1999 in the United States

none July 2014 February 2026 1999 1999 Events from the year 1999 in the United States. yes center 3 Incumbents Federal government President: Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) Vice President: Al Gore (D-Tennessee) Chief Justice: William Rehnquist (Virginia)William Rehnquist Biography http://www.biography.com/people/william-rehnquist-9454479 biography.com A&E Television Networks 28 February 2016 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) State governments Governors and lieutenant governors Governors 30em Governor of Alabama: Fob James (Republican) (until January 18), Don Siegelman (Democratic) (starting January 18) Governor of Alaska: Tony Knowles (Democratic) Governor of Arizona: Jane Dee Hull (Republican) Governor of Arkansas: Mike Huckabee (Republican) Governor of California: Pete Wilson (Republican) (until January 4), Gray Davis (Democratic) (starting January 4) Governor of Colorado: Roy Romer (Democratic) (until January 12), Bill Owens (Republican) (starting January 12) Governor of Connecticut: John G. Rowland (Republican) Governor of Delaware: Thomas R. Carper (Democratic) Governor of Florida: Buddy MacKay (Democratic) (until January 5), Jeb Bush (Republican) (starting January 5) Governor of Georgia: Zell Miller (Democratic) (until January 11), Roy Barnes (Democratic) (starting January 11) Governor of Hawaii: Ben Cayetano (Democratic) Governor of Idaho: Phil Batt (Republican) (until January 4), Dirk Kempthorne (Republican) (starting January 4) Governor of Illinois: Jim Edgar (Republican) (until January 11), George Ryan (Republican) (starting January 11) Governor of Indiana: Frank O'Bannon (Democratic) Governor of Iowa: Terry E. Branstad (Republican) (until January 15), Tom Vilsack (Democratic) (starting January 15) Governor of Kansas: Bill Graves (Republican) Governor of Kentucky: Paul E. Patton (Democratic) Governor of Louisiana: Murphy J. Foster Jr. (Republican) Governor of Maine: Angus King (Independent) Governor of Maryland: Parris N. Glendening (Democratic) Governor of Massachusetts: Paul Cellucci (Republican) Governor of Michigan: John Engler (Republican) Governor of Minnesota: Arne H. Carlson (Republican) (until January 4), Jesse Ventura (Independence) (starting January 4) Governor of Mississippi: Kirk Fordice (Republican) Governor of Missouri: Mel Carnahan (Democratic) Governor of Montana: Marc Racicot (Republican) Governor of Nebraska: Ben Nelson (Democratic) (until January 7), Mike Johanns (Republican) (starting January 7) Governor of Nevada: Bob Miller (Democratic) (until January 4), Kenny Guinn (Republican) (starting January 4) Governor of New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic) Governor of New Jersey: Christine Todd Whitman (Republican) Governor of New Mexico: Gary Johnson (Republican) Governor of New York: George Pataki (Republican) Governor of North Carolina: Jim Hunt (Democratic) Governor of North Dakota: Ed Schafer (Republican) Governor of Ohio: Nancy Hollister (Republican) (until January 11), Bob Taft (Republican) (starting January 11) Governor of Oklahoma: Frank Keating (Republican) Governor of Oregon: John Kitzhaber (Democratic) Governor of Pennsylvania: Tom Ridge (Republican) Governor of Rhode Island: Lincoln C. Almond (Republican) Governor of South Carolina: David Beasley (Republican) (until January 13), Jim Hodges (Democratic) (starting January 13) Governor of South Dakota: William J. Janklow (Republican) Governor of Tennessee: Don Sundquist (Republican) Governor of Texas: George W. Bush (Republican) Governor of Utah: Mike Leavitt (Republican) Governor of Vermont: Howard Dean (Democratic) Governor of Virginia: Jim Gilmore (Republican) Governor of Washington: Gary Locke (Democratic) Governor of West Virginia: Cecil H. Underwood (Republican) Governor of Wisconsin: Tommy Thompson (Republican) Governor of Wyoming: Jim Geringer (Republican) Lieutenant governors 30em Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Don Siegelman (Democratic) (until January 18), Steve Windom (Republican) (starting January 18) Lieutenant Governor of Alaska: Fran Ulmer (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of California: Gray Davis (Democratic) (until January 4), Cruz Bustamante (Democratic) (starting January 4) Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Gail Schoettler (Democratic) (until January 12), Joe Rogers (Republican) (starting January 12) Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Jodi Rell (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: Ruth Ann Minner (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Florida: vacant (until January 5), Frank Brogan (Republican) (starting January 5) Lieutenant Governor of Georgia: Pierre Howard (Democratic) (until January 11), Mark Taylor (Democratic) (starting January 11) Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii: Mazie Hirono (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: Butch Otter (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: vacant (until January 11), Corinne Wood (Republican) (starting January 11) Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Joe E. Kernan (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Joy Corning (Republican) (until January 15), Sally Pederson (Democratic) (starting January 15) Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Gary Sherrer (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Steve Henry (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Kathleen Blanco (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Maryland: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Paul Cellucci (Republican) (until January 7), Jane Swift (Republican) (starting January 7) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Connie Binsfeld (Republican) (until January 1), Dick Posthumus (Republican) (starting January 1) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Joanne E. Benson (Republican) (until January 4), Mae Schunk (Independence) (starting January 4) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Ronnie Musgrove (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Roger B. Wilson (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Montana: Judy Martz (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Kim Robak (Democratic) (until January 7), David I. Maurstad (Republican) (starting January 7) Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Lonnie Hammargren (Republican) (until January 4), Lorraine Hunt (Republican) (starting January 4) Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: Walter Dwight Bradley (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of New York: Mary Donohue (Republican) (starting January 1) Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Dennis A. Wicker (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Rosemarie Myrdal (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: vacant (until January 11), Maureen O'Connor (Republican) (starting January 11) Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Mary Fallin (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Mark S. Schweiker (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Bernard Jackvony (Republican) (until January 2), Charles J. Fogarty (Democratic) (starting January 2) Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Bob Peeler (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Carole Hillard (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: John S. Wilder (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Bob Bullock (Democratic) (until January 19), Rick Perry (Republican) (starting January 19) Lieutenant Governor of Utah: Olene S. Walker (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Doug Racine (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: John H. Hager (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Washington: Brad Owen (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Scott McCallum (Republican) Events January January 1 – DIY Network, a spinoff of Home and Garden Television, is launched. January 2 – A snowstorm leaves 14 in cm of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 21 in 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.Bell Daniel Encyclopedia of International Games 17 March 2016 McFarland 978-1-4766-1527-1 512 https://books.google.com/books?id=gjPECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA512 en January 21 – In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 lbs 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.https://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/clarksville/2019/01/18/clarksville-tornado-1999-downtown-20-years-later/2571175002 Remembering the 1999 Clarksville tornado: 'It looked like a bomb exploded' Clarksville Leaf Chronicle January 18, 2019 January 31 The Denver Broncos defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34–19 in Super Bowl XXXIII at Pro Player Stadium in Miami. The adult animated sitcom Family Guy debuts on the Fox network after Super Bowl XXXIII. February thumb|right|120px|February 12: President Clinton acquitted by the Senate 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 Diallo Verdict: The Overview; 4 Officers in Diallo Shooting Are Acquitted of All Charges" (February 26, 2000), The New York Times, New York: The New York Times The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon. February 12 – Impeachment of Bill Clinton: President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the Senate. On the charge of perjury, 45 senators, all Republicans, voted to convict, while 55 senators, including ten Republicans and all 45 Democrats, voted for acquittal. On the charge of obstruction of justice, the vote split 50-50, with five Republicans joining all 45 Democrats voting for acquittal. Both votes fell short of the two-thirds majority (67 votes) needed for conviction. February 15 Rapper Big L is shot to death. Windows Refund Day: People protest Microsoft for refusing to refund open source Linux users for the unused Windows licenses that came with their computers.Windows Refund Day https://marc.merlins.org/linux/refundday/ 2025-08-17 marc.merlins.org 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 World Wrestling Federation holds WrestleMania XV at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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 thumb|120px|April 1: ATC traffic with Korean Air Lines Flight 36 and Air China Flight 9018 as they nearly collide at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. 