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Events

• Kosovo War
• Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in actual events and in media over-reporting.
• The human population of the world surpassed six billion. The United Nations Population Fund designated October 12 as the approximate date for this event.

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January

• January 1
  • Euro currency introduced.
  • An avalanche destroys a school gymnasium during New Year celebrations in Kangiqsualujjuaq in far northern Quebec, killing nine.
• January 2 - A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern USA, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 19 inches (487 mm) at Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C), and 68 deaths are reported.
• January 4 - Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque killing 16 people injuring 25
• January 12 - The remains of Christina Marie Williams were found three miles (5 km) from her home on the old Fort Ord military base.
• January 20 - The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafes.
• January 21 - War on Drugs: In one of the one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4.3 t) of cocaine aboard. The ship was headed for Houston, Texas.
• January 25 - A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000

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February

• February 4 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
• February 5 - Mike Tyson is sentenced to a year's imprisonment, fined $5,000, and ordered to serve 2 years probation and perform 200 hours of community service for the August 31, 1998 assault on two people after a car accident.
• February 7 - King of Jordan, Hussein of Jordan, dies from cancer. His son Abdullah II then inherits the throne, and becomes King of Jordan.
• February 10 - Avalanches in the French Alps near Geneva kill at least ten.
• February 11 - Pluto, a planet with an irregular orbit, changes from the eighth to ninth planet furthest from the Sun. It had been the eighth furthest since 1979, and will become again in 2231.
• February 12
  • President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial
  • John Myatt and John Drewe are sentenced for art forgery for one and six years, respectively.
• February 16
  • In Uzbekistan a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
  • Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrested one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.
  • In Jasper, Texas, testimony begins in the trial of John William King who is accused of dragging African American James Byrd Jr. to death in an apparent hate crime. King was later convicted and sentenced to the death penalty.
• February 22 - Moderate Iraqi Shiite cleric Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr is assassinated.
• February 23
  • Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
  • White supremacist John William King is found guilty of kidnapping and killing African American James Byrd Jr by dragging him behind a truck for two miles (3 km).
  • An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31.
• February 24 - LaGrand Case: The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery that led to a death. Karl's brother Walter is executed a week later, in spite of Germany's legal action in the International Court of Justice to attempt to save him.
• February 27
  • While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being in a hot air balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes.
  • Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first elected president since mid-1983.

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The French Alps are simply those parts of the Alps which lie in France. ... Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the Rhône River. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Genitive Plutonian Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 0. ... The Sun is the star at the centre of our Solar system. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... 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Islam Karimov Islam Abduganievich Karimov (in modern Uzbek: Islom Karimov) (born January 30, 1938) has been the President of Uzbekistan since 1991. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Abdullah Öcalan (b. ... Jasper is a city located in Jasper County, Texas is on U.S. highways 96 and 190, State Highway 63, and Sandy Creek in north central Jasper County. ... John William King is a white supremacist who was convicted of murdering James Byrd, Jr. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... James Byrd, Jr. ... A Madonna statue after being defaced by anti-Catholics. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Shi‘as (the adjective in Arabic is شيعى shi‘i; English has traditionally used Shiite) which mean follower in Arabic make up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%-35% of all Muslim. ... Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr (محمّد صادق الصدر ) (1943? - February 19, 1999) was a prominent, moderate Iraqi Shiite cleric. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Abdullah Öcalan (b. ... In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation. ... 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March

• March 1
  • One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy.
  • Hutu rebels kill eight tourists in Uganda.
  • The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force.
• March 3 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones begin their attempt to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping. Their journey ended in success on March 21.
• March 4
  • Monica Lewinsky's book detailing her affair with Bill Clinton goes on sale in the United States
  • In a military court, Captain Richard Ashby of the United States Marines is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable.

