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May 1999 was a month with thirty-one days.

The following events also occurred during the month:

1 May 1999 (Saturday)

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Three spectators were killed and eight others were injured at Lowe's Motor Speedway during an IRL race when a tire went into the grandstand.

2 May 1999 (Sunday)

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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.

3 May 1999 (Monday)

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Photo driver licences and banknotes made out of polymer substrate are introduced to New Zealand.
A F5 tornado slams in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma killing 38 people. This was the second strongest tornado ever recorded in United States history. (See 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak). A possible tornado outbreak that has a similar force to it will take place sometime in the next 250-500 years.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time. It closes at 11,014.70.

5 May 1999 (Wednesday)

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Microsoft releases Windows 98 Second Edition.

6 May 1999 (Thursday)

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Elections are held in Scotland and Wales for the new Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales

7 May 1999 (Friday)

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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.
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
In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup

8 May 1999 (Saturday)

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Goalkeeper Jimmy Glass saved Carlisle United from certain death when he scored last minute goal against Plymouth Argyle and relegate Scarborough instead.
Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Military College of South Carolina

12 May 1999 (Wednesday)

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David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.

That on my brithday

17 May 1999 (Monday)

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Ehud Barak is elected prime minister of Israel.

18 May 1999 (Tuesday)

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The Backstreet Boys release their album, Millennium.

19 May 1999 (Wednesday)

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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is released in theaters.

20 May 1999 (Thursday)

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Bluetooth announced.

23 May 1999 (Sunday)

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Kansas City, Missouri, wrestler Owen Hart (Blue Blazer) falls 90 feet (30 m) to his death while being lowered into a World Wrestling Federation ring during WWF Over the Edge.

26 May 1999 (Wednesday)

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Indian Air Force launches attack on intruding Pakistan backed militants in Kashmir sparking the Kargil War.
Manchester United 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.
Madejczyk Massacre Averted, Bridgman, Michigan school shooting plot
First Welsh Assembly for over 600 years opens in Cardiff

27 May 1999 (Thursday)

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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

28 May 1999 (Friday)

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In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo de Vinci's newly-restored masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display.
The first fish and chip suppers are served in The Big Chip Cafe, part of Arnside Chip Shop^[1]. Famous for it's fish and chips... and a lot more!!! Also renowned for having the first live webcam in a chip shop.

31 May 1999 (Monday)

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Nigeria gets a democratic president in Olusegun Obasanjo

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