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.NTSB Animation Runway Incursion Korean Air flight 36 and Air China 9018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY2576xOeww https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/mY2576xOeww December 20, 2021 live YouTube August 6, 2009 July 4, 2013 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/313362.stm Europe will "comply" with banana ruling BBC News April 7, 1999 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.https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/profiles/williamson.html Profiles - Ron Williamson Burden of Innocence FRONTLINE PBS PBS 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 23 – 1999 Major League Baseball season: Fernando Tatís of the St. Louis Cardinals hits two grand slams in one inning, becoming the first and only player in MLB history to do so.https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1999/B04230LAN1999.htm Retrosheet Boxscore: St. Louis Cardinals 12, Los Angeles Dodgers 5 April 23, 1999 Dodger Stadium Retrosheet retrosheet.org January 12, 2019 April 28 – Bausch & Lomb announces its intent to sell Ray-Ban to the Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica.Ray-Bans net cool $640 million in Luxottica sale - Apr. 28, 1999 https://money.cnn.com/1999/04/28/deals/bausch/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131109011048/http://money.cnn.com/1999/04/28/deals/bausch/ dead November 9, 2013 August 30, 2023 money.cnn.com May thumb|right|120px|May 3 – 6: 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak May 1 – The animated children's television series SpongeBob SquarePants debuts on the cable network Nickelodeon.Schmidt Sean May 1, 2018 19 Years Ago Today, Spongebob Aired I t's [sic] First Episode; Feel Old Yet?! https://riverbeats.life/19-years-spongebob-squarepants/ 2023-08-30 River Beats Dance en-US 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.Brett Jennifer Women's History Month: Nancy Mace, the first woman to graduate from The Citadel https://www.ajc.com/blog/buzz/women-history-month-nancy-mace-the-first-woman-graduate-from-the-citadel/0YXN7u3jXju7Y7IVSf5gzL/ August 30, 2023 Celebrity Buzz (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) English May 9 – Mother's Day bus crash kills 22 passengers and injures another 22, including the driver in New Orleans, Louisiana.August 28, 2001 Motorcoach Run-Off-The-Road https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/HWY99MH017.aspx live https://web.archive.org/web/20260611020813/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/HWY99MH017.aspx June 11, 2026 June 10, 2026 National Traffic Safety Board May 20 – American daredevil Robbie Knievel jumps 228 ft over the Grand Canyon on a 500cc motorcycle. May 23 – The World Wrestling Federation holds its Over the Edge pay-per-view event at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Wrestler Owen Hart falls 90 feet to his death in a stunt gone wrong. May 25 – The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades. May 29 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station. May 31 – Sean Elliott of the San Antonio Spurs hits the Memorial Day Miracle against the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1999 NBA Playoffs. June June 1 – American Airlines Flight 1420 overruns the runway in Little Rock, Arkansas, killing 11 people. June 8 – The government of Colombia announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its gross national product. June 12 – Texas Governor George W. Bush announces he will seek the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States. June 18 – Walt Disney Pictures' 37th feature film, Tarzan, is released to critical praise and box office success. It is the final film to be released during the Disney Renaissance era, which began ten years prior with 1989's The Little Mermaid. June 23 – The Phillips explosion of 1999 kills two and injures three in Pasadena, Texas. July July 2 Benjamin Nathaniel Smith begins a three-day killing spree targeting racial and ethnic minorities in Illinois and Indiana, which ends in Smith's suicide. Lawrence Summers is sworn in as the new Secretary of Treasury, succeeding Robert Rubin.February 2013 July 5–6 – U.S. Army Pfc. Barry Winchell is bludgeoned in his sleep at Fort Campbell, Kentucky by fellow soldiers; he dies the next day from his injuries. July 8 – A major flash flood in Las Vegas swamps hundreds of cars, smashes mobile homes and kills two people. July 10 – U.S. soccer player Brandi Chastain scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the FIFA Women's World Cup. July 14 – Big Blue Crane collapses while constructing Miller Park killing three workers. July 16 – Off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, a plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. crashes, killing him and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister, Lauren Bessette. July 20 – Mercury program: Liberty Bell 7 is raised from the Atlantic Ocean. July 22 – The first version of MSN Messenger is released by Microsoft. July 23–25 – The Woodstock '99 festival is held in New York. July 25 – Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France. July 26 – The last Checker taxi cab is retired in New York City and auctioned off for approximately $135,000. July 29 1999 Atlanta day trading firm shootings: Mark Orrin Barton kills his family. He then goes on a murder spree at the trading firm he worked at, killing a total of 12 people in Atlanta, Georgia. He later committed suicide at a gas station when cornered by police. NASA intentionally crashes the Lunar Prospector spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the lunar surface. August August 10 – Buford O. Furrow Jr. wounds five and kills one during the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting. August 22 – The World Wrestling Federation holds its SummerSlam event from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. August 30 – Mentally ill Breslover Hasid Gidone Busch is shot dead by four New York City police officers, leading City Councilman Noach Dear to call for an investigation.Newman, Andy (August 31, 1999) "Disturbed Man Wielding A Hammer Is Killed By Police In Brooklyn", The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2024. September September 7 – Viacom and CBS announce plans to merge. September 9 – The Sega Company introduces in American market the new game console with the name Dreamcast. September 15 – Larry Gene Ashbrook murders seven people and then commits suicide at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. September 23 – NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter. September 27 – The Detroit Tigers host the Kansas City Royals in the final game at Tiger Stadium. October October 9 – The last flight of the SR-71. October 13 – The United States Senate rejects ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). October 16 – The 7.1 w Hector Mine earthquake shook the Mojave Desert region of Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), causing 4–5 injuries and limited damage. October 27 – The New York Yankees sweep the Atlanta Braves in the 1999 World Series to win their 25th world championship. October 31 – EgyptAir Flight 990, traveling from New York City to Cairo, crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on board. The NTSB later reports that the co-pilot, Gameel Al-Batouti, deliberately crashed the plane, however, Egyptian authorities dispute this claim. November thumb|right|120px|November 18: Aggie Bonfire collapse thumb|right|120px|November 30: WTO protests in Seattle November 2 – Byran Uyesugi kills seven people at a Xerox building in Honolulu, Hawaii. November 13 – The infamous Mexia Supermarket was discovered to have rotting food inside the building 60 to 90 days after closure. November 18 – The Aggie Bonfire collapses in College Station, Texas, killing 12. November 24 – Disney/Pixar's third feature film, Toy Story 2, the sequel to 1995's Toy Story, is released in theaters. November 30 1999 Seattle WTO protests: In Seattle, Washington, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. The ExxonMobil merger is completed, forming the largest corporation in the world at that time. December December – The unemployment rate drops to 4%, the lowest level since January 1970. December 3 – NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander, moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere. December 7 – The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client, alleging copyright infringement. December 16 – Walt Disney Pictures' 38th feature film, Fantasia 2000, a sequel to 1940's Fantasia, premieres at Carnegie Hall, with an IMAX release on New Years Day 2000 and a general theatrical release later in June. December 18 – NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform, carrying 5 Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT. December 31 – The U.S. turns over complete administration of the Panama Canal to the Panamanian government, as stipulated in the Torrijos–Carter Treaties of 1977. Ongoing Iraqi no-fly zones (1991–2003)Zenko Micah Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World 3 August 2010 Stanford University Press 978-0-8047-7190-0 29 https://books.google.com/books?id=rJHU9VZRhjwC&pg=PA29 en Dot-com bubble (c. 1995–c. 2000) Lewinsky scandal (1998–1999) Births January thumb|100px|Karan Brar thumb|100px|Em Beihold January 1 Trenton Gill, American football player Diamond White, singer and actress January 5 Miguel Morales, rapper Marc Yu, musician January 6 – Polo G, rapper January 7 – Cayla Barnes, ice hockey player January 13 Nicholas Art, actor Conor McDermott-Mostowy, Olympic speed skater January 14 – Zach Hsieh, YouTuber January 18 Karan Brar, actor Tee Higgins, American football player Mateus