b.

) ** Jumabek Ibraimov, 5th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (b.

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

) ** Bob Peck, English actor (b.

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

) * April 9 – Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Nigerese military officer, 5th President of Niger (b.

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

) * April 10 – Jean Vander Pyl, American actress (b.

) *

April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...

– Willi Stoph, German politician, 2-time Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (b.

) * April 14 **

Ellen Corby Ellen Hansen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She played the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series ''The Waltons'', for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also ...

, American actress (b.

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

) ** Anthony Newley, English actor, singer and songwriter (b.

) * April 15 – Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer and race car designer (b.

) * April 16 – Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer and songwriter (b.

) * April 19 – Hermine Braunsteiner, German Nazi prison guard (b.

) * April 20 ** Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (b. 1958) ** 15 people (13 victims and Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, 2 perpetrators) who died in the

* April 21 – Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American actor (b.

) * April 22 – Bert Remsen, American actor (b.

) * April 25 ** Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Michael Morris, Irish journalist and 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (b.

) ** Roger Troutman, American funk musician (b. 1951) * April 26 – Jill Dando, British television journalist (b.

) * April 27 – Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader (b.

) * April 28 ** Rory Calhoun, American actor (b.

) ** Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist (b.

) ** Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (b. 1920)

May

* May 2 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b.

) *

** Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964) ** Dirk Bogarde, English actor (b.

) * May 10 – Shel Silverstein, American author and poet (b.

) * May 12 – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-born cartoonist (b.

) * May 13 – Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b.

) * May 17 – Henry Jones (actor), Henry Jones, American actor (b.

) * May 18 – Betty Robinson, American athlete (b.

) * May 19 – Candy Candido, American voice actor (b. 1913) * May 21 – Vanessa Brown, Austrian-born American actress (b.

) * May 23 – Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1965) * May 26 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (b.

)

June

* June 1 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer (b.

) *

– Mel Tormé, American singer (b.

) * June 9 – Andrew L. Stone, American screenwriter, director and producer (b.

) * June 11 – DeForest Kelley, American actor (b. 1920) * June 12 – Sergey Khlebnikov, Soviet speed skater (b. 1955) * June 16 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English politician (b.

) * June 17 ** Basil Hume, English cardinal (b. 1923) ** Paul-Émile de Souza, Beninese army officer and political figure (b.

) * June 19 ** Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), Henri, Count of Paris, French nobleman (b.

) ** Mario Soldati, Italian writer and film director (b.

) * June 25 ** Fred Trump, American real estate developer (b. 1905) ** Yevgeny Morgunov, Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer (b. 1927) * June 27 ** Siegfried Lowitz, German actor (b.

) ** Georgios Papadopoulos, 69th Prime Minister of Greece and 4th President of Greece (b.

) * June 28 – Vere Bird, 1st Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (b.

) * June 30 – Édouard Boubat, French photojournalist and art photographer (b. 1923)

July

** Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer (b.

) ** Edward Dmytryk, American film director (b.

) ** Guy Mitchell, American singer (b. 1927) ** Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean politician (b.

) ** Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b.

) * July 2 – Mario Puzo, American author (b. 1920) * July 3 – Mark Sandman, American rock musician and artist (b. 1952) * July 6 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b.

) * July 8 ** Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b.

) ** Frank Lubin, Lithuanian-American basketball player (b.

) ** Shafik Wazzan, 27th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b.

) * July 11 – Helen Forrest, American jazz singer (b.

) * July 12 ** Rajendra Kumar, Indian film actor, producer and director (b. 1929) ** Bill Owen (actor), Bill Owen, English actor (b.

) * July 14 ** Władysław Hasior, Polish sculptor (b.

) ** Gar Samuelson, American drummer (b. 1958) * July 16 ** John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and magazine publisher (b. 1960) ** Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American actress and model (b. 1966) * July 20 – Sandra Gould, American actress (b.

) * July 21 – David Ogilvy (businessman), David Ogilvy, French Advertising executive (b.

) * July 23 – King Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929) * July 26 – Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist (b.

) * July 27 ** Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Soviet/Russian mathematician, physicist and philosopher (b.

) ** Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general, 5th President of Greece (b.

) * July 29 – Anatoliy Solovianenko, Soviet operatic tenor (b. 1932)

August

* August 1 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Bengali writer (b. 1897) * August 4 – Victor Mature, American actor (b. 1913) * August 7 – Brion James, American actor (b.

) * August 10 – Giuseppe Delfino, Italian fencer (b.

) *

– Henk Chin A Sen, 2nd Prime Minister of Suriname (b. 1934) * August 13 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (b. 1960) * August 14 – Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (b.

) * August 17 – Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (b.

) * August 22 – Aleksandr Demyanenko, Russian film and theater actor (b. 1937) * August 23 – James White (author), James White, Irish writer (b.

)

September

* September 6 – Lagumot Harris, 3rd President of Nauru (b.

) * September 8 – Moondog, American musician and composer (b.

) * September 9 – Ruth Roman, American actress (b.

) * September 10 – Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (b. 1927) * September 11 – Gonzalo Rodríguez (racing driver), Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (b. 1972) * September 12 – Allen Stack, American swimmer (b.

) * September 14 – Charles Crichton, English film director (b.

