Portal:Current events/March 1999

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March 1999 was the third month of that common year. The month, which began on a Monday, ended on a Wednesday after 31 days.

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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from March 1999.

March 1, 1999 (Monday)

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One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy.
Rwandan Hutu rebels kill and hack to pieces eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, Uganda
The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force.

March 3, 1999 (Wednesday)

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Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones begin their attempt to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping. Their journey ended in success on March 21.
Walter LaGrand is executed by means of gas chamber.

March 4, 1999 (Thursday)

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Monica Lewinsky's book detailing her affair with Bill Clinton goes on sale in the United States.
In a military court, Captain Richard Ashby of the United States Marines is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of twenty skiers in the Italian Alps when his low-flying jet hit a gondola lift cable.

March 12, 1999 (Friday)

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Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic join NATO.

March 15, 1999 (Monday)

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The European Commission under the presidency of Jacques Santer resigns over allegations of corruption.

March 17, 1999 (Wednesday)

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The Roth 401(k) is introduced by U.S. Senator William V. Roth, Jr..

March 20, 1999 (Saturday)

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Serbs launch an offensive in Kosovo.

March 21, 1999 (Sunday)

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Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.

March 22, 1999 (Monday)

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US pro-euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian goes on trial for murder in Pontiac, Michigan. He is later convicted of second-degree murder

March 23, 1999 (Tuesday)

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Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.

March 24, 1999 (Wednesday)

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NATO launches air strikes in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which was force to sign a unjust peace treaty. This marks the first time NATO attacked a sovereign country
Fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel kills thirty nine people, closing the tunnel for nearly three years.

March 26, 1999 (Friday)

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The Melissa worm attacks the Internet.
A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man (the incident was videotaped and aired on September 17, 1998 edition of 60 Minutes)