1999 Jan 1, The Maastricht Treaty specified that a monetary union
will be established by this date, and laid down several criteria that EU
nations must fulfill in order to join. Some of the criteria are: maximum
budget deficits of 3% of GDP, a cap on government debt of 60% of GDP. The
European economic and monetary union (EMU) was scheduled to start with
a new "Euro" currency. Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain made the transition.
(WSJ, 9/25/95, p.A-12)(WSJ, 12/5/95, p.A-14)(SFC, 11/16/96, p.A1)(SFC,
1/1/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 1, The BAFFLING countries, Belgium, Austria, France,
Finland, Luxembourg, Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany were expected
to begin using the new "Euro" currency. [see Jan 4]
(SFC, 3/7/96, p.A12)
1999 Jan 1, In Canada an avalanche, possibly triggered ceremonial
gunfire, hit the Inuit village of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec, and 9 people
were killed.
(SFC, 1/2/99, p.C12)(SFEC, 1/3/99, p.A17)
1999 Jan 1, Congo rebels massacred at least 500 civilians over
the last 3 days. Six Red Cross workers were among the dead.
(WSJ, 1/6/99, p.A1)(WSJ, 1/11/98, p.A1)
1999 Jan 1, President Fidel Castro, marking 40 years as Cuba's
leader, portrayed his socialist nation as a defender of humanity against
rapacious capitalism.
(AP, 1/1/00)
1999 Jan 1, Wiemar, Germany, will hold one year's title as the
European Union's "city of culture."
(SFEC, 7/27/97, p.T1)
1999 Jan 1, In Mongolia new legislation liberated the news media.
(SFC, 1/2/99, p.C12)
1999 Jan 2, In Chicago about 22 inches of snow fell on the city
and across the northern Midwest. In Detroit some 4,000 travelers were stranded
in planes on the tarmac for as long as 9 hours.
(SFC, 1/4/99, p.A5)(SFC, 2/8/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 2, Rolf Liebermann, Swiss composer, died in Paris. He
led the Hamburg Opera from 1959-1972 and the Paris Opera from 1973-1980.
His work included "Eleonore 40/45," "Penelope," "L'Ecole des Femmes" and
"La Foret."
(SFC, 1/4/99, p.D2)
1999 Jan 2, In Angola rebel forces shot down a UN plane with
8 (9) people shortly after takeoff from Huambo; there were no survivors.
The plane was later found with bullets in the tail section and the flight
recorders removed.
(SFEC, 1/3/99, p.A23)(SFC, 1/27/99, p.C10)(AP, 1/2/00)
1999 Jan 2, In Egypt police arrested 71 suspected Muslim militants
over the last 3 days on suspicion of plotting to kill senior government
officials.
(SFEC, 1/3/99, p.A19)
1999 Jan 2, In the Philippines rebels lobbed a grenade into a
crowd watching firemen fight a fire on Jolo Island and at least 10 people
were killed and 74 injured. The Abu Sayyaf guerrillas were believed to
be responsible.
(SFC, 1/4/99, p.A22)(WSJ, 1/4/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 3, The Mars Polar Lander was launched. Landing was scheduled
for Dec 3 with probes designed to burrow 3 feet into the Mars surface.
(SFC, 12/11/98, p.D6)(SFC, 1/4/99, p.A2)
1999 Jan 3, Chicagoans dug out from their biggest snowstorm in
more than 30 years.
(AP, 1/3/00)
1999 Jan 3, In Wyoming Cindy Thompson Dixon (40) was found dead
near a road about 5 miles north of Laramie. She was reported to have frozen
to death after leaving a bar. She was the mother of Russell Henderson (21),
who was waiting in jail for trial in the death of Matthew Shepard. Henderson
pleaded guilty to murder in 1999 to avoid a trial and possible death sentence.
He was sentenced to 2 consecutive life terms without eligibility for parole.
(SFC, 1/5/99, p.A3)(SFC, 1/6/99, p.A3)(SFC, 4/6/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 3, In NYC Andrew Goldstein (29) pushed Kendra Webdale
(32) into the path of an oncoming train at Manhattan's 23rd St. and Broadway
station. Goldstein, a schizophrenic who refused to take his anti-psychotic
medicine, was later convicted for 2nd degree murder. This led to "Kendra's
Law," which allows violent patients to be medicated by force.
(SFC, 1/5/99, p.A3)(SFC, 3/24/00, p.A5)
1999 Jan 3, In Indonesia 6 people died following a riot touched
off by a military raid in Aceh province. The military sought Ahmad Kandang,
leader of the separatist Free Aceh movement.
(SFC, 1/4/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 3, Israeli warplanes attacked Hezbollah positions in
southern Lebanon and wounded 6 people including a woman (55) and her 4
daughters.
(SFC, 1/4/99, p.A22)
1999 Jan 3, In Israel police detained 8 adults and 6 children
belonging to the Concerned Christians sect from Denver, Colo. Police said
the group under Monte Kim Miller planned violent acts to hasten the 2nd
coming of Christ. 11 of the members were ordered to be deported.
(SFC, 1/4/99, p.A1)(SFC, 1/5/99, p.A8)(SFC, 1/6/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 3, In Pakistan a bomb intended for Prime Minister Sharif
killed 3 civilians and a police official. The Muttahida Qami Movement (MQM)
was suspected. The MQM represented Urdu-speaking people who immigrated
from British India in 1947.
(SFC, 1/4/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 4, The US stance towards Cuba was reported to be easing
following the completed report by the Council on Foreign Relations. It
was proposed to restore mail service, increase flights, permit food sales
to non-government entities, and allow more Americans to send money.
(SFC, 1/5/99, p.A1)(WSJ, 1/5/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 4, The US mint began distributing a new series of quarters
with the first one commemorating the 1776 ride of Caesar Rodney from Dover
to Philadelphia to vote for the Declaration of Independence.
(SFC, 1/5/99, p.A2)
1999 Jan 4, Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn
in as Minnesota's 37th governor.
(AP, 1/4/00)
1999 Jan 4, Elizabeth Dole quit as the head of the American Red
Cross and it was speculated that she might run as the Republican candidate
for president.
(SFC, 1/5/99, p.A2)
1999 Jan 4, A sniper hit at least 4 vehicles on I-80 between
Reno and the California border. Police arrested Christopher Lee Merritt
(20) of Mankato, Minn., who hoped to rob the drivers after they crashed.
Merritt pleaded guilty in 1999 and was sentenced to at least 20 years in
prison in 2000.
