1999

Estimated world population: 6.2 billion
German government moves from Bonn to Berlin
South Africa elects Thabo Mbeki to succeed Nelson Mandela
NATO forces bomb targets in Yugoslavia and Kosovo
Nunavut established as a new Canadian Territory - population is 85% Inuit
The "Euro" is instituted as a common currency in the European Union
East Timor votes for independence from Indonesia
Military coup in Pakistan
US Women's Soccer team wins World Cup
President Clinton acquitted
Michael Jordan retires from professional basketball
Britney Spears and Ricky Martin are pop stars
New group of coelacanths discovered off Indonesia
Film - "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", "The Blair Witch Project", "The Mummy", "Random Hearts", "The Matrix", "American Beauty"
Julius Nyerere, Huntz Hall, John Erlichman, King Hussein, Yehudi Menuhin, Stanley Kubrick, Dusty Springfield, Al Hirt, Anthony Newley, Shel Silverstein, DeForest Kelley, Mel Torme, Charles "Pete" Conrad, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Joe DiMaggio, Walter Peyton, Greg Moore, Wilt Chamberlain, and George C. Scott die