1999 Insight.com Bowl
The 1999 Insight.com Bowl was the 11th edition of the game. It featured the Boston College Eagles and the Colorado Buffaloes.


1999 Insight.com Bowl, Game Summary, 1st Quarter
Colorado started off with a 10-yard touchdown run from Cortlen Johnson thus making it 7–0 Colorado. Mike Moschetti's 2 yard touchdown run made it 14–0. Colorado's Jason Sykes intercepted a Boston College pass, and returned it 29 yards for a touchdown, making it 21-0 Colorado, to close the 1st quarter scoring.


1999 Insight.com Bowl, Game Summary, 2nd Quarter
In the second quarter, Colorado's Rashidi Barnes intercepted a Boston College pass, and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown, making it 28-0. Ben Kelly later scored on an 88-yard punt return for Colorado giving them a 35-0 lead. With Colorado driving again, Boston College's George White intercepted a Colorado pass and returned it 78 yards for a score making it 35–7. Cortlen Johnson added a 2-yard touchdown for Colorado to make it 42–7. Jeremy Aldrich's 26 yard field goal made it 45–7 Colorado at the half.


1999 Insight.com Bowl, Game Summary, 3rd Quarter
In the third quarter, Jeremy Aldrich drilled a 21-yard field goal, making the score 48–7 Colorado. Boston College's Bryan Ardnt recovered a fumble in the end zone to make it 48–14. Colorado's Roman Hollowell scored on an 18-yard touchdown run to make it 55–14 Colorado at the end of three quarters.


1999 Insight.com Bowl, Game Summary, 4th Quarter
Colorado's Zac Colvin rushed 4 yards for a touchdown to make it 62–14. Boston College's Tim Hasselbeck threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jamal Burke to make it 62–21. Doug Bessette scored on a 9-yard return of a blocked punt for Boston College, to make the final score 62–28.


1999 Insight.com Bowl, Aftermath
Colorado's 62 points was an Insight Bowl record. Boston College won eight straight bowl games after this loss.


1999 Intercontinental Cup
The 1999 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 30 November 1999 between Manchester United, winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, and Palmeiras, winners of the 1999 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of 53,372 spectators.


1999 Intercontinental Cup
Manchester United won the match 1–0, the winning goal scored by their captain, Roy Keane. This was United's only Intercontinental Cup triumph, having been beaten by Estudiantes in the 1968 competition. This game was Palmeiras' only appearance in the Intercontinental Cup. Ryan Giggs was given the man of the match award. Manchester United's victory made them the first and only team from England and also the British Isles to win the Intercontinental Cup.


1999 Intercontinental Cup, Venue
For the 20th season in a row, as a result of the competition's sponsorship by Toyota, the match was played at a neutral venue, the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.


1999 Intercontinental Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Jeon Young-Hyun (South Korea) Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan)Fourth official: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)


1999 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)
The 1999 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was held in Australia from 3 to 14 November 1999. Eight countries contested the tournament, and has been the only Intercontinental Cup hosted in the Southern Hemisphere. The eight participating countries were Cuba, Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, United States and Chinese Taipei. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation.


1999 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)
The Cup was perhaps the brightest moment in the history of the Australia national baseball team, as they stunned the Cuba national baseball team in the finals, winning the game 4–3. The MVP of the tournament was also Australian MLB player and former All-Star, Dave Nilsson.


1999 Intercontinental Cup (baseball), All-Star team
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1999 Intercontinental Final
The 1999 Intercontinental Final was the twenty-first running of the Intercontinental Final and was the second last qualifying stage for Motorcycle speedway riders to qualify for the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix series. The Final was run on 18 July at the Poole Stadium in Poole, England.


1999 International Formula 3000 Championship
The 1999 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-third season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also fifteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker which was an FIA sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula 3000 racing cars. The title was contested over a ten-round series from 1 May to 25 September 1999. This was the first F3000 season in which every International Championship race took place during a Formula One weekend and supported the Grand Prix itself.


1999 International Formula 3000 Championship
21 teams entered the championship. For 2000, the FIA imposed an upper limit of 15 teams of 2 cars each, with one of the places reserved for the winning team of the 1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship; therefore, 7 bottom-ranked teams would not have been eligible to advance to the next year, which increased the competition. Portman-Arrows team collapsed midway through the championship, and Arden's Marc Goossens was disqualified in Hungary due to illegal changes in suspension, which denied Arden its first and the only points in the championship, causing a controversy.


