EgyptAir Flight 990
Time: Sunday Oct 31, 1999
Place: The Atlantic Ocean
Details: Boeing 767-366ER, EgyptAir Flight 990, flying from Los Angeles International Airport, United States, to Cairo International Airport, Egypt, with a stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, killing all 203 passengers and 14 crewmembers. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the crash was a deliberate action by the relief first officer in response to his removal from international service within Egyptair, a finding disputed by Egyptian authorities who maintain another cause of the accident
‹ Earlier in historyRussian Scud short-range ballistic missile strike on the central Grozny marketplaceThursday Oct 21, 1999 Later in history ›Best Buy was added to Standard & Poor's S&P 5001999
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
Related
Near
1973 oil crisis-640-foot (200 m) oil tanker Argo Merchant runs aground on the Nantucket Shoals
Tuesday Dec 21, 1976 - U.S.
On This Day - 31 October
Mamluks-Abu Sa'id Qansuh was the twenty third Mamluk Sultan of Egypt
Monday Oct 31, 1498 - Cairo, Egypt
Muhammad Ali of Egypt-Egyptian invasion of Syria
Monday Oct 31, 1831 - Ottoman Syrian provinces
Abraham Lincoln-Nevada was admitted as a free state
Monday Oct 31, 1864 - Nevada, U.S.
Xinhai Revolution-Nanchang Restoration
Tuesday Oct 31, 1911 - Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
World War 1-Battle of Beersheba
Wednesday Oct 31, 1917 - Beersheba, (Syria this time)
Hungarian–Romanian War-The Aster Revolution in Budapest
Thursday Oct 31, 1918 - Budapest, Hungary
Red Summer-Corbin race riot
Friday Oct 31, 1919 - Corbin, Kentucky, U.S.
Benito Mussolini-Second assassination was failed
Sunday Oct 31, 1926 - Italy
Thanksgiving-Last Thursday in November
Tuesday Oct 31, 1939 - U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The CIA Fail
Monday Oct 31, 1960 - Cuba
The Beatles-Return to the UK
Thursday Oct 31, 1963 - Heathrow Airport, London, England
Marco van Basten-Born
Saturday Oct 31, 1964 - Utrecht, Netherlands
Ted Bundy-Laura Ann Aime
Thursday Oct 31, 1974 - Lehi, Utah, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-During Operation Muharram
Sunday Oct 31, 1982 - Iran
Croatian War of Independence-Operation Otkos 10
Thursday Oct 31, 1991 - Croatia and Slovenia
Galileo Galilei-Pope John Paul II expressed regret for how the Galileo affair was handled
Saturday Oct 31, 1992 - Vatican City
Disasters with highest death tolls-Tropical Storm Linda (1997)
Friday Oct 31, 1997 - Vietnam
Francesco Totti-A Captain
Saturday Oct 31, 1998 - Rome, Italy
Ayman al-Zawahiri-The Afghan citizenship
Wednesday Oct 31, 2001 - Afghanistan
Reddit-Reddit was sold
Tuesday Oct 31, 2006 - San Francisco, California, United States
Google LLC-The Shares Hit $350 For The First Time
Wednesday Oct 31, 2007 - Mountain View, California, U.S.
Bitcoin-A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Friday Oct 31, 2008 - Japan
Plane Accidents-Metrojet Flight 9268
Saturday Oct 31, 2015 - Sinai, Egypt
Rafael Nadal-Withdraw from the Paris Masters
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018 - Paris, France
Best Buy-Hit by a tornado
Sunday Oct 31, 2021 at 06:25:00 PM - Roseville, Minnesota, U.S.
Roman Republic-Battle of the Great Plains
Monday Oct 31, 203 BC - Souk Ahras, Algeria
Christopher Anstey Birth
Tuesday Oct 31, 1724 - Brinkley
Martin Luther's reformation in 1517
Wednesday Oct 31, 1517 - Mainz
October 1999
Second Chechen War-Chechen conflict entered a new phase
Friday Oct 1, 1999 - Russia
Kosovo War-Operation Rapid Guardian
Friday Oct 1, 1999 - Serbia
Christine Lagarde-The Company's first female chairman
Oct, 1999 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Second Chechen War-Russian troops entered Chechnya
Friday Oct 1, 1999 - Chechnya, Russia
Second Chechen War-Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations admitted that 78,000 people had fled the air strikes in Chechnya
Saturday Oct 2, 1999 - Chechnya, Russia
Akio Morita-Death
Sunday Oct 3, 1999 - Tokyo, Japan
Second Chechen War-The Russian army moved with ease in the wide open spaces of northern Chechnya
Tuesday Oct 5, 1999 - Chechnya, Russia
Second Chechen War-Maskhadov outlined a peace plan offering a crackdown on renegade warlords
Sunday Oct 10, 1999 - Chechnya, Russia
Second Chechen War-The Russian forces crossed the Terek and began a two-pronged advance on the capital Grozny to the south
Tuesday Oct 12, 1999 - Chechnya, Russia
Dwayne Johnson-Rock and Mankind Won the Tag Titles for Final Time
Tuesday Oct 12, 1999 - U.S.
