WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1999
Find out what all happened January to June 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)

The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. (1. May 1999)

NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees – Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed. (14. April 1999)

Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama. (2. May 1999)

US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit. (12. April 1999)

Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054. (7. May 1999)

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

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

Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. (11. March 1999)

Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule. (29. May 1999)

In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display. (28. May 1999)

The Mars Polar Lander is launched. (3. January 1999)

Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (12. June 1999)

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

Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city. (4. February 1999)

The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held. (6. May 1999)

A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, Illinois, where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported. (2. January 1999)

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

War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board. (21. January 1999)

The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins. (7. January 1999)