99 may refer to:
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99 (number)
99 (ninety-nine) is the natural number following 98 and preceding 100.
In mathematics
99 is:
*a Kaprekar number
*a lucky number
*a palindromic number
*the ninth repdigit
*the sum of the cubes of three consecutive integers: 99 = 23 + 33 + 43 ...
, the natural number following 98 and preceding 100
* one of the years
99 BC
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Year 99 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Albinus (or, less frequently, year 655 ''Ab urbe condita'') and the Second Year of Tianhan. The denomination ...
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AD 99
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AD 99 ( XCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Palma and Senecio (or, less frequently, year 852 ''Ab urbe con ...
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1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
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2099
In contemporary history, the third millennium of the anno Domini or Common Era in the Gregorian calendar is the current millennium spanning the years 2001 to 3000 (21st to 30th centuries). Ongoing futures studies seek to understand what is l ...
, etc.
Art, entertainment, and media
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The 99
''The 99'' ( ar, الـ99 or ) is a comic book, created by Naif Al-Mutawa and published by Teshkeel Comics, featuring a team of superheroes with special abilities based on the 99 attributes of Allah in Islam but some are virtues encouraged by ...
'', a comic series based on Islamic culture
Film, television and radio
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''99'' (1918 film), a Hungarian film
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''99'' (2009 film), an Indian Hindi film
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''99'' (2019 film), an Indian Kannada film
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''The 99'' (TV series), a 2011–2012 animated series
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Agent 99
''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s, with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
, a fictional character in the 1960s American TV series ''Get Smart''
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WNNX (99X)
WNNX (100.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to College Park, Georgia, featuring a classic alternative format as "99X". Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Atlanta metropolitan area. WNNX's studios are located in Sandy Sp ...
, classic "Rock 100.5" FM, in Atlanta, Georgia
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', an American television police sitcom based in the fictional 99th precinct of the
NYPD
The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, established on May 23, 1845, is the primary municipal law enforcement agency within the City of New York, the largest and one of the oldest in ...
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99 (''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' episode)
* 99, a
clone trooper character from ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars''
Games
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'99: The Last War'', a renamed version of the arcade game ''Repulse''
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Ninety-nine (addition card game)
Ninety-nine is a simple card game based on addition and reportedly popular among the Romani people.Oxford Dictionary Of Card Games, David Parlett pg. 173 Oxford University Press (1996) It uses one or more standard decks of Anglo-American play ...
, a simple card game where players drop out if forced to bring the total above 99
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Ninety-nine (trick-taking card game)
Ninety-nine is a card game for 2, 3, or 4 players. It is a trick-taking game that can use ordinary Standard 52-card deck, French-suited cards. Ninety-nine was created in 1967 by David Parlett; his goal was to have a good 3-player trick-taking gam ...
, a card game where players bid by discarding three cards
Music
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99 Records
99 Records was an American independent record label, active from 1980 to 1984. The label was home to musicians in the no wave, post-punk, post-disco, and avant-garde scenes in New York City.
History
British designer Gina Franklyn sold British fa ...
, a record label
Performers
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Ninety-nine (owarai)
, or is a Japanese comic duo from Osaka working for the entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo. The duo ( kombi), consisting of Takashi Okamura as boke (stooge) and Hiroyuki Yabe as tsukkomi (straightman), formed in 1990.
The pair met i ...
, a Japanese comedic duo known for their show ''Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!''
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ninetynine
Ninetynine (styled as ninetynine) is an indie band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band was founded by Laura MacFarlane, who played drums in Sleater-Kinney, in 1996 as a solo project. The first album, ''99'', was recorded with her playing ...
, an Australian indie band
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9nine
9nine (pronounced simply "nine") is a Japanese idol group formed of Uki Satake, Sayaka Nishiwaki, and Hirona Murata. Formed in 2005, they are managed by LesPros Entertainment and signed to SME Records.
History 2005-10: Origin and debut
In Sep ...
, a Japanese idol J-Pop group
Albums
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''99'' (Epik High album), 2012
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''99'' (No-Big-Silence album), 1997
Songs
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"99" (song), 1979, by Toto
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"99" (Fightstar song), 2007
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"99" (Ruth Lorenzo song), 2015
* "99", 2004, by The Haunted from the album ''
rEVOLVEr''
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99 Bottles of Beer
"99 Bottles of Beer" or "100 Bottles of Pop on the Wall" is a song dating to the mid-20th century. It is a traditional reverse counting song in both the United States and Canada. It is popular to sing on road trips, as it has a very repetitive ...
