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Events from the year 1999 in the United States. Incumbents Federal government President: Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) Vice President: Al Gore (D-Tennessee) Chief Justice: William Rehnquist (Wisconsin) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) (until January 3) Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) (starting January 6) Senate Majority Leader: Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) Congress: 105th (until January 3), 106th (starting January 3) Events January January 1 – DIY Network, a spinoff of Home and Garden Television, is launched. January 2 – A snowstorm leaves 14 inches (36 cm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 21 inches (53 cm) in Chicago, Illinois, killing 68. January 6 – Dennis Hastert becomes Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. January 7 – The Senate trial in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton begins. He had been impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19. January 14–17 – The Winter X Games take place in Crested Butte. January 21 – In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of cocaine aboard, headed for Houston, Texas. January 22 – An F3 tornado strikes downtown Clarksville, Tennessee, destroying and heavily damaging more than 500 buildings, including the historic Montgomery County Courthouse, and nationally registered Trinity Episcopal Church and Madison Street United Methodist Church. January 31 – The adult animated sitcom Family Guy debuts on the Fox network after Super Bowl XXXIII. February February 1 – The Disney Channel Preschool Block is rebranded as Playhouse Disney. February 2 – Noggin is launched. 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. The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon. February 12 – Impeachment of Bill Clinton: President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the Senate. February 15 – Rapper Big L is shot to death. February 19 – President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper. February 23 – White supremacist John William King is found guilty of kidnapping and murdering African American James Byrd Jr. by dragging him behind a truck for 2 miles (3 km). 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. March March 2 – The new Mandalay Bay hotel and casino opens on the Las Vegas Strip. March 3 – Walter LaGrand is executed in the gas chamber in Arizona. March 4 – In a military court, United States Marine Corps Captain Richard J. Ashby 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 8 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing. March 11 – Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. March 17 – The Roth IRA is introduced by U.S. Senator William V. Roth Jr. March 20 – Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California. March 21 – The 71st Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with John Madden's Shakespeare in Love winning seven awards out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture. Steven Spielberg wins his second Best Director award for Saving Private Ryan. The telecast garners over 45.5 million viewers. March 25 – Enron energy traders allegedly route 2,900 megawatts of electricity destined for California to the town of Silver Peak, Nevada, population 200. March 26 – A Michigan jury finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man. March 27 – Kosovo War: A U.S. F-117 Nighthawk is shot down by Serbian forces. March 28 – The science-fiction adult animated sitcom Futurama debuts on Fox. March 29 – For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark, at 10,006.78. March 31 – The Matrix is released in theaters. April April 1 – Air China Flight 9018, a Boeing 747, taxis onto an active runway at O'Hare International Airport during the takeoff of Korean Air Flight 36, another Boeing 747, nearly resulting in a crash. Flight 36 averted a collision by taking off early and missing the Air China aircraft by 75 feet. There were 8 people on the Air China cargo plane and 379 on the Korean Air flight. 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 killing of Matthew Shepard. April 7 – The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas. April 8 – Bill Gates' personal fortune exceeds US$100 billion, thanks to the increased value of Microsoft stock. April 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit. April 15 – Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz are exonerated of the rape and murder of Debbie Carter and released from prison. Both had spent 11 years in prison, with Williamson on death row, and having come within five days of execution. April 20 – Columbine High School massacre: Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and one teacher, and then themselves. It would be the deadliest shooting at a high school in U.S. history at the time. The shooting sparks debate on school bullying, gun control and violence in the media. April 28 – Bausch & Lomb announces its intent to sell Ray-Ban to the Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica. May May 1 The animated children's TV series SpongeBob SquarePants debuts on the cable network Nickelodeon. The body of English mountaineer George Mallory is discovered on Mount Everest during a summit journey. May 3 Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz in Weimar, Texas. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time, at 11,014.70. May 3–6 – 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak spawns 140 tornadoes, including an F5 in Moore, Oklahoma that kills 38 people with the highest wind speeds ever recorded. May 5 – Microsoft releases Windows 98 (Second Edition). May 8 – Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Military College of South Carolina. May 20 – American daredevil Robbie Knievel jumps 228 feet (69 m) over the Grand Canyon on a 500cc motorcycle. May 25 – The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Repu.... Discover the Betty Burris Charlene Campbell popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Betty Burris Charlene Campbell books.