WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1999
Find out what all happened August to December 1999

First President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor. (31. December 1999)

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

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

Six firefighters are killed in the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire in Worcester, Massachusetts. (3. December 1999)

NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere. (3. December 1999)

The last flight of the SR-71. (9. October 1999)

The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive. (2. December 1999)

Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity. (22. October 1999)

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement. (7. December 1999)

The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people. (5. October 1999)

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

The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades the neighboring Russian Dagestan. (7. August 1999)

Five hijackers, who had been holding 155 hostages on an Indian Airlines plane, leave the plane with two Islamic clerics that they had demanded be freed. (31. December 1999)

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

Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error. All 4 crew members are killed. (22. December 1999)

A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground. (31. August 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)

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