) * September 20 – Raisa Gorbacheva, Soviet first lady (b. 1932) * September 22 – George C. Scott, American actor (b. 1927) * September 24 – Ester Boserup, Danish economist (b.

) * September 25 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (b.

)

October

* October 2 – Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Albanian Islamic scholar (b.

) * October 3 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b.

) * October 4 ** Bernard Buffet, French painter (b.

) ** Art Farmer, American jazz trumpeter (b.

) * October 6 ** Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler and announcer (b. 1937) ** Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer and actress (b. 1920) * October 9 ** Milt Jackson, American musician (b. 1923) ** Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani businessman (b.

) * October 11 – Galina Bystrova, Soviet athlete (b. 1934) * October 12 – Wilt Chamberlain, American professional basketball player (b.

) * October 14 – Julius Nyerere, 1st President of Tanzania (b.

) * October 17 – Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American physicist (b. 1915) * October 19 – Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-born Francophone lawyer and writer (b.

) * October 20 – Jack Lynch, Taoiseach of Ireland (b.

) * October 21 – John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (b.

) * October 23 – András Hegedüs, Hungarian politician, 45th Prime Minister of Hungary (b.

) * October 24 – John Chafee, American politician (b.

) * October 25 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (b.

) * October 26 ** Hoyt Axton, American singer and actor (b.

) ** Abraham Polonsky, American screenwriter and director (b.

) * October 27 ** Frank De Vol, American arranger, composer, and actor (b.

) **

, Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia (b. 1932) ** Robert Mills (physicist), Robert Mills, American physicist (b. 1927) ** Leonard Petrosyan, 3rd Prime Minister of Artsakh (b. 1953) ** Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian military commander and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Armenia (assassinated) (b. 1959) * October 28 – Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet (b.

) * October 31 – Greg Moore (racing driver), Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)

November

* November 1 ** Bhekimpi Dlamini, 4th Prime Minister of Swaziland (b.

) ** Theodore Hall, American physicist and spy (b.

) ** Walter Payton, American football player (b. 1954) * November 2 – Demetrio B. Lakas, 27th President of Panama (b.

) * November 3 – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b.

) * November 8 – Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (b. 1898) * November 11 ** Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (b.

) ** Vivian Fuchs, English geologist (b.

) ** Jacobo Timerman, Argentine journalist and author (b. 1923) * November 12 – Mohammad Mohammadullah, 3rd President of Bangladesh (b.

) * November 16 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (b.

) * November 18 ** Paul Bowles, American novelist (b.

) ** Horst P. Horst, American photographer (b.

) ** Doug Sahm, American musician (b.

) * November 20 – Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (b.

) * November 21 – Quentin Crisp, English writer (b.

)

December

* December 1 – Fritz Fischer, German historian (b.

) * December 2 – Charlie Byrd, American jazz musician and classical guitarist (b.

) * December 3 ** John Archer (actor), John Archer, American actor (b. 1915) ** Scatman John, American musician (b. 1942) ** Madeline Kahn, American actress, singer and comedian (b. 1942) * December 4 – Nilde Iotti, Italian politician (b. 1920) * December 5 – Nathan Jacobson, American mathematician (b.

) * December 7 – Darling Légitimus, French actress (b. 1907) * December 9 – Yakov Rylsky, Soviet sabre fencer (b.

) * December 10 ** Rick Danko, Canadian musician (b.

) ** Franjo Tuđman, 1st President of Croatia (b.

) * December 12 ** Paul Cadmus, American artist (b.

) ** Joseph Heller, American novelist (b. 1923) * December 13 – Stane Dolanc, Yugoslav politician (b.

) * December 17 ** Rex Allen, American actor, singer, and songwriter (b. 1920) ** Jürgen Moser, German-American mathematician (b.

) ** Grover Washington Jr., American saxophonist (b.

) * December 18 – Robert Bresson, French filmmaker (b.

) * December 19 – Desmond Llewelyn, British actor (b.

) * December 20 ** Irving Rapper, American film director (b. 1898) ** Riccardo Freda, Italian film director (b.

) ** Hank Snow, Canadian-American country musician (b.

) * December 23 ** John P. Davies, American diplomat (b.

) ** Wallace Diestelmeyer, Canadian skater (b.

) * December 24 ** Tito Guízar, Mexican singer and film actor (b.

) ** Bill Bowerman, American track and field coach, co-founder of Nike, Inc., Nike (b.

) ** Maurice Couve de Murville, 152nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907) ** João Figueiredo, Brazilian military leader and politician, 30th President of Brazil (b.

) ** Grete Stern, German-Argentine photographer (b.

) * December 26 ** Curtis Mayfield, American musician and composer (b. 1942) ** Shankar Dayal Sharma, 9th President of India (b.

) * December 27 – Pierre Clémenti, French actor (b. 1942) * December 28 – Clayton Moore, American actor (b.

) * December 30 ** Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (b.

) ** Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (b. 1880) * December 31 – Elliot Richardson, American politician and lawyer (b. 1920)

Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Gerardus 't Hooft and Martinus J. G. Veltman * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Ahmed H. Zewail * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Günter Blobel * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Günter Grass * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Médecins Sans Frontières * Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Robert Mundell

New English words and terms

* ''blog'' * ''carbon footprint'' * ''dashcam'' * ''epigenomics'' *''metabolomics'' *''texting'' * ''vape''

References

External links

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