Ward, actor January 19 – Jonathan Taylor, football player January 20 – Shannon Tavarez, actress (d. 2010) January 21 – Em Beihold, singer/songwriter January 22 – Ravyn Lenae, singer January 23 – Madi Davis, singer January 28 Dobre Twins, YouTubers Preston Strother, actor February thumb|100px|That Mexican OT thumb|100px|Zion Wright thumb|100px|Bea Miller thumb|100px|Tiffany Espensen February 1 – Lola Forsberg, actress February 2 – That Mexican OT, rapper February 3 – Zion Wright, skateboarder February 7 – Bea Miller, singer-songwriter and actress February 10 – Tiffany Espensen, Chinese-born actress February 11 – Candace Hill, athletehttps://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14596374 Candace Hill worldathletics.org February 14 – Tyler Adams, soccer player February 18 – Lorraine McNamara, ice dancer February 19 Joseph Ryan Harrington, actor and dancer Jackson Pace, actor March thumb|100px|Madison Beer thumb|100px|Ashley Sanchez thumb|100px|Mikey Madison March 2 – Caleb Lee Hutchinson, singer March 5 Justin Fields, football player Madison Beer, singer Colin Schooler, football player March 8 – Luc Violette, Olympic curler March 16 Ashley Farquharson, Olympic luger Ashley Sanchez, soccer player Bailie Key, artistic gymnast March 19 – Gabby Petito, murder victim (d. 2021) March 22 – Gavin MacIntosh, actor March 23 – Quando Rondo, rapper March 25 Iann Dior, rapper Mikey Madison, actress March 26 Scarlett Stitt, actress Quinn Sullivan, songwriter and musician March 28 – Megan Suri, actress March 31 – Sawyer Fredericks, singer/songwriter April thumb|100px|Sophie Reynolds thumb|100px|Lisette Olivera April 2 – Sophie Reynolds, actress April 4 – Keely Cashman, Olympic Alpine ski racer April 6 – Kwesi Boakye, actor April 8 – Ty Panitz, actor April 9 – Lil Nas X, rapper and singer/songwriter April 16 – Lisette Olivera, actress April 18 – Mallory Beach, notable victim (d. 2019) April 20 – Carly Rose Sonenclar, actress and singer/songwriter April 23 Claud, singer/songwriter Grace Zumwinkle, ice hockey player April 29 – Morgan Turner, actress May thumb|100px|Tiffany Stratton thumb|100px|Ella Langley thumb|100px|Nathan Chen thumb|100px|Michael Gandolfini thumb|100px|Sabrina Carpenter thumb|100px|James Charles thumb|100px|Aerin Frankel thumb|100px|Ali Kabbani thumb|100px|Brec Bassinger thumb|100px|Lily-Rose Depp May 1 YNW Melly, American rapper Tiffany Stratton, professional wrestler May 3 Ella Langley, country singer Rory Staunton, notable victim (d. 2012) May 4 – Tyler Senerchia, wrestler May 5 Nathan Chen, figure skater Bobby Coleman, actor May 7 – Anna Gibson, Olympic skier May 10 – Michael Gandolfini, actor May 11 Sabrina Carpenter, actress Madison Lintz, actress Zach Stoppelmoor, Olympic speed skater May 18 – Teo Halm, actor May 22 – Camren Bicondova, actress May 23 Trinidad Cardona, musician James Charles, makeup artist May 24 Aerin Frankel, ice hockey player Charlie Plummer, actor Ali Kabbani, gamer better known as Myth Anthony Quintal, internet personality May 25 – Brec Bassinger, actress May 26 – Elle Chapman, actress May 27 – Lily-Rose Depp, actress and model May 28 – Cameron Boyce, actor (d. 2019) May 29 – Ella Emhoff, fashion designer May 30 – Sean Giambrone, actor and voice actor May 31 – Emily Evan Rae, actress June thumb|100px|Trippie Redd thumb|100px|Chandler Riggs June 1 – Technoblade, internet personality (d. 2022) June 2 – Madison Leisle, actress June 9 – Zane Smith, stock car racing driver June 11 Katelyn Nacon, actress Saxon Sharbino, actress June 13 – Alexis Roland, snowboarder June 17 – Frances Forever, singer/songwriter June 18 Trippie Redd, rapper Willie Spence, singer (d. 2022) June 20 Cory Juneau, skateboarder Kayla Maisonet, actress June 22 – Cam Akers, football player June 26 – Harley Quinn Smith, actress June 27 – Chandler Riggs, actor July thumb|100px|Tara Rudd thumb|100px|Toni Breidinger thumb|100px|Joey King Julu 2 – Tara Rudd, soccer player July 14 Toni Breidinger, professional race car driver Camryn Magness, singer July 20 – Pop Smoke, rapper (d. 2020) July 26 – Birk Irving, Olympic freestyle skier July 28 GloRilla, rapper Troy Brown Jr., basketball player July 30 – Joey King, actress August thumb|100px|Ja Morant thumb|100px|Bryce Hall August 4 – Kelly Gould, actress August 7 – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, hurdler and sprinter, Olympic champion (2020) August 9 – Ariana Guido, actress August 10 – Ja Morant, basketball player August 11 – Khyree Jackson, football player (d. 2024) August 12 – Dream, Minecraft-themed YouTuber August 13 – Eli Brown, actor August 14 Bryce Hall, social media influencer Alison Thornton, actress August 16 – Karen Chen, figure skater August 19 Ethan Cutkosky, actor Salem Ilese, musician Tristan Lake Leabu, actor August 21 – Maxim Knight, actor August 22 – Ricardo Hurtado, actor and singer August 25 – Sophie Cates, singer/songwriter August 26 – Sol Ruca, wrestler September thumb|100px|Tom Schaar thumb|100px|Gracie Abrams thumb|100px|Lexie Hull thumb|100px|Brady Tkachuk thumb|100px|Lizzy McAlpine September 1 – Jadagrace, actress, singer, and