(SFC, 1/5/99, p.A3)(SFC, 1/6/99, p.A2)(SFC, 11/6/99, p.A6)(SFC,
1/12/00, p.A7)
1999 Jan 4, The Euro got off to a strong start on its first trading
day, rising against the dollar on world currency markets and closed in
New York at $1.181.
(SFC, 1/5/99, p.C2)(AP, 1/4/00)
1999 Jan 4, In Angola UNITA rebels denied shooting down 2 UN
planes and claimed that there were no survivors.
(WSJ, 1/5/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 4, A footbridge in Chongqing collapsed and killed 40
people. A week later another bridge in Fujian province collapsed and killed
7. Bridge officials were arrested on suspicion of graft or using shoddy
materials. A Party official in Chongqing was later convicted of taking
bribes and sentenced to death.
(SFC, 3/2/99, p.D1)(WSJ, 4/5/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 4, In Sha Jamal, Pakistan, in the eastern Punjab gunmen
on motorcycle opened fire on Shiite Muslim worshipers and killed 16 people
and wounded at least 25.
(SFC, 1/4/99, p.A22)(SFC, 1/5/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 4, In Sierra Leone Nigerian troops repelled a rebel
attack on Freetown's airport. Gambia and Mali agreed to send troops to
join the Nigerian forces.
(WSJ, 1/5/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 5, A federal judge approved settlement in a class-action
suit filed by African-American farmers. The agreement to compensate for
years of racial bias could total $400 million. The farmers will get $50,000
tax-free and their government debts forgiven.
(SFC, 1/6/99, p.A4)(WSJ, 1/6/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 5, A new theory on how HIV attacks cells was reported.
The production and survival time of T cells was said to be shortened by
HIV.
(SFC, 1/5/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 5, New research showed that dendritic spines on the
nerve branches of the brain sprouted and changed form within fractions
of a second.
(SFC, 1/5/99, p.A6)
1999 Jan 5, In Angola Unita rebels shelled Malanje for a 2nd
day. 25 people were killed and 100 wounded.
(WSJ, 1/6/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 5, In Iran the Intelligence Ministry said that rogue
intelligence officers were responsible for 5 killings last year of government
critics.
(SFC, 1/6/99, p.A6)
1999 Jan 5, Four U.S. Air Force and Navy jets fired at Iraqi
MiGs testing the "no-fly" zone over southern Iraq in the first such confrontation
in more than six years. 6 missiles fired by 2 US F-15s missed the 4 MiG
25s of Iraq.
(SFC, 1/6/99, p.A6)(AP, 1/5/00)
1999 Jan 5, It was reported that Iraqi security forces killed
hundreds of people in the Shiite Muslim south in summary executions directed
by Saddam Hussein's 2nd son over the last 6 weeks.
(WSJ, 1/5/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 5, Malaysia admitted that former Deputy Premier Anwar
was beaten by police after his arrest in September.
(WSJ, 1/6/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 6, The NBA players agreed to a new contract and a shortened
season was scheduled to begin in Feb. Club owners won a salary cap.
(SFC, 1/7/99, p.A1)(WSJ, 1/7/98, p.A1)
1999 Jan 6, The federal government predicted a $76 billion surplus
for 1999.
(SFC, 1/7/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 6, The 106th Congress convened with Dennis Hastert as
the new House speaker.
(AP, 1/6/00)
1999 Jan 6, It was reported that UN Sec. Gen'l. Kofi Annan had
evidence that UN arms inspectors helped collect intelligence used in American
efforts to undermine the Iraqi regime. Kofi Annan, the chief UN arms inspector
and State Dept. officials all denied the spying allegations. An electronic
eavesdropping system was put into place in March by a US spy with the UN
inspection team.
(SFC, 1/6/99, p.A6)(SFC, 1/7/99, p.A8)(WSJ, 1/7/99, p.A1)(SFC,
1/8/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 6, The Dow Jones closed at a record 9,544.97.
(SFC, 1/7/99, p.B1)
1999 Jan 6, Buckingham Palace announced that Prince Edward, youngest
son of Queen Elizabeth II, would marry his longtime friend, public relations
executive Sophie Rhys-Jones, later in the year.
(AP, 1/6/00)
1999 Jan 6, Congo rebel leader Ernest Wamba dia Wamba said his
forces killed about 400 Burundi Hutu rebels fighting with the Congolese
government troops and promised to investigate the alleged New Year murder
of 500 civilians.
(SFC, 1/7/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 6, The Dominican Republic considered sending soldiers
into parts of Santo Domingo where fighting between police and drug gangs
had left 48 people dead since late Dec.
(WSJ, 1/7/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 6, In Israel former military chief of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
announced his candidacy for prime minister. Separately a man with a toy
gun was killed by soldiers.
(SFC, 1/7/99, p.A10)(WSJ, 1/7/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 6, In Kosovo Nebojsa Denic, a Serbian security guard,
was killed by ethnic Albanian rebels during an attack on a power plant
outside of Pristina.
(SFC, 1/8/99, p.A16)
1999 Jan 6, In Mexico police chief Alejandro Gertz fired 6 of
his top 8 subordinates for failing to reduce crime and corruption.
(SFC, 1/7/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 6, In Sierra Leone rebels shot their way into Freetown
and captured the presidential state house.
(SFC, 1/7/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 6, In Turkey the Justice Ministry said authorities will
no longer be allowed to force women and girls to undergo virginity tests.
(SFC, 1/7/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 7, The Senate impeachment trial against pres. Clinton
began. Chief Justice William Rehnquist was sworn in to preside over the
trial. Bill Clinton was ultimately acquitted of charges of perjury and
obstruction of justice.
(SFC, 1/8/99, p.A1)(AP, 1/7/00)
1999 Jan 7, A US jet fired on an air defense station in Iraq
after it was targeted on radar.
(WSJ, 1/8/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 7, The new Encarta Africana contained 3,000 scholarly
articles on black culture and history as part of a 2-CD ROM set by Microsoft.
It included a timeline that combines events in Africa and America.
(SFC, 1/7/99, p.A13)
1999 Jan 7, In Brazil Minas Gerais state declared a 90-day moratorium
on debt owed to the central government. Former Pres. Itamar Franco, the
new governor of Minas Gerais, had vowed to stop payment on over $15 billion
to force a renegotiation of payment terms. 24 of 27 states had fixed debt
agreements with the federal government.
(WSJ, 1/6/99, p.A17)(WSJ, 1/7/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 7, In China police arrested Song Xianggui (36) in Linghai
city for setting off explosives on a bus. 19 people were killed when his
plan to stun passengers to rob them went awry.
(SFC, 1/8/99, p.A16)
1999 Jan 7, In Colombia Manuel Marulanda, leader of FARC, was
scheduled to come down from the mountains to talk peace with Pres. Pastrana
at San Vicente del Caguan. Marulanda failed to show but sent 3 top commanders
in his place.
