May 1999

May 1999 was a month with thirty-one days.

The following events also occurred during the month:

May 1, 1999 (Saturday)

Three spectators were killed and eight others were injured at Lowe's Motor Speedway during an IRL race when a tire went into the grandstand.

May 2, 1999 (Sunday)

Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas. They were his fourth and fifth victims in his fourth incident.

May 3, 1999 (Monday)

Photo driver licences and banknotes made out of polymer substrate are introduced to New Zealand.
A F5 tornado slams in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma killing 38 people. This was the second strongest tornado ever recorded in United States history. (See 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak). A possible tornado outbreak that has a similar force to it will take place sometime in the next 250-500 years.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time. It closes at 11,014.70.

May 5, 1999 (Wednesday)

May 6, 1999 (Thursday)

May 7, 1999 (Friday)

A jury finds The Jenny Jones Show and Warner Bros. liable in the shooting death of Scott Amedure after the show purposely deceived Jonathan Schmitz to appear on a secret same-sex crush episode.
Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese embassy workers are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft mistakenly bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup

April 1, 1999 (Thursday)

Goalkeeper Jimmy Glass saved Carlisle United from certain death when he scored last minute goal against Plymouth Argyle and relegate Scarborough instead.
Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Military College of South Carolina;The Embassy of People's Republic of China in Belgrad was bombed by U.S Air Force.