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* 1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
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Medical Hypotheses, April 1999 ; 53 ( 4 ): 338 – 344.
* 1999 – Kwesi Boakye, American actor
* 1999 – US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving " intentionally false statements " in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
* 1917 – Helen Forrest, American singer ( d. 1999 )
* 1999 – Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) bringing the number of members to 10.
* 1916 – Robert Shaw, American conductor ( d. 1999 )
* 1945 – Jan Sloot, Dutch inventor ( d. 1999 )
* 1910 – Charles Crichton, English director ( d. 1999 )
* 1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter ( d. 1999 )
* 1925 – David A. Huffman, American computer scientist, developed the Huffman coding ( d. 1999 )
* 1904 – Charles " Buddy " Rogers, American actor and trombonist ( d. 1999 )
* 1930 – Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player ( d. 1999 )
* 1935 – Rod Hull, English comedian and actor ( d. 1999 )
* 1999 – Jesse Stone, American musician and songwriter ( b. 1901 )
* 1912 – Henry Jones, American actor ( d. 1999 )
* 1930 – Lionel Bart, English composer ( d. 1999 )
* 1918 – Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist ( d. 1999 )
* 1999 – Byron Farwell, American historian ( b. 1921 )
Antarctic fisheries in 1998 – 1999 ( July 1-June 30 ) reported landing 119, 898 tonnes.
A total of 10, 013 tourists visited in the 1998 – 1999 summer, up from the 9, 604 who visited the previous year.
* Josef Stanglmeier ( 1918 – 1999 ): builder and politician
* 1999 – The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades the neighboring Russian Dagestan.
* 1910 – Sylvia Sidney, American actress ( d. 1999 )
* 1922 – Rory Calhoun, American actor ( d. 1999 )
* 1939 – Dusty Springfield, English singer ( The Lana Sisters and The Springfields ) ( d. 1999 )
1999 and British
Since 1999, the German parliament has again assembled in Berlin in its original Reichstag building, which dates from the 1890s and underwent a significant renovation under the lead of British architect Sir Norman Foster.
The one-off test in 1999 between England and Australia that was played to commemorate Australia's first test against Reverend Matthew Mullineux's British side saw England wear an updated version of this jersey.
Other British comedies examined the role of the Asian community in British life, including Bhaji on the Beach ( 1993 ), East Is East ( 1999 ), Bend It Like Beckham ( 2002 ), Anita and Me ( 2003 ) and Death at a Funeral.
* 1924 – Norman Rossington, British actor ( d. 1999 )
The turn of the century saw a more commercial Asian British cinema develop, starting with East is East ( 1999 ) and continuing with Bend It Like Beckham ( 2002 ).
* 1958 – Ginette Harrison, British mountaineer ( d. 1999 )
* 1999 – Bryan Mosley, British actor ( b. 1931 )
* British Film Institute Awards, UK: Sutherland Trophy, Special Mention ( 1999 )
Dupont and British Petroleum left in 1997, Shell Oil ( US ) in 1998, Ford in 1999, and DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, and Texaco in 2000.
In 1999, the British Medical Journal ( BMJ ) published a Clinical Review of current medical research on hypnotherapy and relaxation therapies, it concludes,
Manx pounds per US $ 1: 0. 6092 ( January 2000 ), 0. 6180 ( 1999 ), 0. 6037 ( 1998 ), 0. 6106 ( 1997 ), 0. 6403 ( 1996 ), 0. 6335 ( 1995 ); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound
The Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, published in 1999, is a descriptive study of both American and British English in which each chapter follows individual spelling conventions according to the preference of the main editor of that chapter.
Jersey pounds per US dollar-0. 55 ( 2005 ), 0. 6981 ( January 2002 ), 0. 6944 ( 2001 ), 0. 6596 ( 2000 ), 0. 6180 ( 1999 ), 0. 6037 ( 1998 ), 0. 6106 ( 1997 ); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound.
The British Film Institute named it No 7 in its list of best British films of the twentieth century, published in 1999.
Libya also paid compensation in 1999 for the death of British policewoman Yvonne Fletcher, a move that preceded the reopening of the British embassy in Tripoli and the appointment of ambassador Sir Richard Dalton, after a 17-year break in diplomatic relations.
Al Fayed unsuccessfully applied for British citizenship twice-once in 1994 and once in 1999.
* Mary ( Supergrass song ), a 1999 song by British band Supergrass
" Similar criticism of Murray came from the historian Ronald Hutton, in both his 1991 book on ancient paganism, The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy and in his 1999 study of Wiccan history, The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft.
* 1999 – Max Beloff, British historian ( b. 1913 )
* 1961 – Jill Dando, British television presenter ( d. 1999 )
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