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Significant Events of 1999

This quiz tests your knowledge of significant events and notable figures from the year 1999, covering various topics including space exploration, natural disasters, and cultural milestones.

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1 ________ – The People's Republic of China launches the first Shenzhou spacecraft.

2 January 25 – A 6.1 Richter scale earthquake hits western ________, killing at least 1,000.

3 ________ – Iwamoto Kaoru, Japanese professional Go player (b.

4 June 11 – ________, American actor (b.

5 ________ – Peggy Cass, American actress (b.

6 What does the following picture show?  the iBook G3   the iBook G3   Hussein of Jordan   Arthur Leonard Schawlow

7 ________ – Sidney Gottlieb, American Central Intelligence Agency official (b.

8 ________ – Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b.

9 In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 1999th year of the Common Era, or of Anno Domini; the 999th year of the 2nd millennium; and the 99th year of the ________.

10 October 13 – The United States Senate rejects ratification of the ________ (CTBT).

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the NTSB recommended installing event recorders on grade crossing signals after the 1999 Bourbonnais train accident.
  • the Bhutan Broadcasting Service had transmitted radio broadcasts for many years, but only commenced with television broadcasts in 1999.
  • the Des Moines Register, "The Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon," ended its tradition of printing the sports sections on peach-colored paper in 1999.
  • the proposals for a new Crimean flag after the collapse of the Soviet Union included a white flag with seven rainbow colors at the top and a blue-white-red tricolor design (pictured), which was officially adopted in 1999.
  • although Duraiappa stadium mass grave was unearthed in the northern city of Jaffna, Sri Lanka in April 1999, the 24 victims have not been identified yet.
  • a substantially complete Greek bronze Apoxyomenos, or representation of an athlete, was recovered off the Croatian island of Lošinj in 1999.
  • advertisements featuring the character Michael Power doubled Guinness sales in Africa between 1999 and 2003.
  • Herman Ashworth was the fourth person to drop his appeals since the U.S. state of Ohio resumed the death penalty in 1999.
  • Redline was the last game published by Accolade before being acquired by Infogrames in 1999.
  • a hurricane-sized cyclonic storm over 1500 kilometres in diameter was spotted near the Martian north pole in 1999.
  • 1999's Scooby Doo: Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom was the first commercial Scooby-Doo computer game for the Windows platform.
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