What Happened In October 1999 In History

Historical Events for October, 1999

• 5th » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
• 9th » The last flight of the SR-71.
• 12th » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia (country) called Georgia
• 22nd » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
• 27th » Gunmen 1999 Armenian parliament shooting named open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and 6 other members.
• 29th » A 1999 Odisha cyclone called large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
• 31st » Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigation or circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
• 31st » EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 217 people on board.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1999

• 14th » Daniel Roche, English actor
• 15th » Bailee Madison, American actress
• 27th » Haruka Kudo (singer) called Haruka Kudo, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

Famous Deaths for October 1999

• 1st » Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer (b. 1963)
• 2nd » Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
• 4th » Erik Brødreskift, Norwegian drummer (Immortal (band) known as Immortal and Borknagar) (b. 1969)
• 4th » Bernard Buffet, French painter (b. 1928)
• 4th » Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (The Jazztet) (b. 1928)
• 6th » Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
• 6th » Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1937)
• 8th » John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
• 9th » Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)
• 9th » Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani social scientist and activist (b. 1914)
• 11th » Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
• 12th » Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
• 12th » Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1919)
• 14th » Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (b. 1922)
• 15th » Josef Locke, Irish tenor (b. 1917)
• 17th » Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)
• 18th » Paddi Edwards, English-American actress (b. 1931)
• 19th » James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
• 19th » Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-French lawyer and author (b. 1900)
• 20th » Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1911)
• 20th » Jack Lynch, Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th Taoiseach known as Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1917)
• 21st » Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1924)
• 25th » Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
• 26th » Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
• 26th » Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author (b. 1910)
• 26th » Johannes Käbin, Estonian politician (b. 1905)
• 27th » Robert Mills (physicist) e.g Robert Mills, American physicist (b. 1927)
• 27th » Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (b. 1903)
• 27th » Bob Vosse, American pornographic film director (b. 1927)
• 28th » Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 29th » Greg (comics) e.g Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1931)
• 30th » Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (b. 1933)
• 31st » Greg Moore (race car driver) known as Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)

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