March 1999

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March 1999 was a month with thirty-one days.

The following events also occurred during the month:

March 1, 1999 (Monday)

One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy.
Rwandan Hutu rebels kill and hack to pieces eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, Uganda
The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force.

March 3, 1999 (Wednesday)

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.
Karl LaGrand is executed by means of gas chamber.

March 4, 1999 (Thursday)

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 twenty skiers in the Italian Alps when his low-flying jet hit a gondola lift cable.

March 12, 1999 (Friday)

March 15, 1999 (Monday)

March 17, 1999 (Wednesday)

March 20, 1999 (Saturday)

March 21, 1999 (Sunday)

Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.

March 22, 1999 (Monday)

US pro-euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian goes on trial for murder in Pontiac, Michigan. He is later convicted of second-degree murder

March 23, 1999 (Tuesday)

March 24, 1999 (Wednesday)

NATO launches air strikes in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which was force to sign a unjust peace treaty. This marks the first time NATO attacked a sovereign country
Fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel kills thirty nine people, closing the tunnel for nearly three years.

March 26, 1999 (Friday)

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, 1999 (Monday)

For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10000 mark at 10006.78.

March 31, 1999 (Wednesday)

The Matrix, first episode of the Matrix trilogy movies, is released in theaters.

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