(SFC, 1/7/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 7, In Sierra Leone rebels rampaged through Freetown
as Pres. Kabbah announced an agreement with jailed rival leader, Foday
Sankoh, for a cease-fire.
(SFC, 1/8/99, p.A13)
1999 Jan 8, By a unanimous vote, the U.S. Senate formally ratified
the rules for President Clinton's impeachment trial.
(AP, 1/8/00)
1999 Jan 8, Two top organizers of the 2002 Winter Olympics in
Salt lake City resigned in a mushrooming bribery scandal amid disclosures
that civic boosters had given cash to members of the International Olympic
Committee.
(SFC, 1/9/99, p.A1)(AP, 1/8/00)
1999 Jan 8, In Bridgeport, Conn., Leroy Brown Jr. (8) and his
mother Karen Clarke (30) were found murdered. The boy had witnessed a drive-by
shooting and identified Russell Peeler as the gunman. Adrian Peeler (22)
was arrested in North Carolina on Jan 21. He had escaped from a halfway
house in April and was sought for questioning.
(SFC, 1/12/99, p.A2)(SFC, 1/22/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 8, In Azerbaijan the first part of an oil pipeline across
Georgia to the Black Sea was opened.
(SFC, 1/9/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 8, In Indonesia some 2,000 people rampaged in Karawang
and 2 people were shot dead by police.
(SFC, 1/9/99, p.A9)
1999 Jan 8, In Kosovo ethnic Albanians killed 3 Serbian police
officers in separate ambushes. Ethnic Albanians also seized 8 Yugoslav
soldiers (Serbian policemen).
(SFC, 1/9/99, p.A9)(SFC, 1/12/99, p.A8)(WSJ, 1/11/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 8, In Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir named Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi (59) as his heir apparent.
(SFC, 1/9/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 8, In Mexico 5 dissident army officers of the Patriotic
Command to Raise the People's Consciousness were arrested. They had tried
to present Pres. Zedillo with a letter complaining of abuses of soldiers
by army commanders.
(SFC, 1/9/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 8, In Pakistan it was reported that some 50,000 Pakistanis
were being kept as slaves by powerful landlords in the Sindh province.
Gov. Moinuddin Haider acknowledged the problem and promised to investigate.
(SFC, 1/9/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 8, In Sierra Leone Sam Bockarie of the rebel army rejected
a cease-fire and pushed to the western parts of Freetown.
(SFC, 1/9/99, p.A9)
1999 Jan 9, Presidential advisers prepared a public and legal
defense in President Clinton's impeachment trial on charges of perjury
and obstruction of justice; Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, meanwhile,
pledged "above all, fairness" to the president.
(AP, 1/9/00)
1999 Jan 9, New postal rates took effect. The H stamp, for Uncle
Sam's hat, represented the 33 cent rate, a one cent increase.
(SFC, 11/9/98, p.A2)(SFC, 1/8/99, p.A5)
1999 Jan 8, In Bridgeport, Conn., Leroy Brown Jr. (8) and his
mother Karen Clarke (30) were found murdered. They had been killed the
previous day. The boy had witnessed a drive-by shooting and identified
Russell Peeler (27) as the gunman. Adrian Peeler (22) was arrested in North
Carolina on Jan 21. He had escaped from a halfway house in April and was
sought for questioning. In 1999 Russell and Adrian Peeler were charged
with murder, conspiracy and other charges.
(SFC, 1/12/99, p.A2)(SFC, 1/22/99, p.A3)(SFC, 4/15/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 9, Near Foca, Bosnia, French troops shot and killed
Dragan Gagovic (38), the former police chief of Foca and a war crimes suspect.
(SFEC, 1/10/99, p.A17)
1999 Jan 9, In Colombia The United Self-Defense Forces, right-wing
death squads, killed 27 people in Playon de Orozco, and 14 people in San
Pablo. Meanwhile leftist rebels released Norbert Reinhart, a Canadian mining
executive, and Osmar Brohha, a German tourist.
(SFC, 1/11/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 9, In Indonesia 4 separatist supporters were beaten
to death in Aceh province.
(WSJ, 1/11/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 10, Republicans and Democrats disagreed over whether
to call witnesses in President Clinton's impeachment trial, with Republicans
pressing to hear testimony from Monica Lewinsky and others, and Democrats
saying such testimony could unnecessarily prolong the proceedings.
(AP, 1/10/00)
1999 Jan 10, In Chechnya Pres. Aslan Maskhadov planned to adopt
a constitution based on the Koran.
(SFC, 1/11/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 10, In Colombia The United Self-Defense Forces, right-wing
death squads, killed 8 people in Toluviejo, and 20 people in La Hormiga.
(SFC, 1/11/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 10, Congo allies bombed Kisangani and aid workers said
40 people were killed.
(WSJ, 1/12/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 10, In Kazakstan presidential elections were scheduled.
Nazarbayev won another 7-year term in rigged elections tinged with repression.
(WSJ, 1/7/99, p.A16)(SFC, 1/11/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 10, In Sierra Leone Myles Tierney (34), an AP TV producer,
was killed in Freetown by a rebel fighter. Another AP journalist was wounded.
(SFC, 1/11/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 10, In Zimbabwe journalists Ray Choto and Mark Chavanduka
wrote that 23 officers had been arrested for plotting a coup.
(SFC, 2/8/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 11, President Clinton and House Republicans clashed in
impeachment trial papers, with the White House claiming the perjury and
obstruction allegations fell short of high crimes and misdemeanors and
GOP lawmakers rebutting: "If this is not enough, what is?"
(AP, 1/11/00)
1999 Jan 11, Hillary Clinton unveiled a new silver commemorative
dollar in honor of Dolly Madison. The coin, designed by Tiffany, was the
first to honor a first lady but was not legal tender.
(SFC, 1/12/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 11, US planes fired missiles at 2 Iraqi defense installations
after determining that they were about to be attacked by surface to air
missiles.
(SFC, 1/12/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 11, In Haiti Pres. Preval announced that he would bypass
the Parliament and appoint a new government by decree.
(SFC, 1/13/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 11, In Kosovo Enver Maloku, the head of the Kosovo Information
Center, was shot and killed by 3 assassins in Pristina.
(SFC, 1/12/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 12, The Mark McGwire 70th home run ball was auctioned
off for $3.005 million. The high bid was $2.7 million plus commission.
Todd McFarlane, creator of "Spawn" comic books, was the buyer.
