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What Happened In August 1999 In History

Historical Events for August, 1999

  • 7th » The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade Invasion of Dagestan (1999) named invades the neighboring Russian Dagestan.
  • 9th » Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
  • 11th » The 1999 Salt Lake City tornado called Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
  • 15th » Béni Ounif called Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
  • 17th » A 7.4-magnitude 1999 İzmit earthquake named earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
  • 19th » In Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro known as Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of President of Serbia and Montenegro e.g Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
  • 26th » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
  • 30th » East Timor votes for independence from Indonesia in a referendum.
  • 31st » The first of a series of Russian Apartment Bombings called bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
  • 31st » A Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas LAPA Boeing 737-200 LAPA Flight 3142 crashes during takeoff from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1999

  • 14th » Garrett Ryan, American actor
  • 18th » Talia Castellano, American blogger (d. 2013)
  • 19th » Tristan Lake Leabu, American actor
  • 21st » Maxim Knight, American actor
  • 22nd » Dakota Goyo, Canadian actor
  • 28th » Prince Nikolai of Denmark

Famous Deaths for August 1999

  • 1st » Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Bangladeshi−English author (b. 1897)
  • 3rd » Rodney Ansell, Australian hunter (b. 1953)
  • 3rd » Byron Farwell, American historian and author (b. 1921)
  • 4th » Victor Mature, American actor and singer (b. 1913)
  • 6th » Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934)
  • 7th » Brion James, American actor (b. 1945)
  • 9th » Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (b. 1910)
  • 10th » Jennifer Paterson, English chef and actress (b. 1928)
  • 10th » Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian historian, scholar, and critic (b. 1899)
  • 12th » Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1916)
  • 13th » Ignatz Bubis, German religious leader (b. 1927)
  • 13th » Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and lawyer (b. 1960)
  • 13th » John Geering, English cartoonist (b. 1941)
  • 13th » Gopal Shankar Misra, Indian vichitra veena player and educator (b. 1957)
  • 14th » Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)
  • 15th » Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
  • 23rd » Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b. 1926)
  • 23rd » James White (author) named James White, Irish author (b. 1928)
  • 24th » Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916)
  • 24th » Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist (b. 1929)
  • 25th » Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher) (b. 1956)
  • 27th » Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1909)
  • 28th » Juhan Kallaste, Estonian clergyman and actor (b. 1891)

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