1999 International Formula 3000 Championship, Drivers and teams
The following drivers and teams took part in the 1999 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship. A Lola B99/50 chassis powered by a Zytek V8 engine was mandatory for all entries.


1999 International Formula 3000 Championship, Calendar
Starting in 1999, all International Formula 3000 were held on Formula One Grand Prix courses.


1999 International Formula 3000 Championship, Complete Overview
R=retired NC=not classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify NT=no time set in qualifying DIS(3)=disqualified after finishing in third place DIS=disqualified in practice


1999 International League season
The 1999 International League season took place from April to September 1999.


1999 International League season
The Charlotte Knights defeated the Durham Bulls to win the league championship.


1999 International League season, Playoffs, Division series
The North Division Scranton Red Barons (78-66) faced the IL Wild Card the Charlotte Knights (82-62). Charlotte defeated Scranton.


1999 International League season, Playoffs, Division series
The South Division Champion Durham Bulls (83-60) faced the West Division Champion Columbus Clippers (83-58). Durham defeated Columbus.


1999 International League season, Playoffs, Championship series
Charlotte faced the PCL Champions the (Vancouver Canadians) from the Pacific Coast League in the Triple-A World Series. Vancouver won the Series 3 games to 2.


1999 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix
The 1999 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in St. Pölten, Austria that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 17 May until 23 May 1999. Second-seeded Marcelo Ríos won the singles title.


1999 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Andrew Florent /  Andrei Olhovskiy defeated  Brent Haygarth /  Robbie Koenig, 5–7, 6–4, 7–5.


1999 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Doubles
The 1999 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in St. Pölten, Austria that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 17–23 May 1999.


1999 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Singles
The 1999 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in St. Pölten, Austria that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 17–23 May 1999.


1999 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 International Rules Series
The 1999 International Rules Series was the sixth annual International Rules Series and the second time that a test series of international rules football has been played between Ireland and Australia since the series resumed in 1998.


1999 International Rules Series
The 1999 series was played in Australia with a two-test series used to decide the winner. The first test was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the second test was played at Football Park in Adelaide. The 1999 Series was historic for the fact that a then record crowd of 64,326 turned up at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the first test followed by a strong 45,187 fans at the second test in Adelaide. The two combined crowds equalled to 109,513, smashing the opening record at the previous year's series in Ireland.


1999 International Rules Series
The second test of the 1999 series in Adelaide finished as a draw, the first time such a result occurred in an international rules series.


1999 International Rules Series, Series overview
The first test was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of a then record crowd of 64,326. In a high scoring game, the Irish were victorious with McDermott scoring Ireland's only goal of the match. The Australians were not disgraced, finishing just 8 points behind the Irish at the end of the night with Nathan Buckley kicking 5 overs. The second test provided a unique result. In a first for any international rules game, the second test finished as a draw.


1999 International Rules Series, Series overview
Despite this, the Irish still won the series by 8 points on aggregate (their winning margin of the first test). Nathan Buckley again scored 5 overs, prompting many to pronounce him the Jim Stynes Medal winner. Michael O'Loughlin and Shane Crawford each scored a goal each whilst for the Irish, McDermott and Tohill gained scores of 7 in front of over 45,000 people at Football Park in Adelaide. Ireland won the series 122–114 on aggregate.


1999 International Rules Series, Squads
For Australian squad see: Australia 1999 TeamFor Ireland squad see: Ireland 1999 Team


1999 International Rules Series, Matches, First test
Overs: Buckley 5, McRae 2, Waterhouse 2, Bell 2,Campbell 2, Leppitsch, Smith, West


1999 International Rules Series, Matches, First test
Overs: Canavan 3, Fallon 3, Giles 3, Kavanagh 3, Buckley, Dolan, Earley, Tohill


1999 International Rules Series, Matches, Second test
Overs: Fallon 2, Tohill 2, Buckley 2, Geraghty, Giles, Kavanagh, McManus, Stynes


1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg
The 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Strasbourg, France that was part of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour.It was the 13th edition of The tournament and was held from 17 May until 23 May 1999. Unseeded Jennifer Capriati won the singles title and $27,500 first-prize money.


1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Finals, Doubles
Elena Likhovtseva /  Ai Sugiyama defeated  Alexandra Fusai /  Nathalie Tauziat, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1


1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Doubles
The 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles was the tennis singles event of the thirteenth edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, a WTA Tier III tournament held in Strasbourg, France and part of the European clay court season. Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but they were defeated in the final by Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1.


