August 1999 :
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DecemberAugust 2 -
M. Night Shyamalan's
The Sixth Sense is released into theaters.
August 8 - ABC's
Who wants to be a Millionaire premieres hosted by
Regis Philbin and give the contestants a chance at $1,000,000
August 8 - The first edition of the
Callatis Festival, the largest music &culture festival in
Romania.
August 9 -
Russian President
Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister,
Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet
August 10 -
Buford O. Furrow, Jr. wounds five and kills one during the
August 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shootingAugust 10 -
Atlantique Incident occurs as an intruding
Pakistan Navy plane is shot down in
India. The incident sparks tensions between the two nations, coming just a month after the end of the
Kargil War.
August 11 - Total solar eclipse in Europe and Asia
August 11 - An
F-2 tornado rips through downtown
Salt Lake City,
Utah, killing one person and injuring over 100.
August 17 - A 7.4-magnitude
earthquake strikes
Istanbul and northwestern
Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000. This earthquake was the first of a long series of unrelated but frequent earthquakes throughout the world during the years 1999 and 2000. Some connected the earthquake to the fact that the
Umbra of the solar eclipse of August 11, was right above Istanbul.
August 19 - In
Belgrade, tens of thousands of
Serbians rally to demand the resignation of
Yugoslav President
Slobodan MiloševićAugust 22 -
Mandarin Airlines Flight 642 crashed in
Hong KongAugust 26 - Michael Johnson captures the 400 M. world record.
August 26 - The pilot episode of
SmackDown! aired
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