(SFC, 1/13/99, p.A3)(SFC, 2/9/99, p.A2)
1999 Jan 12, The Supreme Court limited state regulation of voter
initiatives, striking down several methods used by Colorado to police such
measures.
(AP, 1/12/00)
1999 Jan 12, In Haiti 2 gunmen on motorcycle opened fire on a
vehicle carrying the sister of Pres. Rene Preval. She was seriously wounded
and her driver was killed.
(SFC, 1/13/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 12, In Iraq a US F-16 jet encountered an active radar
site and fired a HARM anti-radiation missile at it.
(SFC, 1/13/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 12, In Zimbabwe military police detained a newspaper
editor who printed an article saying 23 soldiers were arrested for plotting
to overthrow Pres. Mugabe last month. The government denied any coup attempt.
(WSJ, 1/13/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 13, 60 Minutes II premiered on TV.
(WSJ, 1/18/99, p.A16)
1999 Jan 13, Michael Jordan announced his retirement from basketball
and the Chicago Bulls.
(SFC, 1/13/99, p.A1)(AP, 1/13/00)
1999 Jan 13, President Clinton's legal team dispatched a formal
trial brief to the Senate, arguing that neither "fact or law" warranted
his removal from office; House officials sent the Senate all public evidence
in the case.
(AP, 1/13/00)
1999 Jan 13, Lawyers filed suit against major garment retailers
for inhumane working conditions for thousands of Asian women on Saipan,
a US commonwealth island.
(SFC, 1/14/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 13, The expedition to reach the South Pole by Jon Muir,
Peter Hillary and Eric Phillips, called in outside support for food.
(SFC, 1/14/99, p.C2)
1999 Jan 13, An explosion on Smackover, Ark., killed 3 men working
on a naphtha tank valve.
(SFC, 1/14/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 13, A KC-135 refueling tanker crashed while landing
near Geilenkirchen, Germany, and 4 US airmen were killed. They were attached
to an Air national Guard unit based in Spokane.
(WSJ, 1/14/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 13, Brazil was forced to allow its currency to slide
and global markets fell in response. Gustavo Franco, head of the central
bank, quit and was replaced by Francisco Lopes ('Chico'). Lopes announced
a new trading range for the real between 1.2 and 1.32 to the dollar.
(SFC, 1/14/99, p.A10)(WSJ, 1/14/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 13, Dozens of illegal refugees on Crete went on a hunger
strike to support their demand for political asylum. A boat that was to
take them to Italy ran aground in a storm Nov 27. The refugees were Kurds,
Indians and Sudanese.
(SFC, 1/14/99, p.A6)
1999 Jan 13, In Kosovo rebels freed 8 Yugoslav soldiers after
getting private incentives from int'l. officials.
(SFC, 1/14/99, p.A11)
1999 Jan 13-14, In Moscow agreements were signed with Iraq to
reinforce air defenses and upgrade squadrons of MiG fighters. The $160
million deal had been reportedly approved by Prime Minister Primakov on
Dec 7.
(SFC, 2/15/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 14, The Clinton administration planned to propose that
the UN lift all limits on Iraq's ability to export oil to pay for food
and medicine.
(SFC, 1/14/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 14, The Senate began opening arguments its trial of
Pres. Clinton. Before a jury of 100 silent senators, House prosecutors
demanded President Clinton's removal from office, charging he had "piled
perjury upon perjury" and obstructed justice.
(SFC, 1/14/99, p.A1)(SFC, 1/15/99, p.A1)(AP, 1/14/00)
1999 Jan 14, In Brazil the markets slumped for a 2nd day and
closed down 10%.
(SFC, 1/15/99, p.A12)
1999 Jan 14, In Colombia right-wing paramilitary groups announced
they were willing to begin peace talks.
(SFC, 1/15/99, p.A15)
1999 Jan 14, The EU voted against censure after pres. Jacques
Santer pledged to impose a reform program to prevent fraud.
(SFC, 1/15/99, p.A15)
1999 Jan 14, In Italy police arrested 9 people in Milan who allegedly
rigged the Milan Lotto using children and tampered balls for drawing wining
numbers.
(SFC, 1/16/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 14, In Japan the ruling Liberal Democrats under prime
Minister Keizo Obuchi formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, a
conservative rival.
(SFC, 1/15/99, p.A15)
1999 Jan 14, Mexican officials authorized the first extradition
of a major drug suspect to the US. Jesus Amezcua faced federal indictments
for methamphetamine smuggling in California.
(SFC, 1/15/99, p.A15)
1999 Jan 14, In Sierra Leone the rebel alliance was prepared
for a cease-fire after Nigerian led forces took control of Freetown.
(SFC, 1/15/99, p.A15)
1999 Jan 15, House prosecutors prodded senators at President Clinton's
impeachment trial to summon Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan and others for
testimony and "invite the president" to appear as well.
(AP, 1/15/00)
1999 Jan 15, SF based AirTouch was sold to Vodafone Group PLC
of Britain for $56 billion.
(SFC, 1/16/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 15, Off of Argentina a Liberian tanker collided with
a German vessel and leaked over 65,000 gallons of crude oil near the Rio
de la Plata, 50 miles north of Buenos Aires.
(SFC, 1/23/99, p.C1)
1999 Jan 15, In Brazil the real was allowed to float and the
Bovespa index moved up 33%. The real closed at 1.43 to the dollar.
(SFC, 1/16/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 15, China asserted its sovereignty over the potentially
oil-rich Spratly Islands and rejected a Philippine proposal to discuss
the disputed islands.
(SFC, 1/16/99, p.A11)
1999 Jan 15, In Greece some 30,000 people protested new education
reforms that would base university entrance on course work rather than
a single exam.
(SFC, 1/16/99, p.A11)
1999 Jan 15, In southern India a stampede by Hindu pilgrims left
51 dead after a hill collapsed near the Sabarimala shrine.
(WSJ, 1/15/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 15, In Iraq the US again fired at an air-defense site.
(WSJ, 1/15/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 15, In Kosovo Yugoslav army units killed 15 Albanian
rebels. Later reports indicated that 45 Albanians were massacred at Racak.
(SFC, 1/16/99, p.A10)(SFC, 1/22/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 15, The Sudanese government and rebels agreed to a 3-month
extension of a cease-fire in a southwestern province.
(SFC, 1/16/99, p.A11)
1999 Jan 16, Closing three days of opening arguments, House prosecutors
demanded President Clinton's removal from office, telling a hushed Senate
that otherwise the presidency itself may be "deeply and perhaps permanently
damaged."
(AP, 1/16/00)
1999 Jan 16, Methodist ministers in Sacramento, Ca., blessed
the union of 2 lesbians in contradiction to Church law.
