April 1999

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April 1999 was a month with thirty days.

The following events also occurred during the month:

Current events of April 1, 1999 (1999-04-01) (Thursday) edit history watch Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, part of the Northwest Territories becomes Canada's third territory. Current events of April 5, 1999 (1999-04-05) (Monday) edit history watch Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 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 kidnapping and felony murder in order to avoid a possible death penalty conviction for the apparent hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard Current events of April 7, 1999 (1999-04-07) (Wednesday) edit history watch Kosovo War: Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Serbian forces to prevent ethnic Albanians from leaving Bomb explodes in the Valley of the Fallen church in Spain - GRAPO claims responsibility Current events of April 9, 1999 (1999-04-09) (Friday) edit history watch Ibrahim Baré Maînassara, president of Niger, is assassinated Current events of April 17, 1999 (1999-04-17) (Saturday) edit history watch A nail bomb explodes in the middle of a busy market in Brixton, South London Current events of April 18, 1999 (1999-04-18) (Sunday) edit history watch "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky plays his final game in the NHL. Current events of April 19, 1999 (1999-04-19) (Monday) edit history watch MySpace.com was officially introduced to the Internet, though MySpace-beta had been around since 1998 Current events of April 20, 1999 (1999-04-20) (Tuesday) edit history watch Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold open fire on their teachers and fellow students. The teenagers killed twelve students and one teacher, and then killed themselves. See Columbine High School massacre. Current events of April 25, 1999 (1999-04-25) (Sunday) edit history watch End of term for Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman as the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. Current events of April 26, 1999 (1999-04-26) (Monday) edit history watch Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj, Sultan of Selangor becomes the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. Current events of April 28, 1999 (1999-04-28) (Wednesday) edit history watch The first issue of one of the most popular webcomics, Sexy Losers which later reached one million users a month. Current events of April 30, 1999 (1999-04-30) (Friday) edit history watch Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to ten. A third nail bomb (see April 17) explodes in the Admiral Duncan pub in Old Compton Street, Soho, London, killing a pregnant woman and two friends and injuring seventy others, including her husband. This was part of a hate campaign against ethnic minorities and gay people by David Copeland.

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