June 1999

June 1999 was the sixth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Tuesday, ended on a Wednesday after 30 days.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from June 1999.

June 1, 1999 (Tuesday)
June 2, 1999 (Wednesday)
  • 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, 1999 (Saturday)
  • The AIS, the armed wing of FIS, agrees in principle to disband in Algeria.
June 6, 1999 (Sunday)
June 8, 1999 (Tuesday)
  • 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, 1999 (Wednesday)
June 10, 1999 (Thursday)
June 12, 1999 (Saturday)
June 15, 1999 (Tuesday)
  • 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, 1999 (Friday)
  • The J18 international anti-globalization protests was organized in dozens of cities around the world, some of which led to riots.
June 19, 1999 (Saturday)
June 21, 1999 (Monday)
  • Apple Computer released the first iBook
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