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  • U.S.
    Nov, 1999
    Financial crisis of 2007–2008

    Law the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act

    U.S.
    Nov, 1999

    In November 1999, US President Bill Clinton signed into law the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, which repealed provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act that prohibit a bank holding company from owning other financial companies. The repeal effectively removed the separation that previously existed between Wall Street investment banks and depository banks, providing a government stamp of approval for a universal risk-taking banking model. Investment banks such as Lehman would now be thrust into direct competition with commercial banks.




  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Nov, 1999
    Kobe Bryant

    Meeting Vanessa Laine

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Nov, 1999

    In November 1999, 21-year-old Bryant met 17-year-old Vanessa Laine while she was working as a background dancer on the Tha Eastsidaz music video "G'd Up". Bryant was in the building and working on his debut musical album. The two began dating and became engaged six months later in May 2000, while Laine was still a senior at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, California. To avoid media scrutiny, she finished high school through independent study. According to Vanessa's cousin Laila Laine, there was no prenuptial agreement. Vanessa said Bryant "loved her too much for one".




  • United States
    Friday Nov 5, 1999
    Angelina Jolie

    The Bone Collector

    United States
    Friday Nov 5, 1999

    Jolie then co-starred with Denzel Washington in The Bone Collector, released on 5 November 1999, playing a police officer who reluctantly helps Washington's quadriplegic detective track down a serial killer.




  • United Kingdom and U.S.
    Monday Nov 8, 1999
    James Bond

    The World Is Not Enough

    United Kingdom and U.S.
    Monday Nov 8, 1999

    The World Is Not Enough is a 1999 spy film and the nineteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Bruce Feirstein. It was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The title is taken from the Bond family coat of arms taken from English heraldic Arms and seen first in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.




  • United Kingdom and U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 9, 1999
    James Bond

    The World Is Not Enough was published

    United Kingdom and U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 9, 1999

    The World Is Not Enough is a 1999 spy film and the nineteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.




  • Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 10, 1999
    Shaquille O'Neal

    O'Neal and Charles Barkley were ejected

    Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 10, 1999

    In the November 10, 1999, game against the Houston Rockets, O'Neal and Charles Barkley were ejected. After O'Neal blocked a layup by Barkley, O'Neal shoved Barkley, who then threw the ball at O'Neal.




  • Gudermes, Chechnya, Russia
    Friday Nov 12, 1999
    Second Chechen War

    Russian flag was raised over Chechnya's second largest city

    Gudermes, Chechnya, Russia
    Friday Nov 12, 1999

    On 12 November 1999, the Russian flag was raised over Chechnya's second largest city, Gudermes, when the local Chechen commanders, the Yamadayev brothers, defected to the federal side; the Russians also entered the bombed-out former Cossack village of Assinovskaya.


  • Bamut, Chechnya, Russia
    Wednesday Nov 17, 1999
    Second Chechen War

    Russian soldiers dislodged separatists in Bamut

    Bamut, Chechnya, Russia
    Wednesday Nov 17, 1999

    On 17 November 1999, Russian soldiers dislodged separatists in Bamut, the symbolic separatist stronghold in the first war; dozens of Chechen fighters and many civilians were reported killed, and the village was levelled in the FAE bombing.


  • Istanbul, Turkey
    Friday Nov 19, 1999
    NATO Establishment

    Signing The Adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty

    Istanbul, Turkey
    Friday Nov 19, 1999

    The changes brought about by the collapse of the Soviet Union on the military balance in Europe were recognized in the Adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, which was signed in 1999.


  • Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Nov 19, 1999
    Penicillin

    The importance of his work has been recognized by the placement of an International Historic Chemical Landmark

    Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Nov 19, 1999

    The importance of his work has been recognized by the placement of an International Historic Chemical Landmark at the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum in London on November 19, 1999.


  • Chechnya, Russia
    Friday Nov 26, 1999
    Second Chechen War

    Final third phase was about to begin

    Chechnya, Russia
    Friday Nov 26, 1999

    On 26 November 1999, Deputy Army Chief of Staff Valery Manilov said that phase two of the Chechnya campaign was just about complete, and a final third phase was about to begin.


  • Düsseldorf, Germany
    Nov, 1999
    Vodafone

    Acquiring Mannesmann

    Düsseldorf, Germany
    Nov, 1999

    In November 1999, Vodafone made an unsolicited bid for Mannesmann, which was rejected. Vodafone's interest in Mannesmann had been increased by the latter's purchase of Orange, the UK mobile operator.


  • Seattle, Washington, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 30, 1999
    World Trade Organization

    World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999

    Seattle, Washington, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 30, 1999

    The third conference (1999) in Seattle, Washington ended in failure, with massive demonstrations and police and National Guard crowd-control efforts drawing worldwide attention.


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