dancer September 2 – Gavin Casalegno, actor September 6 – Nicholas Alexander Chavez, actor September 7 Gracie Abrams, singer/songwriter Cameron Ocasio, actor September 13 – Lexie Hull, basketball player September 14 Emma Kenney, actress Tom Schaar, skateboarder September 15 – Jaren Jackson Jr., basketball player September 16 Clayton DeClemente, Olympic speed skater Brady Tkachuk, ice hockey player September 21 Brennan LaBrie, journalist Lizzy McAlpine, singer September 22 – Curry Barker, filmmaker, actor, comedian and Youruber Tallan Noble Latz, guitarist September 28 – Kayla Day, tennis player October thumb|100px|Bailee Madison thumb|100px|Amber Glenn October 3 – Aramis Knight, actor October 14 Quinn Hughes, ice hockey player Laura Zeng, rhythmic gymnast October 15 – Bailee Madison, actress October 20 – NBA YoungBoy, rapper October 22 – Sub Urban, musician October 28 – Amber Glenn, figure skater October 31 – Danielle Rose Russell, actress November thumb|100px|Kiernan Shipka November 1 – Buddy Handleson, actor November 8 – Pooh Shiesty, rapper November 10 Michael Cimino, actor Kiernan Shipka, actress November 11 X González, gun control activist Samara Joy, singer November 15 – Sydney Towle, social media content creator (d. 2026) November 23 – Nikki Castillo, voice actress November 28 – Lexi Held, basketball player November 29 – River Alexander, actor November 30 – Ryan Deitsch, gun control activist December thumb|100px|Dolan Twins thumb|100px|YBN Nahmir December 2 Samuel Armas, notable fetal patient Fred Hechinger, actor December 6 Mario Judah, musician Ryan Wynott, actor December 16 – Dolan Twins, YouTube comedians December 18 – YBN Nahmir, rapper and songwriter Full date unknown Aaron Bushnell, serviceman (d. 2024) Lex, notable canine (d. 2012) Lia Thomas, swimmer Deaths January thumb|120px|Susan Strasberg January 4 – Iron Eyes Cody, Italian-American actor (b. 1904) January 5 – Paul Zoll, American cardiologist (b. 1911) January 12 – Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (b. 1914) January 18 – Sarah Louise Delany, American author and educator (b. 1889) January 21 Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (b. 1922) Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938) January 23 – John Osteen, American televangelist (b. 1921) January 25 Sarah Louise Delany, educator and civil rights activist (b. 1889) Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916) January 29 – Lili St. Cyr, burlesque and stripper (b. 1917) January 30 – Huntz Hall, actor (b. 1920) January 31 – Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929) February thumb|120px|Gertrude B. Elion thumb|120px|Glenn T. Seaborg February 1 – Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (b. 1907) February 6 – Jimmy Roberts, American singer (b. 1924) February 7 – Bobby Troup, American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (b. 1918) February 11 – Jaki Byard, American jazz musician (b. 1922) February 14 Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933) John Ehrlichman, American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1925) February 15 Big L, American rapper (b. 1974) Henry Way Kendall, American physicist (b. 1926) February 16 – Michael Larson, Press Your Luck contestant (b. 1949) February 18 Andreas Feininger, French-born American photographer (b. 1906) Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (b. 1932) February 20 – Gene Siskel, American film critic (b. 1946) February 21 – Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist (b. 1918) February 22 – William Bronk, American poet (b. 1918) February 23 – The Renegade, American wrestler (b. 1965) February 24 Andre Dubus, American short-story writer (b. 1936) Virginia Foster Durr, American civil rights activist (b. 1903) February 25 – Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist (b. 1912) February 28 – Bill Talbert, American tennis player (b. 1918) March thumb|120px|Joe DiMaggio March 1 – Ann Corio, American dancer and actress (b. 1909) March 3 – Jackson C. Frank, American folk musician (b. 1943) March 4 Harry Blackmun, American judge (b. 1908) Del Close, American actor, writer, and teacher (b. 1934) Hawley Pratt, American film director, animator and illustrator (b. 1911) March 5 – Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922) March 7 Sidney Gottlieb, American intelligence official (b. 1918) Stanley Kubrick, American film director and producer (b. 1928) March 8 Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (b. 1924)Obituary: Peggy Cass https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-peggy-cass-1080192.