", a folk song
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99 Times
"99 Times" is the second official single from singer-songwriter Kate Voegele's second studio album, '' A Fine Mess''.
Music video
The music video starts with Voegele lying in bed, listening to the song on headphones. She is also playing the so ...
", 2009, by Kate Voegele
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99 Luftballons
"99 Luftballons" (german: link=no, Neunundneunzig Luftballons, "99 balloons") is a song by the German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled "99 Red Balloons", with lyrics by Kevin McAlea, was also relea ...
" (German Neunundneunzig Luftballons, means "99 balloons" in English), 1983, by Nena
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99 Problems
"99 Problems" is the third single released by American rapper Jay-Z in 2004 from '' The Black Album''. It was released on April 27, 2004. The chorus hook "I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one" is taken from the Ice-T single "99 Problems" f ...
", 2004, by Jay-Z
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"Ninety-Nine" (song), 1959 by Bill Anderson
Commercial brands
* 99, a line of schnapps fruit brandy produced by
Barton Brands
Barton Brands, Ltd. was a company that produced a variety of distilled beverages and liqueurs and is now part of the Sazerac Company, which is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has its principal offices in Louisville, Kentucky. The ...
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99 (app), a brand of mobile transport software
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99 Flake, also known as "99", a type of ice cream served with a chocolate flake
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Saab 99
The Saab 99 is a car which was produced by Saab from 1968 to 1984; their first foray into a larger class than the 96. While considered a large family car in Scandinavia, it was marketed as a niche compact executive car in most other markets. It ...
, a car
Science
* Atomic number 99:
einsteinium
Einsteinium is a synthetic element with the symbol Es and atomic number 99. Einsteinium is a member of the actinide series and it is the seventh transuranium element. It was named in honor of Albert Einstein.
Einsteinium was discovered as a com ...
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Messier 99
Messier 99 or M99, also known as NGC 4254, is a grand design spiral galaxy in the northern constellation Coma Berenices approximately from the Milky Way. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain on 17 March 1781. The discovery was then reported to ...
, aka M99, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices
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NGC 99
NGC 99 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on 8 October 1883 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan
Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan (31 August 1837 – 31 December 1923) was a French astronomer. His surname is s ...
, an NGC object, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
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STS-99
STS-99 was a Space Shuttle mission using ''Endeavour'', that launched on 11 February 2000 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The primary objective of the mission was the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) project. This was also the last s ...
, a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission launched in 2000
Sports
* 99, the only number retired league-wide in the National Hockey League, in honor of
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One ...
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99 call, a rugby union strategy used in the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa
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Graz 99ers
The Moser Medical Graz 99ers are an Austrian professional ice hockey team from Graz, Styria. The club was founded in 1999 after the previous club, EHC Graz, folded prior to the 1998–99 season due to financial difficulties. The Graz99ers started ...
, an Austrian ice hockey team from the city of Graz
Other uses
* .99, a common price ending in
psychological pricing
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99 Names of Allah
Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...
, the names or attributes of God in the Qur'an
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Ninety-Nines
The Ninety-Nines: International Organization of Women Pilots, also known as The 99s, is an international organization that provides networking, mentoring, and flight scholarship opportunities to recreational and professional female pilots. Foun ...
, an organization for female pilots founded by Amelia Earhart and others
See also
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99% (disambiguation) 99% may refer to:
Music
* 99 Percent, an American hip hop duo
* ''99%'' (Meat Beat Manifesto album), 1990
* ''99%'' (Ska-P album), 2013
* " 99 Percenters", a 2011 song by Ministry
* "99%", a song by Soul Asylum from the 1992 album '' Grave Dance ...
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99ers
99ers is a colloquial term for unemployed people in the United States, mostly citizens, who have exhausted all of their unemployment benefits, including all unemployment extensions. As a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passe ...
, U.S. Citizens who have exhausted all their unemployment benefits
* 99ers, the 1999
U.S. Women's soccer team
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, and ...
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99X (disambiguation)
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A99 (disambiguation)
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List of highways numbered 99
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