WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1999
Find out what all happened July to December 1999

Wolverhampton, England is hit by storms, including a tornado. The area was hit again with severe storms on August 1. (5. July 1999)

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

Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure. (14. December 1999)

In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when the 59-foot-tall (18 m) Aggie Bonfire, under construction for the annual football game against the University of Texas, collapses at 2:42am. (18. November 1999)

EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 217 people on board. (31. October 1999)

Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament. (26. October 1999)

Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations. (14. September 1999)

The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage. (26. December 1999)

John F. Kennedy, Jr., piloting a Piper Saratoga aircraft, dies when his plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. His wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are also killed. (16. July 1999)

Tony Hawk lands the first 900 on a skateboard (2 and a half complete revolutions) at the fifth annual X Games in San Francisco, California. (27. July 1999)

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

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

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

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

The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others. (31. August 1999)

Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father. (23. July 1999)

U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. (5. July 1999)