August 1999

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This article covers breaking news and events in August 1999.

Daily events

Sunday August 1, 1999

• Istanbul / Turkey : The 24th European Swimming Championships end in Istanbul. Germany leads the medal table with 36 medals. Behind are Russia and the Netherlands .

Monday 2nd August 1999

• Belgium / Brussels : The bodies of the 15 and 14-year-old youths Yaguine Koita and Fodé Tounkara from Guinea , West Africa, are found on board an Airbus A330 aircraft operated by the Sabena airline . The refugees boarded as stowaways in Conakry and froze to death.
• Katima Mulilo / Namibia : In the morning hours, rebels of the Caprivi Liberation Army attack several strategic locations in the regional capital Katima Mulilo and thus trigger the Caprivi conflict . In addition to the police station and the Namibian radio station, the CLA also occupies the city's airport. Immediately afterwards, President Nujoma declared a state of emergency.
• Philadelphia / United States : The psychological thriller The Sixth Sense celebrates its world premiere and receives mostly positive reviews.

Saturday 7th August 1999

Shamil Basayev (1995)

• Dagestan / Russia : The War of Dagestan begins with an attack of some 400 Chechen and Arab irregulars under the command of Shamil Basayev and the Islamists Ibn al-Khattab to the Chechen neighboring republic of Dagestan.

Monday 9th August 1999

• Moscow / Russia : The Lower House of the Federation Assembly confirms President Boris Yeltsin's proposed head of domestic intelligence, Vladimir Putin, as the new Prime Minister of Russia .

Wednesday August 11, 1999

Corona during the solar eclipse as seen from France

• Romania : A total solar eclipse can be observed in several countries in Western , Central and Eastern Europe . In Romania, the moon covers 100% of the sun for two minutes and 23 seconds.

Friday August 13, 1999

The flag of Japan

• Heidelberg / Germany : At a press conference, Steffi Graf announces her immediate resignation from professional tennis .
• Tokyo / Japan : The state explains the Japan since the 19th century established as a national symbol white flag with red sun disc officially national flag and installed the song Kimi Ga Yo ( German  domination of his majesty ) as the official national anthem .

Tuesday 17th August 1999

• Gölcük / Turkey : As a result of an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 M _w at 3.02 a.m. local time, over 18,000 people died. The cities hardest hit are Adapazarı , Gölcük, İzmit and Yalova .

Thursday August 19, 1999

• Greifswald / Germany : On the street, a passer-by recognizes Dieter Zurwehme , who left the open prison in December 1998 . The convicted murderer can be arrested without resistance. Authorities linked upset with six murders and one attempted rape since he escaped.

Tuesday August 24, 1999

• Bremen / Germany : The Bremen bunker murder is carried out. The double murder of a Kurdish couple in love takes place near the submarine bunker Valentin in the Bremer district of Rekum .

Friday August 27, 1999

• Germany : Electronic Arts publishes Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, the fourth game in the Command & Conquer series in Germany. It was developed by Westwood Studios .
• Kazakhstan : The space travelers of the French - Russian Mir-Perseus mission are returning to Earth after about six months from the Mir space station . There they researched various questions from the fields of life sciences , materials science and space technology.

Saturday August 28, 1999

Australian Rugby Federation logo

• Bad Godesberg / Germany : The 1,950 m long Bad Godesberg tunnel will be completed after almost seven years of construction. It has two tubes, separated according to the direction of travel, which open into two common exits at both ends.
• Las Vegas / United States : In the World Chess Championship of the World Federation FIDE favorites refuse Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov of Russia to participate because they do not like the tournament system. In the final, the Russian Alexander Chalifman defeated the Armenian Vladimir Hakobjan in six games and became the new world chess champion .
• Sydney / Australia : The New Zealand national rugby union team suffered the biggest defeat in their history at the Tri Nations 1999 when they lost 7:28 to the team from Australia , but won the tournament anyway because of the previous games.

Monday August 30, 1999

Ballot for the referendum on the independence of East Timor

• East Timor / Indonesia : In an independence referendum , the population should decide between complete independence of the country and remaining as the Special Autonomous Region of East Timor in Indonesia. The referendum brings a majority of 78.5 percent for independence.

Tuesday August 31, 1999

Tops of the Petronas Towers

• Buenos Aires / Argentina : A Boeing 737 of the airline LAPA races over the runway while attempting to take off at Jorge Newbery Airport . In the accident, 63 out of 103 occupants and two people died outside the machine.
• Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia : The Petronas Towers are opened. Their spiers end at a height of 508 m. The roof is 378 m high and is only surpassed worldwide by the roof of the Sears Tower in Chicago and the roof of the towers of World Trade Center 1 and 2 in New York .

See also

• Nekrolog August 1999 for deaths that month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in August

Web links

Commons : August 1999  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sixth Sense (1999). In: imdb.com . Retrieved December 31, 2017 . 
2. ↑ idc.ac.il, The Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs: Chechnya, Wahhabism and the invasion of Dagestan ( Memento of May 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
3. ↑ Yeltsin's preferred candidate was approved by the Duma with a narrow majority. In: tagesspiegel.de . August 16, 1999, accessed May 8, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Total Solar Eclipse 1999 Aug 11. In: nasa.gov . Retrieved February 23, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Steffi Graf's emotional farewell. In: swr.de . August 12, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019 . 
6. ^ Flag of Japan. In: britannica.com . Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
7. ↑ False and real traces. In: spiegel.de . August 19, 1999, accessed May 10, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Alexander Chalifman World Chess Champion. In: mopo.de . August 29, 1999, accessed June 16, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Air accident 31 Aug 1999 with a Boeing 737-204C. In: aviation-safety.net . Retrieved October 9, 2016 . 
10. ↑ design. In: petronastwintowers.com.my . Retrieved February 23, 2017 .