Second Chechen War-Russian forces took control of a strategic ridge within artillery range of the Chechen capital Grozny
Friday Oct 15, 1999 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Dwayne Johnson-Rock and Mankind Lost the Titles
Monday Oct 18, 1999 - Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Second Chechen War-Russian Scud short-range ballistic missile strike on the central Grozny marketplace
Thursday Oct 21, 1999 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
1999
Xanana Gusmão-1st Divorce
1999 - Timor-Leste
Mobile Phones-The First Full Internet Service On Mobile Phones
1999 - Japan
Mobile Phones-The First Commercial payment System
1999 - Philippines
Ayman al-Zawahiri-Zawahiri was sentenced to death in absentia
1999 - Egypt
Kosovo War-Increasing insecurity in urban areas
Jan, 1999 - Kosovo
BMW-World's most sustainable automotive company every year
1999 - Munich, Germany
Ayman al-Zawahiri-The case of the Returnees from Albania
1999 - Cairo, Egypt
Halimah Yacob-The Director of The Singapore Institute of Labour Studies
1999 - Singapore
Tony Hawk-Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
1999 - Worldwide
1997 Asian financial crisis-The Government started selling those shares by launching the Tracker Fund of Hong Kong
1999 - Hong Kong
Cameras-Nikon D1
1999 - Tokyo, Japan
Rosa Parks-Her Last Appearance on Film
1999 - U.S.
John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind-Doctor of Science and Technology
1999 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Cinnabon-Moving The Headquarters
1999 - Greater Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Bryant sigh new deal
1999 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
American Sniper: Christopher Scott Kyle-Military career
1999 - Coronado, California, U.S.
Virtual reality-Linden Lab
1999 - San Francisco, California, United States
Kobe Bryant-Phil Jackson appointed as coach
1999 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Marvel Studios-Marvel licensed Spider-Man to Sony
1999 - U.S.
Bernard Arnault-Netflix
1999 - Los Gatos, California, U.S.
Celine Dion-Cultural honors
1999 - Canadia
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Gingrich Resigned from Congress
Sunday Jan 3, 1999 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Mankind Defeated the Rock
Monday Jan 4, 1999 - Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Formal Presentation of the Charges
Thursday Jan 7, 1999 - Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Call Witnesses in the Trial
Friday Jan 8, 1999 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Briefs by the House of Representatives
Monday Jan 11, 1999 - Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., U.S.
Michael Jordan-2nd Rerirement
Wednesday Jan 13, 1999 - U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Briefs by Bill Clinton
Wednesday Jan 13, 1999 - Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., U.S.
Kosovo War-Račak Killings
Friday Jan 15, 1999 - Kosovo
Qasem Soleimani-Along with other senior IRGC commanders
1999 - Iran
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Livingston Announced the End of His Candidacy for Speaker
1999 - Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Lame Duck
Jan, 1999 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-The Managers Presented Their Case
Jan, 1999 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-The Defense Presentation
Jan, 1999 - Washington D.C., U.S.
James Bond-"Midsummer Night's Doom"
Jan, 1999 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Questions from Members of the Senate
Jan, 1999 - Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., U.S.
Jim Carrey-The First Golden Globe Award for Best Actor
Sunday Jan 24, 1999 - Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-"I Quit" Match
Sunday Jan 24, 1999 - Anaheim, California, U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Lack of Merit
Monday Jan 25, 1999 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Private Session
Tuesday Jan 26, 1999 - Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump switched to the Reform Party
1999 - U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump filed an exploratory committee to seek the nomination presidential election
1999 - U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-The Senate voted in Public Session
Wednesday Jan 27, 1999 - Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Voting of the Senate
Thursday Jan 28, 1999 - Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
Kosovo War-Status Quo Plus
Saturday Jan 30, 1999 - Kosovo
Kosovo War-the NATO Secretary General may authorize air strikes against targets on FRY territory
Saturday Jan 30, 1999 - Kosovo
Dwayne Johnson-A Forklift Truck
Sunday Jan 31, 1999 - U.S.