(SFEC, 1/17/99, p.C1)
1999 Jan 16, The US and North Korea opened talks on inspections
of a suspected underground nuclear facility.
(SFEC, 1/17/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 16, In Kosovo 45 ethnic Albanians were found massacred
at Racak. It was later reported that the killing was ordered by senior
Serbian officials, who attempted to orchestrate a cover-up.
(SFEC, 1/17/99, p.A1)(SFC, 1/22/99, p.A10)(SFC, 1/28/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 17, As White House lawyers met to work on President Clinton's
impeachment defense, their client spent the day preparing for his State
of the Union address.
(AP, 1/17/00)
1999 Jan 17, In Bryan, Ohio, 3 freight trains crashed into each
other and 2 crew members were killed.
(SFC, 1/18/99, p.A5)
1999 Jan 17, In Tennessee tornadoes left 9 people dead and 100
injured with extensive damage in 28 counties.
(SFC, 1/18/99, p.A5)(WSJ, 1/19/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 17, US talks with North Korea over inspection of an
underground nuclear site were adjourned. North Korea demanded $300 million
in compensation to inspect the Kumchangni site.
(SFC, 1/18/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 17, In Chile a forest fire had destroyed 24,000 acres
near San Fernando, some 80 miles south of Santiago. It was the worst fire
in 25 years.
(SFC, 1/18/99, p.A17)
1999 Jan 17, In Pakistan Islamic laws were imposed in tribal
areas of the northwest with punishments to include lashings, amputations
of hands and feet, and executions.
(SFC, 1/18/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 17, In Turkey the parliament voted in a new minority
government under Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit.
(WSJ, 1/18/99, p.A15)
1999 Jan 17, In Yemen 2 British and 4 Dutch citizens were kidnapped.
(SFC, 1/18/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 18, The UN reported that the Parliament of Senegal banned
the tradition of female genital mutilation.
(SFC, 1/18/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 18, UN leader Kofi Annan recommended that UN military
observers leave Angola due to their targeting by the warring sides.
(SFC, 1/19/99, p.A6)
1999 Jan 18, In Brazil the real was allowed to float and interest
rates were raised from 29 to 41%.
(SFC, 1/19/99, p.A6)
1999 Jan 18, In Grenada Keith Mitchell's New National party won
all 15 parliamentary seats. His government had collapsed 7 weeks previous
under allegations of corruption.
(SFC, 1/20/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 18, The end of Ramadan was marked by prisoner releases
in Egypt, Palestine and Afghanistan.
(WSJ, 1/18/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 18, In Kosovo defying global outrage over the massacre
of 45 ethnic Albanian civilians, Serb forces pounded villages with artillery.
Pres. Milosevic also ordered the expulsion of Ambassador William Walker
within 48 hours. Walker had accused Serbian forces in the recent massacre
of 45 people in Kosovo.
(SFC, 1/19/99, p.A1)(AP, 1/18/00)
1999 Jan 18, In Zimbabwe former Pres. Canaan Banana was sentenced
to 10 years in jail for sodomy and indecent assault. Nine of the years
were suspended.
(SFC, 1/19/99, p.A7)
1999 Jan 19, Pres. Clinton gave his State of the Union address
and proposed a number of new policies that included infusions of cash to
bolster Social Security and Medicare. He also said that the Justice Dept.
will sue cigarette makers for smoking-related health care costs and wanted
to tie federal education funds to improvements in local schools. Hours
earlier, at the president's impeachment trial in the Senate, White House
Counsel Charles Ruff opened the defense with ringing statements of Clinton's
innocence.
(SFC, 1/20/99, p.A1)(WSJ, 1/20/99, p.A1)(SFC, 1/21/99, p.A1)(AP,
1/19/00)
1999 Jan 19, In Brazil the Senate voted to double the tax on
all financial transactions. The measure, expected to yield $9.6 billion
a year, then went to the Chamber of Deputies.
(SFC, 1/20/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 19, In Burundi rebels based in Tanzania killed 59 civilians
in Makamba. In Muresi Hill 76 civilians were killed.
(SFC, 1/29/99, p.E9)
1999 Jan 19, In Colombia rebels suspended peace talks and accused
the government of backing recent massacres by right-wing death squads.
(SFC, 1/20/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 19, In France 8 men were sentenced to prison for providing
arms and logistics to the banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) in Algeria.
(SFC, 1/20/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 19, Indian and Pakistani troops clashed in Kashmir and
4 Pakistani soldiers were killed.
(WSJ, 1/20/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 19, In Jordan King Hussein returned home following cancer
treatment at the Mayo Clinic.
(SFC, 1/20/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 19, From Kenya it was reported that Pres. Daniel arap
Moi ordered the prohibition of new political parties.
(SFC, 1/19/99, p.A6)
1999 Jan 19, In Romania ten thousand coal miners clashed with
police on the 15th day of a strike to protest low wages and possible layoffs.
(USAT, 1/20/99, p.8A)(SFC, 1/20/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 19, In Serbia Gen'l. Wesley Clark and Gen'l. Klaus Naumann
met with Pres. Milosevic and threatened him with NATO airstrikes due to
the massacre of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
(SFEC, 4/18/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 19, From the Ukraine it was reported that the number
of HIV cases had risen to between 38,000 and 110,000. In 1994 44 people
tested positive.
(SFC, 1/19/99, p.A6)
1999 Jan 20, For a second day, President Clinton's legal team
argued its case before the Senate, saying that House-passed articles of
impeachment were "flawed and unfair."
(AP, 1/20/00)
1999 Jan 20, The Clinton administration pledged $6.6 billion
over 5 years for a national missile defense system.
(SFC, 1/21/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 20, The Malcolm X postage stamp, the 22nd in the Black
heritage series, went on sale.
(SFC, 1/21/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 20, In China Lin Hai, a software entrepreneur, was sentenced
to 2 years in jail for giving e-mail addresses to dissidents abroad.
(SFC, 1/21/99, p.A12)
1999 Jan 20, In Indonesia rioting extended for a 3rd day on Ambon
Island where at least 22 people were killed.
(SFC, 1/21/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 20, NATO moved forces within striking distance of Yugoslavia
and warned Belgrade to stop its repression in Kosovo.
(WSJ, 1/21/99, p.A15)
1999 Jan 20, The UN announced that it would release over $81
million to Iraq to buy electricity generating equipment. This included
$6.5 million for oil industry spare parts.
(SFC, 1/21/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 21, Former Sen. Dale Bumpers, an Arkansas Democrat, told
the Senate impeachment trial of Bill Clinton the president was guilty of
a "terrible moral lapse" but not of conduct warranting or even permitting
his removal from office.
