1st » The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.
2nd » Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected List of heads of state of Panama or President of Panama.
3rd » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is devastated by an 1999 Bridge Creek – Moore tornado called F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornad
6th » The first elections to the devolution known as devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
7th » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox Church e.g Eastern Orthodox country since the East-West Schism or Great Schism in 1054.
7th » In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
24th » The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
29th » Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
29th » Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.