August 1999

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2008)

August 1999 was a month with thirty-one days.

The following events also occurred during the month:

Current events of August 2, 1999 (1999-08-02) (Monday) edit history watch M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense is released into theaters. Current events of August 8, 1999 (1999-08-08) (Sunday) edit history watch ABC's Who wants to be a Millionaire premieres hosted by Regis Philbin and give the contestants a chance at $1,000,000 The first edition of the Callatis Festival, the largest music &culture festival in Romania. |} Current events of August 9, 1999 (1999-08-09) (Monday) edit history watch Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet Current events of August 10, 1999 (1999-08-10) (Tuesday) edit history watch Buford O. Furrow, Jr. wounds five and kills one during the August 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting Atlantique Incident occurs as an intruding Pakistan Navy plane is shot down in India. The incident sparks tensions between the two nations, coming just a month after the end of the Kargil War. Current events of August 11, 1999 (1999-08-11) (Wednesday) edit history watch Total solar eclipse in Europe and Asia An F-2 tornado rips through downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, killing one person and injuring over 100. Current events of August 17, 1999 (1999-08-17) (Tuesday) edit history watch A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Istanbul and northwestern Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000. This earthquake was the first of a long series of unrelated but frequent earthquakes throughout the world during the years 1999 and 2000. Some connected the earthquake to the fact that the Umbra of the solar eclipse of August 11, was right above Istanbul. Current events of August 19, 1999 (1999-08-19) (Thursday) edit history watch In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević Current events of August 22, 1999 (1999-08-22) (Sunday) edit history watch Mandarin Airlines Flight 642 crashed in Hong Kong Current events of August 26, 1999 (1999-08-26) (Thursday) edit history watch Michael Johnson captures the 400 M. world record. The pilot episode of SmackDown! aired << August 1999 >> S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 v • d • e List of events by month 2008: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2007: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2006: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2005: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2004: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2003: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2002: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2001: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 2000: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December 1999: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December