(AP, 1/21/00)
1999 Jan 21, In Arkansas twisters led to 4 deaths and over a
dozen injuries across the state.
(SFC, 1/22/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 21, The UN voted to maintain at least a token presence
in Angola.
(SFC, 1/22/99, p.A12)
1999 Jan 21, In Telagakodok, Indonesia, at least 40 Christian
villagers were killed by a mob of Muslims.
(SFC, 1/26/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 21, In Mexico Raul Salinas de Gortari, brother of a
former Mexican president, was convicted and sentenced to 50 years for the
1994 assassination of Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu.
(SFC, 1/22/99, p.A10)(AP, 1/21/00)
1999 Jan 21, In Romania striking miners stormed through police
lines, killed one officer and took 50 captive. The interior minister was
fired.
(WSJ, 1/22/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 21, In Russia Grigory Pasko (37), in jail for 14 months,
was put on trial for selling classified information. He had reported on
the disposal of radioactive waste in the Sea of Japan.
(SFC, 1/22/99, p.A12)
1999 Jan 21, In Sierra Leone the rebels were killing and mutilating
civilians as they fell back before Nigerian led troops.
(WSJ, 1/22/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 21, Yugoslav Pres. Milosevic postponed the expulsion
of US envoy William Walker.
(SFC, 1/22/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 22, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-WVa, abruptly called for dismissal
of charges against President Clinton to "end this sad and sorry time for
our country." President Clinton called for spending $2.8 billion to protect
the nation from cyber terrorism and chemical and germ warfare.
(AP, 1/22/00)
1999 Jan 22, More twisters hit the South and 3 more people were
killed in Arkansas and one in Tennessee. The 100 year-old Quapaw district
of Little Rock was hit hard as was the historic district of Clarksville,
Tenn.
(SFC, 1/23/99, p.A3)(WSJ, 1/25/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 22, Charles Brown, blues legend, died in Oakland at
age 78.
(SFC, 1/23/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 22, Pope John Paul II began a 5-day pilgrimage to Mexico
and St. Louis. He was greeted by Pres. Zedillo some 2 dozen official sponsors
who would help defray the $2 million costs of the 4-day visit.
(SFC, 1/22/99, p.A1)(SFC, 1/23/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 22, A 2nd member of the Int'l. Olympic Commission resigned
as part of the bribery scandal on the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
(SFC, 1/23/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 22, In Argentina a federal judge indicted 7 former military
officials for the disappearances of over 200 babies during the 1976-1983
dictatorship.
(SFC, 1/23/99, p.C1)
1999 Jan 22, In Beijing telecommunications authorities issued
a circular clamping down on the use of phone lines for telephone sex.
(SFC, 1/25/99, p.A7)
1999 Jan 22, In eastern Congo government and rebel authorities
accepted UN care for hundreds of thousands displaced by war.
(SFC, 1/23/99, p.A11)
1999 Jan 22, France convicted 107 people for supporting insurgents
in Algeria.
(SFC, 1/23/99, p.C1)
1999 Jan 22, In Manoharpur, India, Graham Stewart Stains (58),
an Australian missionary, and his 2 sons (10 & 8) were burned to death
by activists of the radical Bajrang Dal. Dara Singh led some 30 men in
the attack. Singh was captured in Jan 2000.
(SFEC, 1/24/99, p.A14)(SFC, 2/2/00, p.A17)
1999 Jan 22, In Indonesia order was restored on the island of
Ambon after 45 people died in 4 days of rioting.
(SFC, 1/23/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 22, In Jordon King Hussein informed his brother Hassan
that he would be removed as successor and would be appointed as a deputy.
Hussein desired to move his own sons in line for the Crown.
(SFC, 1/23/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 22, In Mongolia the parliament repealed its law authorizing
casinos.
(WSJ, 1/25/99, p.A18)
1999 Jan 22, In Romania miners halted a violent strike after
reaching a settlement with Prime Minister Rady Vasile.
(SFC, 1/23/99, p.C1)
1999 Jan 23, Chief Judge Norma Holloway ordered Monica Lewinsky
to submit to questioning from House Republican managers or Kenneth Starr.
(SFEC, 1/24/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 23, US jets attacked 2 Iraqi surface-to-air missile
batteries after encountering anti-aircraft fire and MiG jets in the southern
no-fly zone.
(SFEC, 1/24/99, p.A16)
1999 Jan 23, Satellites detected a cosmic explosion that occurred
some 9 billion light-years away in the direction of the constellation Bootes.
The gamma ray burster, GRB 990123, was the largest since the first detected
event in 1967.
(SFC, 3/26/99, p.A2)
1999 Jan 23, Jay Pritzker, founder of the Hyatt hotel chain,
died at age 76. He was listed in 1998 as the 20th richest man in America
and created the $100,000 Pritzker Architectural Prize in 1979.
(SFEC, 1/24/99, p.D8)
1999 Jan 23, In his visit to Mexico, Pope John Paul II urged
his flock in the Americas to make the region a "continent of life."
(AP, 1/23/00)
1999 Jan 23, In South Africa Sifiso Nkabinde, leader of the small
United Democratic Movement party, was shot and killed in Richmond. Later
gunmen in the same town killed 11 people who backed the ANC.
(SFC, 1/25/99, p.A7)
1999 Jan 23, The Yugoslav government released 9 ethnic Albanians,
captured Dec 14, while the KLA released 5 elderly Serbian civilians, captured
Jan 21.
(SFEC, 1/24/99, p.A20)
1999 Jan 24, In the 56th Golden Globe Awards "Saving Private Ryan"
was named best dramatic film of 1998, Spielberg won for directing it. "Shakespeare
in Love" was named best musical or comedy.
(SFC, 1/25/99, p.E1)
1999 Jan 24, House prosecutors interviewed Monica Lewinsky, a
move that triggered fresh partisan convulsions in President Clinton's impeachment
trial.
(AP, 1/24/00)
1999 Jan 24, US jets attacked 2 Iraqi surface-to-air missile
batteries after encountering radar detection in the northern no-fly zone.
(SFC, 1/25/99, p.A6)
1999 Jan 24, The executive board of the IOC moved to expel 6
members for unethical behavior in response to allegations of payoffs by
host cities in their successful bids for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney
and 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. The board recommended drastic
changes for the host cities ar chosen for the Olympic Games.
(SFC, 1/25/99, p.A1)(AP, 1/24/00)
1999 Jan 24, In India police arrested 47 members of a Hindu militant
group in Orissa state for the burning of Graham Staines and his 2 sons.