Kosovo War-A peace conference
Feb, 1999 - Château de Rambouillet, France
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-House managers took Videotaped Closed-Door Depositions
Monday Feb 1, 1999 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Hugo Chávez-Presidency
Tuesday Feb 2, 1999 - Caracas, Venezuela
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Videotapes would suffice as testimony
Thursday Feb 4, 1999 - Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
Kosovo War-The Rambouillet talks began
Saturday Feb 6, 1999 - Château de Rambouillet, France
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Lewinsky discussing her affidavit in the Paula Jones Case
Saturday Feb 6, 1999 - Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Closing Arguments
Monday Feb 8, 1999 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-The Senate began closed-door deliberations
Tuesday Feb 9, 1999 - Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-The Senate Emerged from Its Closed Deliberations
Friday Feb 12, 1999 - Senate, Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Article Two (Attempting to Obstruct Justice in the Jones Case)
Friday Feb 12, 1999 - Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Article One (Clinton Lied to the Grand Jury)
Friday Feb 12, 1999 - Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
Sunday Feb 14, 1999 - Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Feud Ended
Monday Feb 15, 1999 - U.S.
Elon Musk-Selling Zip2
Feb, 1999 - California, United States
Eminem-The Slim Shady LP
Tuesday Feb 23, 1999 - Ferndale, Michigan, U.S.
Shakira-Shakira's First Grammy Award nomination
Wednesday Feb 24, 1999 - Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
Angelina Jolie-On Good Terms
Feb, 1999 - United States
Hugo Chávez-Chávez Set Into Motion a Social welfare Program Called Plan Bolívar 2000
Saturday Feb 27, 1999 - Venezuela
Bolivarian Revolution-The First of The Bolivarian Missions
Saturday Feb 27, 1999 - Venezuela
Eminem-Kimberly Anne "Kim" Scott
1999 - Michigan, U.S.
Second Chechen War-General Gennady Shpigun, the Kremlin's envoy to Chechnya, was kidnapped at the airport in Grozny
Mar, 1999 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Google LLC-The Company Moved Its Offices To Palo Alto
Mar, 1999 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Second Chechen War-Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin called for an invasion of Chechnya
Sunday Mar 7, 1999 - Russia
St. Patrick's Day-Russian festivals
Wednesday Mar 17, 1999 - Russia
Kosovo War-Rambouillet Accords
Thursday Mar 18, 1999 - Château de Rambouillet, France
Elon Musk-X.com
Mar, 1999 - California, United States
Steven Spielberg-2nd Director Oscar
Sunday Mar 21, 1999 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Kosovo War-the OSCE withdrew
Monday Mar 22, 1999 - Kosovo
Hillsborough events-By the disaster's 10th anniversary
1999 - England, United Kingdom
Kosovo War-The Serbian assembly accepted the principle of autonomy for Kosovo
Tuesday Mar 23, 1999 - Kosovo
Ruby Bridges-Ruby Bridges Foundation
1999 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Kosovo War-Peace talks had failed
Tuesday Mar 23, 1999 at 09:30:00 PM - Brussels, Belgium
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-Imprisonment
Wednesday Mar 24, 1999 - Turkey
Kosovo War-Aerial bombardment of Yugoslavia
Wednesday Mar 24, 1999 - Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milošević-The NATO Air Strikes against Yugoslavia
Wednesday Mar 24, 1999 - Serbia (Then Yugoslavia)
Kosovo War-NATO started its bombing campaign against Yugoslavia
Wednesday Mar 24, 1999 at 07:00:00 PM - Yugoslavia
Joe Biden-Biden supported the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1999 - U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-WrestleMania XV
Sunday Mar 28, 1999 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nelson Mandela-The Farewell speech to Parliament
Monday Mar 29, 1999 - South Africa
New York Stock Exchange-Dow Jones Industrial Average exceeds 10,000
Monday Mar 29, 1999 - New York, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-Lakers hired Phil Jackson as head coach
1999 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Amazon-Jack Ma launches Alibaba
Apr, 1999 - Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Xerox-Allaire was succeeded by Richard Thoman
Apr, 1999 - U.S.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-A $90,000 Fine
Apr, 1999 - Arkansas, U.S.
Mass Shootings in the United States-Columbine High School Massacre
Tuesday Apr 20, 1999 - Columbine, Colorado, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Pushing Tin
Friday Apr 23, 1999 - United States
Hugo Chávez-Chávez called a public referendum
Sunday Apr 25, 1999 - Venezuela
Dwayne Johnson-Backlash: In Your House
Sunday Apr 25, 1999 - Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Michael Ballack-Ballack's first senior Germany appearance
Wednesday Apr 28, 1999 - Bremen, Germany
Dwayne Johnson-SmackDown!
Thursday Apr 29, 1999 - U.S.
Nokia-Their First Wireless LAN products
May, 1999 - Espoo, Finland
Second Chechen War-Russia announced that it was closing the Russian-Chechnya border in an attempt to combat attacks and criminal activity
May, 1999 - Russia
Shaquille O'Neal-The Lakers finished with a 31–19 record
1999 - U.S.