However, in 1998 and 1999 Croatia experienced an economic depression, causing the unemployment of thousands of citizens.

The country experienced a mild recession in 1998 and 1999.

The Cubs retained many players who experienced career years in ' 98, and after a fast start in 1999, they collapsed again ( starting with being swept at the hands of the cross-town White Sox in mid-June ) and finished in the bottom of the division for the next two seasons.

Helton and Wilson — virtually the only experienced players on the team — struggled as well ; Helton hit just 20 homers, the fewest of his career, and missed the All-Star Game for the first time since 1999 and also went on the disabled list for the first time in his career.

In early 1999, he traveled to Afghanistan where, as an experienced and respected jihadist, he was selected by Osama bin Laden to participate in the attacks.

The city has experienced significant economic growth in recent decades, and unemployment levels in the city and surrounding Campania have decreased since 1999.

The economy of St. Kitts and Nevis experienced strong growth for most of the 1990s but hurricanes in 1998 and 1999 contributed to a sharp slowdown.

For many years, the region experienced relatively high rates of industrial output growth: between 1999 and 2008 industrial output grew 170 %, exceeding the Russian average growth by 23 %.

Over the last four decades of the twentieth century Creuse experienced the greatest proportional population decline of any French department, from 164, 000 in 1960 to 124, 000 in 1999 – a decrease of 24 %.

In 1999 Virginia Beach experienced 12 murders giving the city a murder rate of 2. 7 per 100, 000 people.

In 1996, Snow experienced respiratory problems and at 12: 30am on December 20, 1999, he died from heart failure at his Rainbow Ranch in Madison, Tennessee and was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville.

Hurricane Floyd in September 1999 produced a particularly severe flood ( a record for the river basins ) in Manville, especially in the Lost Valley section of the borough, which experienced flooding all the way to the railroad tracks, with twelve feet or more water on many properties, which inundated houses with damaging flood waters.

On April 9, 1999, Blue Ash experienced an F4 tornado that caused four deaths.

On May 3, 1999, Moore experienced the most violent tornado ever recorded.

The city has experienced rapid growth since incorporation in 1999, as its population was just 1, 523 at the 2000 census.

AFI's sound experienced a major progression with the addition of guitarist Jade Puget, beginning with the 1999 release Black Sails in the Sunset.

Homeless for years and suffering from long-term mental illness, alcoholism and a multitude of health ailments, Skip Spence nonetheless experienced a marked improvement in his domestic life in his later years before passing away of lung cancer in 1999, days before his 53rd birthday.

In 1999 the company acquired the Norwegian technology company Internet Technology AS which had developers experienced with the ITU H. 323 standard, especially from VoIP-projects like the world's first commercial H. 323 VoIP service launched in 1997 with Telenor.

However, McGriff's career experienced a minor renaissance in 1999 when he hit a career-high. 310 with 32 home runs.

The members of Ministry experienced greater devastation when former guitarist William Tucker committed suicide in 1999 by cutting his own throat.

The 1999 race was notable for the torrential rain conditions which saw many experienced drivers slide off the circuit, presenting Johnny Herbert with the opportunity to take Stewart Grand Prix's first ( and only ) victory in its final season before being sold to Ford.

At the very beginning of the film, Bill Gates ( played by experienced Gates-double Steve Sires ) walks onto the stage of the pavilion in MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, California on Thursday, December 2, 1999 to give a check for one million dollars to " Literacy For Life " as part of the " Bill Gates Foundation.

In 1999, the West Fork experienced a massive fish kill that spread for for an estimated loss of 4. 6 million fish ( 187 tons ).

* Para Para experienced a huge boom in Japan in 1998 – 1999 when pop idol Takuya Kimura of SMAP performed it on television.

* 1999 – In Alberta, Canada, 14-year-old Todd Cameron Smith fires upon three students, killing one and wounding another in the W. R. Myers High School shooting.

* 1999 – The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.