(SFC, 1/25/99, p.A7)
1999 Jan 25, The US planned to notify the World Trade Organization
that it planned sanctions on the European Union and 100% tariffs on a wide
range of products due to a dispute over EU banana import laws.
(SFC, 1/13/99, p.A11)
1999 Jan 25, A US warplane missile reportedly misfired and Iraq
asserted that 11 civilians were killed and 59 injured at al-Jumhuriya.
The Pentagon confirmed that an AGM-130 missile had gone off mark.
(SFC, 1/26/99, p.A1)(SFC, 1/27/99, p.A7)(SFC, 2/13/99, p.A9)
1999 Jan 25, The Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that the 2000 census
could not use statistical sampling to enhance its accuracy.
(AP, 1/25/00)
1999 Jan 25, The US Supreme Court upheld rules to let new local
phone companies connect to the Bell companies at low cost.
(SFC, 1/26/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 25, Jury selection began in Jasper, Texas, in the trial
of John William King, charged in the dragging death of James Byrd Jr.
(AP, 1/25/00)
1999 Jan 25, William J. McCorkle (30), "King of the Infomercials,"
and his wife, Chantal, were sentenced to 24 years in prison for fraud and
money-laundering.
(SFC, 1/26/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 25, In Louisville doctors transplanted a left hand to
Matthew Scott in a 14 1/2 hour operation. It was the first hand transplant
in the United States.
(SFC, 1/29/99, p.A2)(AP, 1/25/00)
1999 Jan 25, In China an explosion in Yizhang killed 8 people
and injured over 60. The area was the site of recent worker and farmer
protests over corruption, unpaid wages and taxes.
(SFC, 1/29/99, p.E9)
1999 Jan 25, In Colombia a 6.0 earthquake hit in western Valle
del Cauca state and at least 273 people were killed and 900 injured. The
cities of Armenia, Pereira, and Calarca were hardest hit. The death toll
went up and it was predicted that 2,000 died in Armenia alone. A powerful
earthquake rocked Colombia, killing more than 1,000 people.
(SFC, 1/26/99, p.A1)(WSJ, 1/26/99, p.A1)(SFC, 1/27/99, p.A1)(AP,
1/25/00)
1999 Jan 25, In Rakovina, Kosovo 5 ethnic Albanians, including
2 children, were found riddled with bullets.
(SFC, 1/26/99, p.A12)
1999 Jan 25, In Jordon King Hussein named his eldest son, Abdullah,
as heir to the throne.
(SFC, 1/26/99, p.A12)
1999 Jan 25, In Sierra Leone a mortuary worker reported that
at least 2,000 men, women and children were killed in Freetown.
(SFC, 2/13/99, p.A8)
1999 Jan 25, In Zimbabwe 3 Supreme Court justices wrote Pres.
Mugabe a letter asking that he confirm that the army has no power to arrest
civilians and that the government will not tolerate torture.
(SFC, 2/8/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 26, Pope John Paul II arrived in St. Louis and began
his seventh pilgrimage to the United States. He was greeted by Pres. Clinton
at Lambert Int'l. Airport and called on the president to protect unborn
children and end armed conflict abroad. He was later scheduled to bless
the 33-foot steel statue of the Virgin Mary commissioned by Carl Demma
and made by Charles Parks.
(SFC, 1/26/99, p.A15)(SFC, 1/27/99, p.A1)(AP, 1/26/00)
1999 Jan 26, Some 700 US troops were ordered by NATO to be pulled
from Bosnia in a 10% force reduction.
(WSJ, 1/27/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 26, In Germany Chancellor Schroeder abandoned an ambitious
timetable for the planned shutdown of nuclear power plants.
(SFC, 1/27/99, p.C10)
1999 Jan 26, In Honduras the legislature voted to end 41 years
of military autonomy and to put the military under civilian control.
(SFC, 1/27/99, p.C10)
1999 Jan 26, US jets again fired on air-defense sites in Iraq
and Pres. Clinton approved more aggressive rules of engagement.
(WSJ, 1/27/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 26, In Jordan King Hussein left to the United States
for urgent medical care at the Mayo clinic. His son Abdullah was sworn
in to run the country in his absence.
(SFC, 1/27/99, p.A7)(AP, 1/26/00)
1999 Jan 26, A Palestinian man was killed by an Israeli rubber
bullet when he threw stones to protest the demolition of an Arab-owned
home in East Jerusalem.
(SFC, 1/27/99, p.C10)
1999 Jan 27, The Clinton administration announced a plan to end
fighting in Kosovo. It called for NATO air strikes if autonomy to the region
is not accepted by Pres. Milosevic.
(SFC, 1/28/99, p.A12)
1999 Jan 27, In 2 votes the Senate voted along party lines, 56-44,
to reject a Democratic proposal to dismiss the impeachment case against
Pres. Clinton and to subpoena 3 witnesses including Monica Lewinsky. Wisconsin
Democrat Feingold made the only crossover vote.
(SFC, 1/28/99, p.A1)(WSJ, 1/28/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 27, Over 100,000 people gathered at the Trans World
Dome in St. Louis to see Pope John Paul II.
(SFC, 1/28/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 27, Angola admitted that UNITA rebels had taken the
northern city of Mbanza Congo.
(WSJ, 1/28/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 27, In Colombia the death toll from the Jan 25 earthquake
went up to 878 with over 3,400 injured and survivors began looting markets
for food.
(SFC, 1/28/99, p.A12)
1999 Jan 27, In Indonesia legislators announced that independence
for East Timor would be considered. Also Chief Xanana Gusmao was to be
released from prison but kept in confinement.
(SFC, 1/28/99, p.C3)
1999 Jan 27, In Japan the Health Ministry approved Viagra in
6 months but still held back approval for the birth control pill, which
has been waiting 9 years.
(SFC, 2/11/99, p.A16)
1999 Jan 27, From Japan it was reported that thousands of fans
welcomed back a hitchhiking duo who traveled from the Cape of Good Hope
to a lighthouse in Norway along with a TV cameraman. The exploits began
in 1998 and were aired weekly on the show "Susunu."
(WSJ, 1/27/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 27, In Mexico Jorge Aguirre Meza (39), president of
the Sinaloa state bar and a human rights activist, was shot to death in
Novalato.
(SFC, 1/30/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 27, In Northern Ireland Eamon Collins, author of the
1997 book "Killing Rage," was found beaten to death near Newry. He had
been the IRAs intelligence officer from 1980-1985 and offended his associates
with the book.
(SFC, 1/28/99, p.C4)
1999 Jan 28, The Senate voted 54-44 to allow the video-taping
of witness depositions for the Clinton impeachment trial.
