WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1999
Find out what all happened August to November 1999

In Seattle, Washington, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. (30. November 1999)

The United Nations establishes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to commemorate the murder of three Mirabal sisters for resistance against the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. (25. November 1999)

In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević. (19. August 1999)

The left-wing Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history. (27. November 1999)

East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum. (30. August 1999)

Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead. (21. September 1999)

The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one. (11. August 1999)

Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft. (19. November 1999)

Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco. (15. August 1999)

British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. (30. November 1999)

The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage. (11. November 1999)

Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted. (31. October 1999)

Japan's second worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tōkai-mura, northeast of Tokyo. (30. September 1999)

The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia (12. October 1999)

The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale. (12. November 1999)

Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet. (9. August 1999)

A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India. (29. October 1999)

Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup. (12. October 1999)

NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter. (23. September 1999)