1999: Year In Review

What were the most important issues of 1999? Here is what we think…
 


       #1  Clinton impeachment trial—"I want to say again to the American people how profoundly sorry 
       I am for what I did to trigger these events," President Clinton told a Rose Garden press conference.


                                            

         #2  NATO faces war over Kosovo crisis

     
                                      

    #3  Columbine shocked by school shooting
     

    #4  JFK Jr. tragically dies in plane crash
     

    #5  Earthquake tears through Turkey

    #6  Israel elects Ehud Barak

    #7  Judge rules Microsoft is acting as a monopoly

    #8  Political turmoil troubles Russia

    #9  East Timor votes for independence

         #10  World holds breath for millennium bug

While the preceding ten events may have had the largest impact on the world, other events also carried major significance. Here are other topics to take into consideration:

--China spying scandal

--Cyclone hits eastern India

--EgyptAir plane crashes

--Heavy debate over genetically modified food

--FBI admits flammable devices were used in Waco crisis

--Florida jury finds tobacco industry negligent

--Hillary Clinton bids for a New York Senate seat

--India re-elects prime minister

--Indonesia elects new president

--Introduction of the Euro

--Jordan’s King Hussein dies

--Kurdish rebel leader Ocalan captured and tried

--Libya hands over Lockerbie bomb suspects

--Michael Jordan retires

--Military stages coup in Pakistan

--MIR space station abandoned

--Nigeria ends military rule

--Olympic bidding scandal

--South Africa elects Mbeki

--U.S. Senate rejects nuclear test ban treaty

Story by Justin Ruble

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