(SFC, 1/29/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 28, Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan honored a personal
request for mercy from Pope John Paul II and commuted the death sentence
of triple murderer Darrel Mease (52) to life without parole.
(SFC, 1/29/99, p.A1)(AP, 1/28/00)
1999 Jan 28, Ford Motor Co, confirmed the acquisition of the
passenger car division of Volvo AB for $6.47 billion.
(SFC, 1/28/99, p.B1)(WSJ, 1/3/00, p.R12)
1999 Jan 28, Scientists announced the creation of Element 114
with about 184 neutrons in its nucleus.
(SFC, 1/29/99, p.A9)
1999 Jan 28, The council of the American Geophysical Union, an
int'l. organization with 35,000 members, issued a warning that the pace
of global warning was increasing due to greenhouse gases.
(SFC, 1/29/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 28, NATO allies warned Pres. Milosevic that they were
ready to use immediate force, and Britain and France said they were prepared
to send in ground troops to enforce a peace settlement in Kosovo.
(SFEC, 4/18/99, p.A3)
1999 Jan 28, In Burundi officials reported that at least 178
civilians had been killed over the last 2 weeks in clashes between rebels
and government troops.
(SFC, 1/29/99, p.E9)
1999 Jan 28, In Colombia Pres. Pastrana ordered in 2,700 soldiers
and police to restore order. 2 human rights activists were kidnapped by
right-wing militia. They were released Feb 18.
(WSJ, 1/29/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 28, From Iraq a UN official reported that hoof-and-mouth
disease had crippled 1 million sheep and cattle in the country and that
50,000 kids and calves had died from the viral disease. The vaccine supply
was exhausted due to the 1993 destruction of a vaccine laboratory by the
UN commission.
(SFC, 1/29/99, p.E9)
1999 Jan 28, In Cape Town, South Africa, a bomb exploded at the
main police station and wounded 11 people. It was the 3rd bombing in 5
months.
(SFC, 1/29/99, p.E9)
1999 Jan 29, The Senate delivered subpoenas for Monica Lewinsky
and two presidential advisers for private, videotaped testimony in the
impeachment trial.
(AP, 1/29/00)
1999 Jan 29, Attorney General Janet Reno rejected a special prosecutor
investigation of Harold Ickes, saying there was clear and convincing evidence
that the former White House aide did not intend to lie to a Senate committee
looking into campaign finances.
(AP, 1/29/00)
1999 Jan 29, The US and major European allies set Feb 19 as a
deadline for Serbia to accept a peace plan in Kosovo or face NATO bombing.
(SFC, 1/30/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan 29, From China it was reported that police were ordered
to arrest people posting anti-government remarks on computer networks.
(SFC, 1/30/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan 29, Amnesty Int'l. reported that Ethiopia had forcefully
deported 52,000 Eritreans since the eruption of war in 1998.
(SFC, 1/30/99, p.A12)
1999 Jan 29, In Kosovo Serbian police killed 24 ethnic Albanians
following the death of one Serbian officer.
(SFC, 1/30/99, p.A10)
1999 Jan 30, The UN Security Council agreed to establish panels
to assess Iraqi disarmament and adherence to other UN resolutions.
(SFEC, 1/31/99, p.A17)
1999 Jan 30, NATO authorized its secretary general to launch
military action in Yugoslavia if the warring parties failed to negotiate
an agreement for autonomy in Kosovo.
(AP, 1/30/00)
1999 Jan 31, In Florida the Denver Broncos, led by quarterback
John Elway, beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-19 in Super Bowl XXXIII. There
were 127.5 million viewers for Fox Broadcasting.
(WSJ, 2/2/99, p.B7)
1999 Jan 31, Scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham
reported that the AIDS virus originated from a subspecies of chimpanzee
in western Africa and that it jumped to humans in the last 50 years.
(SFC, 2/1/99, p.A1)(AP, 1/31/00)
1999 Jan 31, Kofi Annan called on large corporations to enact
and uphold standards of conduct for themselves and sub-contractors for
investments and operations in poor countries.
(SFC, 2/1/99, p.A6)
1999 Jan 31, From Azerbaijan it was reported that Vafa Gulkuzade,
chief foreign affairs advisor, had asserted that the country needed a military
protector. He said Turkish or American military bases would be welcomed.
(SFEC, 1/31/99, p.A20)
1999 Jan 31, Marshall Islands foreign minister, Phillip Muller,
said his government would seek a rent increase from the US for the use
of the Kwajalein Atoll.
(SFC, 3/8/99, p.A16)
1999 Jan 31, Rebels freed 11 Indian nationals abducted a week
ago. The government said that as many as 3,000-5000 people died during
the fighting in Freetown. The number of dead was raised to 6,350.
(WSJ, 2/1/99, p.A1)(SFC, 2/12/99, p.A8)(SFC, 3/26/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan, The Catholic Family Radio Network began broadcasting
in response to programming dominated by evangelical Protestants.
(SFEC, 8/15/99, p.A2)
1999 Jan, The Deep Space I probe was expected to shoot past the
asteroid named McAuliffe.
(SFC, 8/28/97, p.A1)
1999 Jan The Deep Space 2 probe was to be launched. It will carry
a basketball-size shell to Mars with a lipstick-size microprobe that will
drill 6 feet into the soil to test for water.
(USAT, 8/29/97, p.12A)
1999 Jan, The Alpha int'l. space station was scheduled to begin
operation. Its operation would coincide with the destruction of the Soviet
Mir space station. Delays in the space station pushed the life of Mir out
to late 1999.
(SFC, 9/4/97, p.A12)(WSJ, 4/29/98, p.A1)
1999 Jan, In China a government audit was released that showed
state companies lost over $10 billion last year from graft and plunder.
(WSJ, 1/26/99, p.A1)
1999 Jan, In Iraq opposition groups claimed that 81 prisoners
were executed in Abu Ghraib prison.
(USAT, 3/24/99, p.18A)
1999 Jan, In Macedonia Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski took
office after an alliance led by his center-right Democratic Party for Macedonian
National Unity ousted the former Communists, who had been in power for
8 years.
(SFC, 4/22/99, p.A14)
1999 Jan, UNSCOM reported to the UN Security Council that biological
weapons sites in Iraq had produced such biological agents as: Clostridium
botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, Wheat smut, Bacillus anthracis, Ricin
and Aflatoxin.
(SFEC, 3/7/99, p.A18)
1999 Jan-Jul, Congo soldier's under Pres. Kabila fled advancing
rebel troops and killed numerous inhabitants in their path in the Equateur
region. An estimated 300-900 people were killed and graves began to be
uncovered in 2000.
(SFC, 4/15/00, p.A15)