• March 12 - Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic join NATO.
• March 15 - The European Commission under the presidency of Jacques Santer resigns over allegations of corruption.
• March 21 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
• March 22 - US pro-euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian goes on trial for murder in Pontiac, Michigan. He is later convicted of second-degree murder
• March 23 - Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña
• March 24
  • NATO launches air strikes in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which was refusing to sign a peace treaty. This marks the first time NATO attacked a sovereign country
  • Fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel kills 39 people, closing the tunnel for nearly 3 years.
• March 26
  • The Melissa worm attacks the Internet.
  • A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man (the incident was videotaped and aired on September 17, 1998 edition of 60 Minutes)
• March 29 - For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10000 mark at 10006.78.

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March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Monica Lewinsky, in the government ID photo by which she was first identified in the press Monica Lewinsky receives a hug from U.S. President Bill Clinton during a fundraising event in Washington, DC, October, 1996 Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman who was thrust... William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... A Venetian gondola A railroad gondola A gondola is a small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, best known for its use in the canals of Venice. ... 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A hot air balloon over Bristol, England, showing the wickerwork passenger basket. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... Euthanasia (Greek: ευθανασία, good death) is the practice of killing a person or animal, in a painless or minimally painful way, for merciful reasons, usually to end their suffering. ... Jack Kevorkian Jack Kevorkian (born May 26, 1928) is a controversial American medical doctor. ... Pontiac is a city located in Oakland County, Michigan. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro was a prominent politician in Paraguay and influential member of the Colorado Party until his assassination on March 23, 1999. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 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April

• April 1 - Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, part of the Northwest Territories becomes Canada's third territory.
• April 5 - Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the Netherlands. The United Nations suspends sanctions against Libya
• April 5 - In Laramie, Wyoming, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to kidnapping and felony murder in order to avoid a possible death penalty conviction for the apparent hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard
• April 7 - Kosovo War: Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Serbian forces to prevent ethnic Albanians from leaving
• April 17 - A nail bomb explodes in the middle of a busy market in Brixton, South London
• April 18 - "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky plays his final game in the NHL.
• April 20 - Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold open fire on their teachers and fellow students. The teenagers killed 12 students and 1 teacher, and then killed themselves. See Columbine High School massacre.
• April 25 - End of term for Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman as the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• April 26 - Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj, Sultan of Selangor becomes the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• April 26 - Jill Dando, British journalist and TV presenter, is killed outside her house in Fulham
• April 28 - The first comic of Sexy Losers (then called "The Thin H Line") goes online. This webcomic would go on to be one of the most popular webcomics ever made, with a sustained level of unique IP address hits of approximately 1 million a week. It would also popularize the word "fap" as an onomatopoeia for masturbation, a sound effect widely used in anime-themed comics since.
• April 30 - Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10.
• April 30 - A third nail bomb (see April 17) explodes in the Admiral Duncan pub in Old Compton Street, Soho, London, killing a pregnant woman and two friends and injuring 70 others, including her husband. This was part of a hate campaign against ethnic minorities and gay people by David Copeland

