* In 1999, after rowing for 81 days and 4, 767 kilometres ( 2, 962 mi ), Tori Murden became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by rowboat alone when she reached Guadeloupe from the Canary Islands.

AIX / ESA, while technically advanced, had little commercial success, partially because UNIX functionality was added as an option to the existing mainframe operating system, MVS, which became MVS / ESA OpenEdition in 1999.

In 1999 it became obligatory to register with the state press distributor.

As an adult, his son later became president of the Hungarian Unitarian Church ( Hughes 1999 – 2007 ).

In 1999 Otto Reich, a lobbyist in Washington on behalf of Bacardi, drafted section 211 of the 1999 Omnibus appropriations act, a bill that became known as the Bacardi Act.

As evidence of a serious recession became clear in 1999, the government took a number of steps.

Former President César Gaviria became Secretary General of the OAS in September 1994 and was reelected in 1999.

The Czech Republic became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, along with Poland and Hungary, on 12 March 1999.

Colonel Azali Assoumani became president following a military coup in 1999.

In 1999, the party's support collapsed and it became the country's fifth largest party.

Gailey led the team to two playoff appearances with a 10 – 6 record in 1998 and an NFC East championship, but the Cowboys were defeated in the playoffs by the Arizona Cardinals 20-7 ; after an 8 – 8 season in 1999 ( during which Irvin suffered a career-ending spinal injury in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ) ending in another playoff loss ( this time to the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 ), he was fired and became the first Cowboys coach who did not take the team to a Super Bowl.

When elections were held to the newly created Scottish Parliament in 1999, as leader of the Scottish Labour Party and through a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, Dewar became the inaugural holder of the First Minister of Scotland post.

In 1997, Don Yannias, a long-time associate and investment advisor of Safra, became CEO of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. A new company, Britannica. com Inc. was spun off in 1999 to develop the digital versions of the Britannica ; Yannias assumed the role of CEO in the new company, while that of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. remained vacant for two years.

In 1999, Upsilon Andromedae became the first main-sequence star known to have multiple planets.

EverQuest launched with modest expectations from Sony on 16 March 1999 under its Verant Interactive brand and quickly became successful.

Yahoo. com became the first major media company to offer games for free in 1999.

Upon the show's American debut in 1999, it was an instant hit and became a regular part of ABC's prime time lineup until 2002.

Hungary became member of NATO in 1999, and member of the EU in 2004.

On October 16, 1997, Engdahl became a member of the Swedish Academy, elected to seat number 17 vacated by the death of Johannes Edfelt ; on June 1, 1999, he succeeded Sture Allén as the Academy's permanent secretary, i. e. its executive member and spokesperson.

It became the official opposition in 1999, a minority government in 2007 and a majority government from 2011.

In October 1999, Cronje became South Africa's highest Test run scorer during the first Test against Zimbabwe.

In October 1999, the Indonesian parliament ( MPR ) revoked the decree that annexed East Timor, and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor ( UNTAET ) assumed responsibility for governing East Timor until it officially became an independent state in May 2002.

It became an independent nation in 2002 ; and Macau was handed over to the Chinese as per a treaty in 1999.

Although Wagner became fiercely critical of Brahms as the latter grew in stature and popularity, he was enthusiastically receptive of the early Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel ; Brahms himself, according to many sources ( Swafford, 1999 ), deeply admired Wagner's music, confining his ambivalence only to the dramaturgical precepts of Wagner's theory.

The president visited several European air bases to thank the troops ( not shown ) for their support of NATO Operations Allied Force and Shining Hope, 1999.

The presidency passed to the sitting vice president, Festus Mogae, who was elected in his own right in 1999

In 1999, Anjouan had internal conflicts and on August 1 of that year, the 80-year-old first president Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim resigned, transferring power to a national coordinator, Said Abeid.

Hassan Gouled Aptidon, a Somali politician who had campaigned for a yes vote in the referendum of 1958, eventually wound up as the nation's first president ( 1977 – 1999 ).

Aptidon resigned as president 1999, at the age of 83, after being elected to a fifth term in 1997.

In December 1999 Estonian foreign minister ( and since 2006, president of Estonia ) Toomas Hendrik Ilves delivered a speech entitled " Estonia as a Nordic Country " to the Swedish Institute for International Affairs .< ref >

However the start of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War led to Sudan and Ethiopia put this conflict between them and normalizing their relations by November 1999 when president Omar Hassan al-Bashir made a formal visit to Addis Ababa.

The president was ousted by a military junta in 7 May 1999.

In October 1999 the MPR elected a compromise candidate, Abdurrahman Wahid, as the country's fourth president, and Megawati Sukarnoputri — a daughter of Sukarno, the country's first president — as the vice president.

After spending a considerable time searching for Wakefield's replacement, Xero recruited Arizona vocalist, Chester Bennington, who was recommended by Jeff Blue, the vice president of Zomba Music in March 1999.

After failing to catch Warner Bros. Records on three previous reviews, Jeff Blue, now the vice president of Warner Bros. Records, helped the band sign a deal with the company in 1999.

In 1999, Kehilat Nitzan, Melbourne's first Conservative ( Masorti ) Congregation was established, with foundation president Prof John Rosenberg.

In May 1999, the New York Post reported that Lee made an inflammatory comment about Charlton Heston, president of the National Rifle Association.

Rudolf Schuster won election as president in 1999.

However the start of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War led to Sudan and Ethiopia put this conflict between them and normalizing their relations by November 1999 when president Omar Hassan al-Bashir made a formal visit to Addis Ababa.

The following year, 1983, he was awarded fellowship into the American Association for the Advancement of Science, where he later served as president ( 1999 – 2001 ).

He succeeded Nelson Mandela as ANC president in December 1997 and as president of the Republic in June 1999 ( inaugurated on 16 June ); he was subsequently reelected for a second term in April 2004.

Hugo Chávez was elected president in December 1998 and took office in February 1999.

He moved to Moscow in 1996 and joined president Boris Yeltsin's administration where he rose quickly, becoming acting President on 31 December 1999 when Yeltsin resigned unexpectedly.

* 9 April 1999 – Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, president of Niger, is assassinated.