June 1999

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• June 1 - The initial release of Napster, arguably changing the face of the music industry forever.
• June 1 - 'solid - the socialist youth is formed in Hannover, Germany
• June 2 - After decades of fighting off outside technological influences like television, the King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's silver jubilee (see Bhutan Broadcasting Service).
• June 5 - The AIS, the armed wing of FIS, agrees in principle to disband in Algeria.
• June 6 - In Brazil, 345 prisoners escape from Putim prison through the front gate.
• 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 9 - Kosovo War: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
• June 10 - Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
• June 12 - Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins - NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force KFOR enter the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• June 12 - Texas Governor George W. Bush announces his intention to seek the Republican Party's nomination for President of the United States.
• June 15 - George Morber Senior and Carolyn Frederick are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in Gorham, Illinois. They are his eighth and ninth victims, in his seventh and final incident.
• June 18 - The J18 international anti-globalization protests was organized in dozens of cities around the world, some of which led to riots.
• June 19 - The Dallas Stars defeated the Buffalo Sabres in triple overtime of game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals to win their first Stanley Cup. Brett Hull scored the controversial cup-winning goal to seal the victory.
• June 21 - Apple Computer released the first iBook