Portal:Current events/April 1999

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April 1999 was the fourth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Thursday, ended on a Friday after 30 days.

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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from April 1999.

April 1, 1999 (Thursday)

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Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, part of the Northwest Territories becomes Canada's third territory.
David L. Smith, the creator of the Melissa virus, is arrested at his brother's home in Eatontown, New Jersey, 6 days after introducing the virus to the Internet.

April 5, 1999 (Monday)

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Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the Netherlands. The United Nations suspends sanctions against Libya
In Laramie, Wyoming, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to kidnapping and felony murder in order to avoid a possible death penalty conviction for the apparent hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard

April 7, 1999 (Wednesday)

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A bomb explodes in the Valley of the Fallen church in Spain; GRAPO claims responsibility.

April 9, 1999 (Friday)

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Ibrahim Baré Maînassara, president of Niger, is assassinated

April 17, 1999 (Saturday)

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A nail bomb explodes in the middle of a busy market in Brixton, South London

April 18, 1999 (Sunday)

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"The Great One" Wayne Gretzky plays his final game in the NHL.^[1]

April 19, 1999 (Monday)

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MySpace.com was officially introduced to the Internet, though MySpace-beta had been around since 1998

April 20, 1999 (Tuesday)

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Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold open fire on their teachers and fellow students. The teenagers killed twelve students and one teacher, and then killed themselves. See Columbine High School massacre. (BBC)

April 25, 1999 (Sunday)

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End of term for Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman as the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

April 26, 1999 (Monday)

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Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj, Sultan of Selangor becomes the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
British TV presenter Jill Dando is shot dead outside her home in Fulham, West London.(BBC)

April 30, 1999 (Friday)

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Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to ten.
A third nail bomb (see April 17) explodes in the Admiral Duncan pub in Old Compton Street, Soho, London, killing a pregnant woman and two friends and injuring seventy others, including her husband. This was part of a hate campaign against ethnic minorities and gay people by David Copeland.
Cartoon Network's Fridays was first launched.