WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1999
Find out what all happened February to March 1999

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103. (29. March 1999)

Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO. (12. March 1999)

A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man. (26. March 1999)

Ottawa Treaty enters into force. (1. March 1999)

United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial. (12. February 1999)

Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey. (23. February 1999)

Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña. (23. March 1999)

Mont Blanc Tunnel fire kills 38 people. (24. March 1999)

Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. (21. March 1999)

Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre. (28. March 1999)

The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world. (26. March 1999)

In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov. (16. February 1999)

Legoland California, the only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California. (20. March 1999)

Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein. (7. February 1999)

Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan. (16. February 1999)

Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), is arrested in Kenya. (15. February 1999)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the internet boom. (29. March 1999)

The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national convicted of murder during a botched bank robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him. (24. February 1999)

Kosovo War: NATO commences aerial bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country. (24. March 1999)

An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31. (23. February 1999)