Portal:Current events/August 1999

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August 1999 was the eighth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Sunday, ended on a Tuesday after 31 days.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 1999.

August 2, 1999 (Monday)

M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense is released into theaters.

August 8, 1999 (Sunday)

ABC's Who Wants To Be a Millionaire premieres, hosted by Regis Philbin, and gives the contestants a chance at $1,000,000.
The first edition of the Callatis Festival, the largest music and culture festival in Romania.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 ends its 10-year run on cable television.

August 9, 1999 (Monday)

Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet

August 10, 1999 (Tuesday)

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.

August 11, 1999 (Wednesday)

Total solar eclipse in Europe and Asia
An F-2 tornado rips through downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, killing one person and injuring 80.

August 14, 1999 (Saturday)

Work is completed on the Øresund Bridge, connecting Denmark and Sweden.

August 17, 1999 (Tuesday)

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Istanbul and northwestern Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.

August 19, 1999 (Thursday)

In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević

August 22, 1999 (Sunday)

Mandarin Airlines Flight 642 crashed in Hong Kong

August 26, 1999 (Thursday)

Michael Johnson captures the 400 m world record.
The pilot episode of SmackDown! aired

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