Hekmati had played a key role in helping Ismail Khan escape from the Taliban in 1999.

* 1914 – Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani activist and scientist ( d. 1999 )

* 1999 – Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries ( b. 1914 )

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

In 1999, Khan starred in three films: Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United and Biwi No. 1, three of the highest grossing films that year ; and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which earned another Best Actor nomination at the Filmfare.

Khan turned producer when he set up a production company called Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza in 1999.

In 1999, he resumed the tour in Malaysia, in which Salman Khan and Twinkle Khanna replaced Akshay Kumar and Kajol.

She subsequently played leading roles in the films Mehndi ( 1998 ) and Hello Brother ( 1999 ), with the latter opposite Salman Khan.

Her first concert, Magnificent Five was in the year 1999 with actors Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna and Twinkle Khanna.

# Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed ( 1970 – July 5, 1999 ), 12 NLI

Nuwan Zoysa of Sri Lanka is the only bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in the first three balls in test cricket dismissing Murray Goodwin, Neil Johnson and Trevor Gripper of Zimbabwe, in 1999, while Irfan Pathan of India also holds the distinction of achieving a hat-trick in the very first over of the test match but of the 4, 5, 6 deliveries when he dismissed Salman Butt, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan in 2006, Karachi.

Johar was also involved in the production and distribution company Dreamz Unlimited founded in 1999 by Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Aziz Mirza.

* 3-HH Aga Khan IV ( 1984, 1999, 2000 )

* Mann, a 1999 Bollywood film starring Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala, was almost a scene-by-scene copy of this film.

* Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan ( 1914 – 1999 ): Social reformer and Development activist.

In 1999, after becoming obsessed with the BBC documentary Storm from the East, about the life of Genghis Khan ( produced by Edward Bazelgatte of The Vapors ), Splodge penned four songs: " Genghis Khan ", " Lulluby of Mongolia ", " These Are the Things That Make the Mongols So Great " and " Mongols on the Streets of London " and decided to resurrect the band once more.

After the 1999 World Cup ( where he performed poorly and was blamed for the batting collapse in the final ) he was dropped, he returned after a few months, however by then the arrival of Younis Khan, a player who matched Ijaz's determination, but exceeded his talent and technique ( though he is also in the unorthodox mould ) had made Ijaz's place in the side at one down doubtful and indeed after a few matches against England and then New Zealand in 2000 / 2001, in which he was singularly unimpressive, he was dropped never to return.

Hello Brother is a 1999 Indian movie starring Salman Khan and Rani Mukerji.

After returning to India, she joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group and acted in plays, including an Urdu language play titled Neelam ( 1999 ) that was written by Tanveer Khan, upon receiving permission from her conservative parents.

* Sampradaya, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, with Rahul Sharma, Shafaat Ahmed Khan & Manorama Sharma, 1999

* Sher Mohammad Khan Mohmand, The Marwats, ( Peshawar, 1999 )

• Pakistani artist Ashraf Khan on sitar in 1999.

With Martina Hingis as her partner, she won Grand Slam titles in Australia in 1999 and 2002.

In their first five seasons of existence, the Diamondbacks won three division titles ( 1999, 2001, 2002 ) a National League pennant ( 2001 ) and a World Series championship ( 2001 ).

In 1999, Arizona won 100 games in only its second season to win the NL West title.

Other roles include: starring opposite Jim Carrey in the Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon ( 1999 ); as Joan Vollmer in Beat ( 2000 ) alongside Kiefer Sutherland ; and a leading role in Julie Johnson ( 2001 ) as Lili Taylor's lesbian lover, for which she won an Outstanding Actress award at L. A .' s Outfest.

For the 1999 season, Cleveland added relief pitcher Ricardo Rincón and second baseman Roberto Alomar, brother of catcher Sandy Alomar, Jr, and won the Central Division title for the fifth consecutive year.

Jim Leyland, a two-time NL Manager of the Year who had won the World Series with the Florida Marlins two years earlier, was expected to bring the Rockies back into contention in 1999.

A second and more contemporary collaboration with Harris and Ronstadt, Trio II ( 1999 ), was released and its cover of Neil Young's " After the Gold Rush " won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.

In 1996 and 1999, the show won the BAFTA award for Best Comedy, while Morgan also won Best Comedy Performance.

The film received an overwhelmingly positive reception and won four Guldbagge Awards ( Sweden's official film awards ) at the 1999 ceremony.

* Guldbagge Awards, Sweden: Best Actress in a leading role ( won jointly by Alexandra Dahlström and Rebecka Liljeberg ); Best Direction ( won by Lukas Moodysson ); Best Film ; Best Screenplay ( won by Lukas Moodysson ); Best Supporting Actor ( Nominee, Ralph Carlsson ) ( 1999 )

* Molodist International Film Festival, Ukraine: Best Film Award ; Best Full-Length Fiction Film Award ; Fipresci Prize ( won by Lukas Moodysson ); Youth Jury Award Full-Length Feature Film ( 1999 )

After finishing second in their division in 1994 ( in a strike year ), 1995, and 1996, the Astros won consecutive division titles in 1997, 1998, and 1999.

* The Aces are now a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, and won the 1999 regular season title.

The Boilermaker women have one National Championship ( 1999 ), one national runner-up finish ( 2001 to Notre Dame ), seven Big Ten Championships, and have won six of the thirteen women's Big Ten Tournaments.

Yogi B, as part of Poetic Ammo, achieved success when they won at the Malaysian Anugerah Industri Muzik ( AIM )( Music Awards ) 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Manning's Colts defeated the Chargers in 1998 and 1999, but in 2004 with Leaf long gone from the game the revamped Chargers behind Drew Brees erupted into playoff contention ; on December 26 with both teams at 11-3 the Colts hosted the Chargers with Manning close to matching Dan Marino's touchdown record ; the Chargers stormed to a 31-16 lead, but Dominic Rhodes ' kickoff return put the Colts within eight points, then with one minute remaining Manning rifled a 21-yard touchdown to Brandon Stokley, breaking Marino's record ; the two-point try succeeded, then after Brees was intercepted the game went to overtime and the Colts won 34-31 on a field goal.

She has won or shared first in the chess tournaments of Hastings 1993, Madrid 1994, León 1996, U. S. Open 1998, Hoogeveen 1999, Siegman 1999, Japfa 2000, and the Najdorf Memorial 2000.

The label enjoyed further good publicity when Belle & Sebastian won Best Newcomer in the 1999 Brit Awards, despite Steps being the wide favourite for the award.

Only two players have won both the Norris and Hart Memorial Trophy for the league Most Valuable Player in the same season: Bobby Orr, who won both trophies in the 1969 – 70, 1970 – 71 and 1971 – 72 seasons, and Chris Pronger, who won the Hart and Norris in the 1999 – 2000 NHL season.