* 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, Azali decreed a constitution that gave him both executive and legislative powers.

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.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXI to Pasadena, California during their May 23 – 25, 1984 meetings.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXII to San Diego during their May 23 – 25, 1984 meetings.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXV to Tampa during a May 20, 1987 meeting.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXVI to Minneapolis during their May 24, 1989 meeting.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXVIII to Atlanta, Georgia, during their May 23, 1990, meeting.

NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXIX to Miami, Florida during their May 23, 1991 meeting.

* May 12 – The Santa Fe railroad in the United States inaugurates the all-Pullman Super Chief passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.

Another milestone came on May 21, 2008, Fox took the No. 1 general households rating crown for the first time, based on the strength of Super Bowl XLII and American Idol.

In May 1967, the Salisbury Daily Times referred to Twiggy as a supermodel ; the February 1968 article of Glamour magazine listed all 19 " supermodels "; the Chicago Daily Defender wrote " New York Designer Turns Super Model " in January 1970 ; The Washington Post and Mansfield News Journal used the term in 1971 ; and in 1974 both the Chicago Tribune and The Advocate also used the term " supermodel " in their articles.

In 1986, he was a regular in the LWT sitcom The Two of Us, and guested in an episode of Super Gran in May 1987, which was the last role he filmed.

After that loss, Benitez again moved up in weight, and on May 23, 1981, at age 22, he became the youngest three-time world champion in boxing history by knocking out WBC World Super Welterweight Champion Maurice Hope in twelve rounds in Las Vegas.

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars is a twelve-issue comic book crossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Marvel Comics.

On May 30, 2008, Nintendo announced that Super Mario RPG was to be released on the Virtual Console in Japan the following month.

On May 5, 2011, Super Mario 64 was selected as one of the 80 games that will be displayed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of " The Art of Video Games " exhibit that opened on March 16, 2012.

WLS also produced the weekly Silver Dollar Survey from October 14, 1960 to December 22, 1967, broken by the Silver Beatle Survey on February 21, 1964 ( see picture to the right ) and the Super Summer Survey from May 5, 1967 to August 25, 1967.

* Aunt May makes a cameo appearance in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter.

* NASA — Carrington Super Flare NASA May 6, 2008

In May 1999, a handheld port of The Lost Levels — under the Japanese title For Super Players — appeared as an unlockable reward in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for the Game Boy Color.

On May 22, 2010, Shane Mosley was stripped of his WBA ( Super ) Welterweight title, due to not making a mandatory defense, which in turn made WBA Champion Vyacheslav Senchenko the sole WBA titlist in the welterweight division.

* May 28-Produced by Hollywood Pictures, Super Mario Bros. opens, marking the first video game film released, starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi.

He made his mixed martial arts debut at Dream 9 on May 26, 2009, where he lost in the first round against kickboxer and occasional mixed martial artist Choi Hong-man as part of Dream's Super Hulk Tournament.

On May 5, 2012, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. faced Miguel Cotto for the WBA Light Middleweight / Super Welterweight belt at 154 pounds.

The story arc took place in issues # 79-84 and Sonic Super Special # 13, originally published from November 1999 to May 2000.