In 1999, Time magazine named Fleming one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating:

* In 1999, Time Magazine named Fleming one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century.

The Falcons 78, 000 square foot headquarters and training facilities or located on a 50-acre site in Flowery Branch, Ga., the complex which was one of the first of its kind was completed in 1999.

* 1999 – The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.

* In the episode " 11: 59 " of Star Trek: Voyager's fifth season ( original air date: May 5, 1999 ), Earth's first self-contained ecosystem known as " The Millennium Gate " is referenced and described as one kilometer tall and having begun construction in 2001.

Paddy Chayefsky's Academy Award-winning Marty was the most notable examination of working class Bronx life was also explored by Chayefsky in his 1956 film The Catered Affair, and in the 1993 Robert De Niro / Chazz Palminteri film, A Bronx Tale, Spike Lee's 1999 movie Summer of Sam, centered in an Italian-American Bronx community, 1994's I Like It Like That that takes place in the predominately Puerto Rican neighborhood of the South Bronx, and Doughboys, the story of two Italian-American brothers in danger of losing their bakery thanks to one brother's gambling debts.

The bright design of the set was also blamed for this – one insider reportedly described it as a " car crash in a shower " – and was subject to the network relaunch on 25 October 1999.

Lord Aberdare was one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that were allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. the title is held by his son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2005 and was elected to the House of Lords in 2009.

The current Lord Luke is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom after its 1999 reform.

In 1999, she volunteered to be monitored closely by the Australian television program 60 Minutes for one week without eating to demonstrate her methods.

As of 1999, Health Canada announced a policy to defer individuals from donating blood if they have lived within the United Kingdom for one month or more from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1996.

In an early 1999 interview, Love said about the Venus: " I wanted a guitar that sounded really warm and pop, but which required just one box to go dirty (...) And something that could also be your first band guitar.

In 1996, Love began a relationship with actor Edward Norton and were at one point engaged, but separated in 1999.

The third earl ( a member of the Conservative Party ) retained his seat in the Lords as one of the hereditary peers to remain under an amendment to Labour's 1999 House of Lords Act.

* Enever, Ted Britain's Best Kept Secret: Ultra's Base at Bletchley Park ( Sutton Publishing, Gloucestershire, 1999 ; ISBN 0-7509-2355-5 ) – A guided tour of the history and geography of the Park, written by one of the founder members of the Bletchley Park Trust

He was also named one of the top players of the 20th century by Pelé in 1999.

Beginning in 1991, two more census have been carried out in Azerbaijan: one in 1999 and one in 2009.

Examples include Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ( 1998 ) ( wherein the slang is translated via subtitles in one scene ); The Limey ( 1999 ); Sexy Beast ( 2000 ); Snatch ( 2000 ); Ocean's Eleven ( 2001 ); and Austin Powers in Goldmember ( 2002 ); It's All Gone Pete Tong ( 2004 ), after BBC radio disc jockey Pete Tong whose name is used in this context as rhyming slang for " wrong "; Green Street Hooligans ( 2005 ).

In 1999, Pope John Paul II made her one of Europe's patron saints.

With Colorado beating Detroit in the third round in 1996, in the second round of both 1999 and 2000, and the Red Wings beating the Avs in the third round in 1997, the battles between these two teams had become one of the fiercest in the league.

In 1999 Pyramid magazine named Earthdawn as one of The Millennium's Most Underrated Games.

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs ( CFPF ) per US $ 1 – 95. 89 ( 2005 ), 96. 04 ( 2004 ), 105. 66 ( 2003 ), 126. 71 ( 2002 ), 133. 26 ( 2001 ), 117. 67 ( January 2000 ), 111. 93 ( 1999 ), 107. 25 ( 1998 ), 106. 11 ( 1997 ), 93. 00 ( 1996 ), 90. 75 ( 1995 ); note-linked at the exact official rate of 0. 055 French francs to one Pacifique franc.