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The nose, containing the flight crew and first-class section, landed in a farmers field near a tiny church in Tundergarth, Scotland Pan Am Flight 103, registered N739PA and named Clipper Maid of the Seas, was blown up as it flew over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, when... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 member states, which includes virtually all internationally recognized independent countries. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... Downtown Laramie Laramie is a city located in Albany County, Wyoming. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... A Madonna statue after being defaced by anti-Catholics. ... Matthew Shepard Matthew Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American university student who was murdered. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Kosovo (Albanian: Kosovë / Kosova, Serbian: Косово и Метохија / Kosovo i Metohija), in English most often called just Kosovo, is a province of Serbia. ... Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia    â€“ Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    â€“ Vojvodina  â€“ Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  â€“ Density  7. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... Wayne Gretzky playing for the Edmonton Oilers in 1984 Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born January 26, 1961) is a former professional ice hockey player and current head coach and part owner of the Phoenix Coyotes. ... The modernized NHL shield logo, debuting in 2005. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Littleton is a city located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, in the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area. ... 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Staff and Students evacuate Columbine High School shortly after the shooting The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, near Denver and Littleton, Colorado, in the United States. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman (born July 19, 1922) in Klang, Selangor was the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King) of Malaysia from April 26, 1994 to April 25, 1999 and fourth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of modern Negeri Sembilan. ... Replicas of the thrones of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and his consort, the Raja Permaisuri Agong, National History Museum, Kuala Lumpur Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Malay title usually translated as Supreme Head, Supreme Ruler or Paramount Ruler, is the official title of the head of state of Malaysia. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... In full, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (March 8, 1926 - November 21, 2001) was the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King) of Malaysia, and seventh Sultan of Selangor. ... A sultan (Arabic: سلطان) is an Islamic title, with several historical meanings muslim monarch ruling under the terms of shariah The title carries moral weight and religious authority, as the rulers role was defined in the Quran. ... State motto: no State motto Capital Shah Alam Royal Capital Klang Sultan Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Chief Minister Mohd Khir bin Toyo Area 7,956 km2 Population  - Estimated 4,100,000 State anthem Duli Yang Maha Mulia Selangor (Jawi: سلنجور, population 4. ... 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In rhetoric, linguistics and poetry, onomatopoeia is a figure of speech that employs a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates, echoes, or suggests the object it is describing, such as bang, click, fizz, hush or buzz... Masturbation is the manual excitation of the sexual organs, most often to the point of orgasm. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political, economic, and cultural organization of countries located in Southeast Asia. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... The Admiral Duncan pub The Admiral Duncan is a pub in Old Compton Street in the heart of Londons gay district. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... In sociology and in voting theory, a minority is a sub-group that is outnumbered by persons who do not belong to it. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... David Copeland David John Copeland (born May 15, 1976) is a former member of the British neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement who became known as the London nailbomber after a 12-day bombing campaign in April 1999 aimed at Londons black, Asian, and gay communities. ...

May

The ruins of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade following the accidental bombing of the compound by NATO aircraft.

• May 2 - Oliver Reed, British actor famous for starring in The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, and The Assassination Bureau, dies of a heart attack in Malta while filming Gladiator.
• May 2 - Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas. They were his fourth and fifth victims in his fourth incident.
• May 3 - Photo driver licences and banknotes made out of polymer substrate are introduced to New Zealand.
• May 3 - A F5 tornado slams in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma killing 38 people. This was the strongest tornado ever. (See Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak)
• May 3 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time. It closes at 11,014.70.
• May 6 - Elections are held in Scotland and Wales for the new Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales
• May 7 - A jury finds The Jenny Jones Show and Warner Bros liable in the shooting death of Scott Amedure after the show purposely deceived Jonathan Schmitz to appear on a secret same-sex crush episode.
• May 7 - Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese embassy workers are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft mistakenly bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
• May 7 - In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup
• May 8 - Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college
• May 12 - David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament
• May 13 - in Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is elected President of the republic
• May 17 - Ehud Barak is elected prime minister of Israel.
• May 19 - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is released in theaters.
• May 20 - Bluetooth announced.
• May 23 - In Kansas City, Missouri, Owen Hart (Blue Blazer) falls 90 feet (30 m) to his death while being lowered into a World Wrestling Federation ring
• May 26 - Indian Air Force launches attack on intruding Pakistan backed militants in Kashmir sparking the Kargil War.
• May 26 - Manchester United F.C win the UEFA Champions League at the Nou Camp stadium, Barcelona, beating Bayern Munich to lift their third major trophy in their unprecedented Treble, after winning the English Premier League and FA Cup.
• May 26 - Madejczyk Massacre Averted, Bridgman, Michigan school shooting plot
• May 26 - first Welsh Assembly for over 600 years opens in Cardiff
• May 27 - The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo
• May 28 - In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo de Vinci's newly-restored masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display.

Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Oliver Reed Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999) was an English actor known for his macho image on and off screen. ... For the name of a chocolate candy bar, see 3 Musketeers (candy) DArtagnan and the Musketeers The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. ... The Four Musketeers were four tennis players from France, given their name from the Alexandre Dumas story The Three Musketeers. ... The Assassination Bureau was a movie made in 1969 based on the unfinished book by Jack London. ... Pollice Verso, an 1872 painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, is a well known history painters researched conception of a gladiatorial combat. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Angel Maturino Resendiz is a former serial killer awaiting death on the Texas death row. ... Weimar is a city located in Colorado County, Texas. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... Polymer substrate is another name for the plastic substance used to make banknotes for Australia (commemorative polymer note issued in 1988, polymer $5 note first issued in 1992, $10 in 1993, $20 in 1994, $50 in 1995 and $100 in 1996) and New Zealand (polymer $20 note first issued in... The Fujita scale rates a tornados intensity by the damage it inflicts on human-built structures. ... A tornado over land. ... Downtown Oklahoma City The State Capitol of Oklahoma From The South Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America. ... The Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak is the May 3, 1999 tornado event that killed 46 people. ... The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is one of several stock market indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company founder Charles Dow. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² Ethnicity: 97. ... The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established following a referendum on September 18th 1997. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... The WB Shield, used from 2001 to late 2003. ... Scott Amedure was murdered by Jonathan Schmitz in 1995 after appearing on Jenny Jones and revealing a homosexual crush on Schmitz, who is straight. ... Jonathan Schmitz is a convicted murderer who, in 1999, was sentenced to prison for 25-50 years. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Official language Serbian written in Cyrillic alphabet1 Capital Belgrade2 President3 Svetozar Marović Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 105th 102,350 km² 0. ... The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4... Belgrade (Serbian, Београд, Beograd   listen?), is the capital of Serbia since 1404, Serbia and Montenegro (2003–Present) and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... João Bernardo Nino Vieira (born 27 April 1939 in Bissau) is President of Guinea-Bissau who seized power in 1980 and won a presidential election in 1994, but was ousted in 1999, after a civil war; he was elected president again in mid-2005. ... A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... The Citadel (full name: The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, originally called the Military College of South Carolina) offers military and civilian students both undergraduate and graduate degrees and has been in operation for over 160 years. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood KT PC KBE (born March 31, 1938) is a British and Scottish politician and a Liberal Democrat member of the UK House of Lords. ... The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... Pres. ... A republic is a state or country having a government whose political power depends solely on the consent of the people governed. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... Ehud Barak Ehud Barak (Hebrew: אֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born February 12th, 1942) was the 10th Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... Film poster for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 film by George Lucas starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, and Jake Lloyd. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... This article is about the Bluetooth wireless specification. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... City nickname: City of Fountains, Heart of the Nation Location Location in the state of Missouri Government Country State County United States Missouri Cass/Clay/Jackson/Platte Mayor Kay Barnes Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 318 sq. ... Owen Hart Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian professional wrestler and entertainer. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling organization. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... The Indian Air Force (भारतीय वायु सेना : Bharatiya Vayu Sena) is the air arm of the Military of India. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan between April and June 1999 in Kashmir. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... The Champions League logo The Champions League trophy The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition for Europes most successful clubs. ... FC Barcelona playing against Real Madrid the 6th of December 2003 The Camp Nou is a football stadium in Barcelona, Spain. ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, and Spains second-largest city (after Madrid). ... Bayern Munich or FC Bayern (German: FC Bayern München) is a German football club. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays English Premier League for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. ... The FA Cups trophy is also known as the FA Cup. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... In the wake of the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999, a series of threats to commit violence in local schools have appeared. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ... Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... The International Criminal Tribunal for Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, acronym ICTY, is a body of the United Nations (UN) established... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ... Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević   listen? (Serbian: Слободан Милошевић, pronounced ; born 20 August 1941) is a former President of Serbia and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as well as leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia. ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international (criminal) law, for vi