* 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.

General John P. Jumper, U. S. Air Forces in Europe commander, escorts President William Jefferson Clinton upon his arrival to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 5, 1999.

President Clinton greets Air Force personnel at Spangdahlem Air Base, May 5, 1999.

In May 1999, a laboratory at Cornell University published the results from a laboratory trial that appeared to indicate the pollen of genetically modified Bt corn presented a threat to monarch caterpillars.

Around May 1999, Philip Njaru wrote a newspaper article where he alleged ill-treatment of civilians conducted by the 11th Navy Battalion based in Ekondo-Titi.

In a major May 1999 decision on " New Media ", the CRTC held that under the Broadcasting Act the CRTC had jurisdiction over certain content communicated over the internet including audio and video, but excluding content that is primarily alphanumeric such as emails and most webpages.

In May 1999 Crowded House issued a compilation of unreleased songs, Afterglow, which included the track " Recurring Dream ", recorded when the group were still called The Mullanes and included Craig Hooper on guitar.

Caitlin Clarke ( May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004 ) was an American theater and film actress best known for her role as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and for her role as Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998 – 1999 Broadway musical Titanic.

Ismail Omar Guelleh took the oath of office as the second President of the Republic of Djibouti on May 8, 1999, with the support of an alliance between the RPP and the government-recognized section of the Afar-led FRUD.

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The first elections to the Scottish Parliament were held on 6 May 1999, with Dewar leading the Scottish Labour Party against their main opponents, the SNP under Alex Salmond.

The two men remained unreconciled, even though they later served in the same Cabinet from May 1997 until 1999, when Dewar left to become First Minister.

Dana Michelle Plato ( November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999 ) was an American actress notable for playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in the U. S. television sitcom Diff ' rent Strokes.

On May 7, 1999, Plato appeared on The Howard Stern Show, where she told Stern and Robin Quivers that she was engaged to 28-year-old Robert Menchaca, and that he was managing her career.

The Honduras-El Salvador Border Protocol ratified by Honduras in May 1999 established a framework for a long-delayed border demarcation, which is currently underway ; with respect to the maritime boundary in the Golfo de Fonseca, the ICJ referred to the line determined by the 1900 Honduras-Nicaragua Mixed Boundary Commission and advised that some tripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua likely would be required.

The 2003 University of California Berkeley report credits the estimate to the website of Caltech researcher Roy Williams, where the statement can be found as early as May 1999.

* Schocken Books, 25 May 1999, Translation: Breon Mitchell, ISBN 978-0-8052-0999-0 Translator's preface is available online

On May 15, 1999, then Red Sox CEO John Harrington announced plans for a new Fenway Park to be built near the existing structure.

* Ebeling, Richard M. ( May 1999 ).

A constitutional amendment to this end was defeated as part of a May 1999 plebiscite, but discussions between the executive and legislative branches continue on how to achieve this objective.

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

* " H. G. Wells's Idea of a World Brain: A Critical Re-assessment ", by W. Boyd Rayward, in Journal of the American Society for Information Science 50 ( 15 May 1999 ): 557 – 579

Home Improvement is an American television sitcom starring Tim Allen, that aired from September 17, 1991 to May 25, 1999.

The final episode aired on May 25, 1999 with a 90-minute finale, which was the fourth highest rated comedy series finale of the 1990s, behind Cheers, The Cosby Show and Seinfeld.

After the return of Azali to the presidency in May 2002, Hamada Madi was kept on as special advisor without portfolio with Union cabinet status.

On 3 May, Parliament decreed The Protestation, attacking the ' wicked counsels ' of Charles's government, whereby those who signed the petition undertook to defend ' the true reformed religion ', parliament, and the king's person, honour and estate.

However, the Wilhelmus remained popular and lost its identification as a factional song, and on 10 May 1932, it was decreed that on all official occasions requiring the performance of the national anthem, the Wilhelmus was to be played-thereby replacing Tollens ' song.

And so in the encyclical letter Annum Sacrum ( on May 25, 1899 ) this same pope decreed that the consecration of the entire human race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus should take place on June 11, 1899.

The village was visited by the king of Portugal, John VI, in 1816, who also decreed its emancipation from Rio de Janeiro on May 10, 1819 and gave the new-created county a new name, Vila Real da Praia Grande ( Royal Village of Long Beach ).

On July 4, 1800, in preparation for Ohio's statehood, the Indiana Territory was decreed by an act of the U. S. Congress, signed into law by President John Adams on May 7, 1800, effective on July 4.

On 19 May 1797, Napoleon transferred the territories of the former Duchy of Modena to Transpadania and, on 12 Messidor ( June 29 ), he decreed the birth of the Cisalpine Republic, creating a Directory for the republic and appointing its ministers.

Later, the 1481 Papal Bull Aeterni regis granted all lands south of the Canary Islands to the Portuguese Empire, while in May 1493 the Aragonese-born Pope Alexander VI decreed in the Bull Inter caetera that all lands west of a meridian only 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands should belong to the Spanish Empire while new lands discovered east of that line would belong to Portugal.

* May 23-Regina decreed capital of Saskatchewan

The Kuomintang government later decreed that May 3rd be designated a " National Humiliation Memorial Day.

On May 25, 1566 Philip II decreed the use of the Arabic language ( written or spoken ) illegal, doors to homes to remain open on Fridays to verify that no Muslim Friday prayers were conducted, and heavy taxation on Moriscos trades.

This symbolic demonstration of public opinion gave the Barco administration what it perceived as a favorable mandate in order to proceed with the consultation process in a more formal manner, and thus the execution of an official plesbicite was decreed on May 3, 1990, a move which was then authorized by Colombia's Supreme Court.

On 5 May 1807, decreed the established of the " Committee for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts and Commerce " to encourage and finance the invention of new machines and new techniques to increase the territories ' agricultural production and experimental plantations such as those of mulberries at Massa, where an École Normale de la Soie ( Silk School ) was created on 16 August 1808.

In March 2005 the Iranian government decreed that Iranian pilgrims could once again enter Iraq through Mehran ; and in May 2005 it was reported that the city is to be converted into a special tourist zone from where Iranian pilgrims will travel toward Karbala and holy Shiite sites in Iraq, to be facilitated by the construction of several three and four star hotels.

In Puerto Rico in May 1899, while under US administration, General George W. Davis succeeded to Island demands and decreed freedom of assembly, speech, press, religion and an eight-hour day for government employees.

The beer riots in Bavaria happened between 1 May and 5 May 1844 began after King Ludwig I of Bavaria decreed a tax on beer.

In the reign of St. Ladislaus ( 1077 – 1095 ), the Synod of Szabolcs decreed ( May 20, 1092 ) that Jews should not be permitted to have Christian wives or to keep Christian slaves.

She was decreed " Madam, the Mother of His Majesty the Emperor " ( Madame Mère de l ' Empereur ), Imperial Highness, on 18 May 1804 or 23 March 1805.

The official definition of this status was decreed in the Soviet Union in May 1970, when the first official list of 115 historical settlements was declared.