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February 1999 was the second month of that common year. The month, which began on a Monday, ended on a Sunday after 28 days. There were no full moons in that month.

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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from February 1999.

February 4, 1999 (1999-02-04) (Thursday) Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city. February 5, 1999 (1999-02-05) (Friday) Mike Tyson is sentenced to a year's imprisonment, fined $5,000, and ordered to serve 2 years probation and perform 200 hours of community service for the August 31, 1998 assault on two people after a car accident. February 7, 1999 (1999-02-07) (Sunday) King Hussein of Jordan dies from cancer, and his son Abdullah II inherits the throne. February 10, 1999 (1999-02-10) (Wednesday) Avalanches in the French Alps near Geneva kill at least ten. February 11, 1999 (1999-02-11) (Thursday) Pluto, a dwarf planet with an eccentric orbit, changes from the eighth to ninth planet furthest from the Sun. It had been the eighth furthest since 1979, and will be again from 2227 to 2247. February 12, 1999 (1999-02-12) (Friday) President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial John Myatt and John Drewe are sentenced for art forgery for one and six years, respectively. February 15, 1999 (1999-02-15) (Monday) Rapper Big L, real name Lamont Coleman, is shot and killed with 7 bullets to the head and chest just blocks from his home in Harlem. February 16, 1999 (1999-02-16) (Tuesday) In Uzbekistan a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov. Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrested one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan. In Jasper, Texas, testimony begins in the trial of John William King who is accused of dragging African American James Byrd Jr. to death in an apparent hate crime. King was later convicted and sentenced to the death penalty. February 21, 1999 (1999-02-21) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Turkey withdraws its troops from Iraq against the Kurdish rebels. (BBC) Law and crime The Albertinkatu shootings in Helsinki, Finland: Three men are killed and one is wounded at a shooting range. February 22, 1999 (1999-02-22) (Monday) Moderate Iraqi Shiite cleric Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr is assassinated. (New York Times) February 23, 1999 (1999-02-23) (Tuesday) Eminem's 'The Slim Shady LP is released, following his 1997 EP 'The Slim Shady EP' and debut album 'Infinite'. Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey. White supremacist John William King is found guilty of kidnapping and killing African American James Byrd Jr. by dragging him behind a truck for two miles (3 km). An avalanche wipes out the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31 people and burying alive 57 others. The R&B trio TLC releases their third album FanMail after their five year hiatus from the release of their second album in 1994, CrazySexyCool. It debuted at #1 on this billboard 200 and spent 5 non-consecutive weeks at #1. This was the last TLC studio album released with all three original members living, rapper Lisa Lopes would die in a treacherous car accident in Honduras just three years later, in 2002. February 24, 1999 (1999-02-24) (Wednesday) LaGrand Case: The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery that led to a death. Karl's brother Walter is executed a week later, in spite of Germany's legal action in the International Court of Justice to attempt to save him. February 27, 1999 (1999-02-27) (Saturday) While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being in a hot air balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes. Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first elected president since mid-1983.

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