Following the assassination in Parliament of Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan and parliament Speaker Karen Demirchyan and six other officials, on 27 October 1999, a period of political instability ensued during which an opposition headed by elements of the former Armenian National Movement government attempted unsuccessfully to force Kocharyan to resign.

* Homer Hickam, Jr .' s book Rocket Boys was adapted into the 1999 film October Sky.

Arbor Day reached its height of popularity on its 125th anniversary in 1997, when David J. Wright, noticed that a Nebraska nonprofit organization called the National Arbor Day Foundation had taken the name of the holiday and commercialized it for their own use as a trademark for their publication " Arbor Day ," so he countered their efforts, launched a website, and trademarked it for " public use celebrations " and defended the matter in a federal district court in the United States to ensure it was judged as property of the public domain, the case was settled in October 1999.

Akio Morita ( 盛田 昭夫 Morita Akio, January 26, 1921, Nagoya, Aichi – October 3, 1999, Tokyo ) was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation along with Masaru Ibuka.

On October 3, 1999, Morita died of pneumonia at the age of 78.

In October 1999 the California State Attorney General sued 13 key manufacturers and distributors over lead content.

Eight more VHS compilations were released between 1996 and 1999 in the United States, before the final volume, Butt-O-Ween, was issued in October 1999.

After facilitator Julius Nyerere's death in October 1999, the regional leaders appointed Nelson Mandela as Facilitator of the Arusha peace process.

" Burroughs Third-Generation Computers ", Unisys History Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 5, October 1999.

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.

It merged with the Dutch steel producer Koninklijke Hoogovens to form Corus Group on 6 October 1999.

For instance, the euro hit $ 1. 42 in October 2007, the strongest it has been since its birth in 1999.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

The entire twenty-six episodes of the series were later broadcast on WOWOW on October 23, 1998 and ran until April 23, 1999.

# Random Acts of Management — October 19, 1998 to July 25, 1999

In October 1999, the group was dropped form the United States ' list of terror organizations.

In 1999, objects large enough to be seen under an electron microscope — buckyball molecules ( diameter about 0. 7 nm, nearly half a million times larger than a proton ) — were found to exhibit wave-like interference .< ref > Nature: Wave – particle duality of C < sub > 60 </ sub > molecules, 14 October 1999.

* The Cathedral and the Bazaar ( O ' Reilly ; hardcover ISBN 1-56592-724-9, October 1999 ; paperback ISBN 0-596-00108-8, January 2001 ) — includes " The Cathedral and the Bazaar ", " Homesteading the Noosphere ", " The Magic Cauldron " and " Revenge of the Hackers "

In other areas of the West Bank, transfer of powers took place pursuant to the Israel-PLO 28 September 1995 Interim Agreement, the Israel-PLO 15 January 1997 Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, the Israel-PLO 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum, and the 4 September 1999 Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement.

To create buzz for the project, Brooks took on the identity of Gaines in the October 1999 album Garth Brooks in ...

Brooks and Mahl separated in March 1999, announcing their plans to divorce on October 9, 2000, and filing for divorce on November 6, 2000.

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.

Final Astros regular season game ( in the Astrodome ) on October 3, 1999

On October 10, 2000, Clinton signed into law the U. S .– China Relations Act of 2000, which granted permanent normal trade relations ( PNTR ) trade status to People's Republic of China.

On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China ( PRC ).

On 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China.

Liberia dropped diplomatic relations with the ROC on October 12, 2003 and reestablished ties with the People's Republic of China.

* National Day ( China, People's Republic of ) – October 1

Under the constitution adopted in 1936 and modified along the way until October 1977, the political foundation of the Soviet Union was formed by the Soviets ( Councils ) of People's Deputies.

* 3 October 1990-Singapore and People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.

On 3 October 1990, the People's Republic and Singapore established formal diplomatic relations.

In October 1971, Resolution 2758 was passed by the UN General Assembly, expelling " the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek " and replacing the China seat on the Security Council ( and all other UN organs ) with delegates from the People's Republic of China.

Mao declared the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.

The People's Navy was dissolved, like all other branches of the former National People's Army, on 2 October 1990 – the day before the official reunification of Germany.

Mao Zedong proclaiming the establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.

* Following the October Revolution, Alexandra Kollontai is appointed People's Commissar for Social Welfare in the Council of People's Commissars of the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the first woman cabinet minister in Europe.

October 1: People's Republic of China founded.

* October 1 – The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed.

* October 12 – The People's Republic of China announces that Hua Guofeng is the successor to Mao Zedong, as Chairman of the Communist Party of China.

* October 17 – Zhao Ziyang, prime minister of the People's Republic of China ( d. 2005 )

* October 20 – Li Peng, former Premier of the People's Republic of China

* October 10-The Sino-Indian War, a border dispute involving two of the world's largest nations ( India and the People's Republic of China ), begins.

* October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China ( or Taiwan ).

* October 12 – Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China.

Following the SED victory in the October 1946 elections, Honecker took his place amongst the SED leadership in the first postwar East German parliament, the German People's Congress ( Deutscher Volkskongress ).