November 1999

Events

November 5, 1999

• United States v. Microsoft: US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issues a preliminary ruling that the software company Microsoft had "monopoly power" (on April 3, 2000, Jackson found that Microsoft violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act).

November 6, 1999

• Australians vote to keep the British Queen as their head of state.
• Australia win over France to win the 1999 Rugby world Cup at Millennium Stadium.

November 9, 1999

• TAESA Flight 725, went down a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en route to Mexico City. Elevendy twelve people were killed in the accident.

November 12, 1999

• A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Duzce and northwestern Turkey.

November 15, 1999

• Neopets, the virtual pet website, is launched.

November 18, 1999

• In College Station, Texas, 12 people are killed and 27 injured when Texas A&M University's Aggie Bonfire collapsed during construction of the Bonfire.
• Near Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of Congo, a Convair CV-580 operated by Compagnie Aérienne Africaine crashed, crashed on a forced landing due to no. 2 engine problems. There were no fatalities.

• In Istanbul, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ends a two-day summit by calling for a political settlement in Chechnya and adopting a Charter for European Security

November 19, 1999

• The People's Republic of China launches the first Shenzhou spacecraft.
• John Carpenter becomes the first millionaire on any quiz show thanks to Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

November 20, 1999

• Wayne Gretzky is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, his number 99 permanently retired by the NHL.

November 26, 1999

• Earthquake and Tsunami in Vanuatu

November 27, 1999

• Labour Party elected in New Zealand general election. Helen Clark first Elected Woman Prime Minister in New Zealand History.
• The last ever episode of Hey Hey It's Saturday goes to air on Channel Nine in Australia ending a 40-year history of live television from TCN-9 and GTV-9.

November 28, 1999

• A man wielding a samurai sword enters St Andrews Catholic Church in Thornton Heath and injures 11
• Jorge Batlle for the Colorado Party is elected president of Uruguay

November 30, 1999

• In Seattle, Washington, the first major mobilization of the anti-globalization movement catches police unprepared and forces the cancellation of the opening ceremonies of the WTO Meeting of 1999 (protests end on December 3).