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-peggy-cass-1080192.html May 1, 2022 subscription The Independent 17 February 2020 en 13 March 1999 Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player, advertising spokesman (b. 1914)Joe DiMaggio | Biography & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-DiMaggio Encyclopedia Britannica 17 February 2020 en March 12 – Yehudi Menuhin, American violinist (b. 1916) March 13 Lee Falk, American writer, theater director, and producer (b. 1911) Garson Kanin, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1912) March 17 Ernest Gold, Austrian-born American composer (b. 1921) Herbert E. Grier, American electrical engineer (b. 1911) March 22 – David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969) March 25 – Cal Ripken Sr., American baseball coach and manager (b. 1935) March 26 – David Holliday, American actor (b. 1937) March 29 – Joe Williams, American singer (b. 1918) March 30 – Terry Wilson, American actor (b. 1923) April thumb|120px|Faith Domergue thumb|120px|Rory Calhoun April 4 Faith Domergue, American actress (b. 1924) Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. 1920) April 10 – Jean Vander Pyl, American television actress (b. 1919) April 12 – Boxcar Willie, American country music singer (b. 1931) April 14 Ellen Corby, American actress (b. 1911) Anthony Newley, English actor singer, and composer (b. 1931) April 15 – Roy Chiao, Chinese actor (b. 1927) April 16 Charles McKimson, American animator (b. 1914) Abbott Pattison, American sculptor and abstract artist (b. 1916) Skip Spence, Canadian-born American singer and songwriter (b. 1946) April 18 – Herman Miller, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1919) April 20 Cassie Bernall, American murder victim (b. 1981) Eric Harris, American mass murderer (b. 1981) Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer (b. 1981) Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (b. 1958) Rachel Scott, American murder victim (b. 1981) April 21 – Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American silent film actor (b. 1904) April 22 – Bert Remsen, American actor (b. 1925) April 25 – Roger Troutman, American funk musician (b. 1951) April 27 – Al Hirt, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1922) April 28 Rory Calhoun, American television and film actor (b. 1922) Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist (b. 1921) May thumb|120px|Shel Silverstein May 8 – Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964) May 10 – Shel Silverstein, American poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books (b. 1930) May 13 – Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. 1902) May 17 – Henry Jones, American actor (b. 1912) May 18 – Betty Robinson, American athlete (b. 1911) May 19 – Candy Candido, American voice actor (b. 1913) May 23 Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler (b. 1965) John T. Hayward, American admiral (b. 1908) May 26 – Waldo Semon, American inventor (b. 1898) May 31 – Charles Pierce, American impressionist (b. 1926) June thumb|120px|DeForest Kelley June 3 – Charlene Pryer, American professional baseball player (b. 1921) June 5 – Mel Tormé, American singer (b. 1925) June 9 – Andrew L. Stone, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1902) June 11 – DeForest Kelley, American actor (b. 1920)DeForest Kelley | American actor https://www.britannica.com/biography/DeForest-Kelley Encyclopedia Britannica 10 August 2019 en June 19 – Paul Montgomery, American entrepreneur and inventor (b. 1960) June 25 – Fred Trump, American real estate developer, father of Donald Trump (b. 1905) June 27 Isaac C. Kidd, Jr., American admiral (b. 1919) Marion Motley, American football player (b. 1920) June 29 – Allan Carr, American producer (b. 1937) July thumb|120px|Pete Conrad thumb|120px|John F. Kennedy Jr. thumb|120px|Carolyn Bessette Kennedy July 1 Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American film director (b. 1908) Forrest Mars Sr., businessman and director of Mars Inc. (b. 1904) Guy Mitchell, American singer (b. 1927) Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910) July 2 – Mario Puzo, American author (b. 1920) July 3 – Mark Sandman, American rock musician and artist (b. 1952) July 6 Carl Gunter Jr., American farmer and politician (b. 1938) Gary M. Heidnik, American killer, kidnapper, and rapist (b. 1943) July 7 – Julie Campbell Tatham, American writer (b. 1908) July 8 – Pete Conrad, American astronaut, naval aviator, and aeronautical engineer (b. 1930) July 9 – James Farmer, American civil rights leader (b. 1920) July 11 – Helen Forrest, American jazz singer (b. 1917) July 16 John F. Kennedy Jr., American journalist and lawyer (b. 1960) Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, American actress and model (b. 1966) July 20 – Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916) July 22 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (b. 1958) July 29 – Anita Carter, American singer (b. 1933) August thumb|120px|Victor Mature August 2 – Willie Morris, American writer (b. 1934) August 3 Marion O. McKinney Jr., American aerospace scientist (b. 1921)Marion O'Dell McKinney, Jr. http://articles.dailypress.com/1999-08-05/news/9908050170_1_youth-challenge-mr-mckinney-successful-development Marion O'Dell McKinney Jr. died on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 1999, at Hampton General Hospital after a short illness. Daily Press August 5, 1999 November 20, 2012 November 7, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013452/http://articles.dailypress.com/1999-08-05/news/9908050170_1_youth-challenge-mr-mckinney-successful-development dead Leroy Vinnegar, American musician (b. 1928) August 4 – Victor Mature, American actor (b. 1913) August 7 – John Van Ryn, American tennis player (b. 1905) August 10 – Anthony Stanislas Radziwill, American television executive and filmmaker (b. 1959) August 14 Lane Kirkland, American union leader (b. 1922) Philip Klutznick, American administrator, secretary of commerce (b. 1907) Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (b. 1918) August 23 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b. 1926) August 24 – Mary Jane Croft, American radio and television actress (b. 1916) September thumb|120px|George C. Scott September 5 – Allen Funt, American television personality (b. 1914) September 7 – Jim Keith, American author (b. 1949) September 8 – Moondog, American musician and composer (b. 1916) September 9 Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (b. 1946) Ruth Roman, American actress (b. 1922) September 12 – Allen Stack, American swimmer (b. 1928) September 22 – George C. Scott, American actor (b. 1927) September 25 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (b. 1930) October thumb|120px|Art Farmer thumb|120px|Wilt Chamberlain October 1 – Glen Foster, American Olympic sailor (b. 1930) October 2 Lee Lozano, American artist (b. 1930) Danny Mayo, American songwriter (b. 1950) October 3 – Paul Burris, American baseball player (b. 1923) October 4 – Art Farmer, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1928) October 5 – Alex Lowe, American mountaineer (b. 1958) October 6 – Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler and announcer (b. 1937) October 7 David A. Huffman, American computer scientist (b. 1925) Helen Vinson, American actress (b. 1907) October 8 – John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915) October 9 – Milt Jackson, American musician (b. 1923) October 10 – George Forrest, American writer (b. 1915) October 12 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (b. 1936) October 16 – Jean Shepherd, writer and personality (b. 1921) October 19 – James C. Murray, American politician (b. 1917) October 24 – John Chafee, American politician (b. 1922) October 25 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957) October 26 Hoyt Axton, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938) Abraham Polonsky, American screenwriter and director (b. 1910) October 27 Frank De Vol, American arranger, composer, and actor (b. 1911) Robert Mills, American physicist (b. 1927) October 29 – Tom Dickinson, American football player (b. 1897) November thumb|120px|Gene Rayburn November 1 Theodore Hall, American physicist and spy (b. 1925) Walter Payton, American football player (b. 1954) November 4 – Daisy Bates, American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer (b. 1914) November 9 – Mabel King, American actress and singer (b. 1932) November 11 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (b. 1961) November 15 – Gene Levitt, American television writer, producer, and director (b. 1920) November 16 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1928) November 18 Paul Bowles, American novelist (b. 1910) Horst P. Horst, American photographer (b. 1906) Doug Sahm, American musician (b. 1941) November 21 – Ralph Foody, American actor (b. 1928) November 29 – Gene Rayburn, American television personality (b. 1917) December thumb|120px|Madeline Kahn thumb|120px|Hank Snow thumb|120px|Curtis Mayfield December 2 Joey Adams, American comedian (b. 1911) Charlie Byrd, American jazz musician and classical guitarist (b. 1925) December 3 John Archer, American actor (b. 1915) Scatman John, American musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1942) Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (b. 1942) December 4 – Rose Bird, American activist and judge (b. 1936) December 10 Rick Danko, Canadian musician (b. 1943) Shirley Hemphill, American comedian and actress (b. 1947) December 12 Paul Cadmus, American artist (b. 1904) Joseph Heller, American novelist (b. 1923) December 17 Rex Allen, American actor, singer, and songwriter (b. 1920) Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943) December 20 Irving Rapper, American film director (b. 1898) Hank Snow, Canadian-American country musician (b. 1914) December 23 – John P. Davies, American diplomat (b. 1908) December 26 – Curtis Mayfield, American musician and composer (b. 1942) December 27 – Leonard Goldenson, American television executive (b. 1905) December 28 – Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914) December 30 – Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian, verified oldest person in the world (b. 1880) December 31 – Elliot Richardson, American politician and lawyer (b. 1920) See also 1999 in American soccer 1999 in American television List of American films of 1999 Timeline of United States history (1990–2009) References External links 1999 Category:1990s in the United States United States United States Category:Years of the 20th century in the United States