1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles
The 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles was the singles event of the thirteenth edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, a WTA Tier III tournament held in Strasbourg, France and part of the European clay court season. Irina Spîrlea was the champion from the previous year's edition of this tournament, but she did not partake in defence.


1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles
Entering as the World No. 113 and a former World No. 6 from 1991, Jennifer Capriati won her first tournament since 1993 without losing a set, defeating Russian second seed Elena Likhovtseva in the final.


1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.


1999 Internazionali di Tennis di San Marino
The 1999 Internazionali di Tennis di San Marino was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in City of San Marino, San Marino that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 9 August until 15 August 1999. Unseeded Galo Blanco won the singles titles.


1999 Internazionali di Tennis di San Marino, Finals, Doubles
Lucas Arnold Ker /  Mariano Hood defeated  Petr Pála /  Pavel Vízner, 6–3, 6–2


1999 Inverclyde Council election
Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 6 May 1999, the same day as other Scottish Local Government elections and the first Scottish Parliament Election.


1999 Inverclyde Council election
This was the second election using 20 single member wards, in which the Scottish Labour Party won a majority of seats, winning 11.


1999 Investor Swedish Open
The 1999 Investor Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad, Sweden that was part of the World Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the 52nd edition of the tournament and was held from 5 July until 11 July 1999. Unseeded Juan Antonio Marín won the singles titles.


1999 Investor Swedish Open, Finals, Doubles
David Adams /  Jeff Tarango defeated  Nicklas Kulti /  Mikael Tillström, 7–6(8–6), 6–4


1999 Investor Swedish Open – Doubles
Magnus Gustafsson and Magnus Larsson were the defending champions, but they did not participate this year.


1999 Investor Swedish Open – Doubles
David Adams and Jeff Tarango won the title by defeating Nicklas Kulti and Mikael Tillström, 7–6 (8–6), 6–4 in the final.


1999 Investor Swedish Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 Investor Swedish Open – Singles
The defending champion was Magnus Gustafsson, but he lost in the second round to Martín Rodríguez. The unseeded Juan Antonio Marín from Costa Rica won the singles title.


1999 Investor Swedish Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1999 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 1999 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first season for new head coach Kirk Ferentz, who replaced legendary Iowa coach Hayden Fry who retired at the end of the 1998 season. The Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.


1999 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois
The win over the Huskies marked Kirk Ferentz's first victory as head coach at Iowa.


1999 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 1999 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Dan McCarney.


1999 Ipswich Borough Council election
Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.


1999 Iranian local elections
The elections for City and Village Councils of Iran were held on 26 February 1999, for the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran to elect some 200,000 seats. Though many sources consider the elections the first local elections since the Iranian Revolution, two decade earlier 1979 local elections took place in a more limited scope.


1999 Iranian local elections
These elections saw great levels of public participation and civic engagement and still tend to be viewed as an "historic moment" and important opportunity for citizens to play an active part in the management of their municipalities at a local level.


1999 Iranian local elections
In many large cities, especially Tehran and Isfahan, candidates from 2nd of Khordad movement won the elections. Independents were elected in most rural areas, reflecting concern for local issues which competed with the wider national debate over an emerging “civil society.”


1999 Iranian local elections
The elections marked an unprecedented presence of women in politics of Iran, 114 women won first or second place in 109 cities.


1999 Iraqi Elite Cup
The Ninth Mother of all Battles Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك التاسعة), commonly referred to as the 1999 Iraqi Elite Cup (Arabic: كأس النخبة العراقي 1999), was the ninth occurrence of the Iraqi Elite Cup, organised by the Iraq Football Association. The top eight teams of the 1998–99 Iraqi Premier League competed in the tournament. In the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Zawraa defeated Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–0.


1999 Iraqi Perseverance Cup
The 1999 Iraqi Perseverance Cup (Arabic: كأس المثابرة العراقي 1999) was the 4th edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. The match was contested between Baghdad rivals Al-Zawraa and Al-Talaba at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 15 September 1999 as a curtain-raiser to the 1999–2000 season. Al-Zawraa retained their title, winning 5–4 on penalties after a 2–2 draw.


1999 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
1999 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia. The Ireland national rugby union team embarked on their third tour of Australia having also visited in 1979 and 1994. The tour saw Brian O'Driscoll make his full international in the first test against Australia. In 2001, O'Driscoll, together with Jeremy Davidson and Malcolm O'Kelly would return to Australia with the British and Irish Lions.


1999 Irish Greyhound Derby
The 1999 Irish Greyhound Derby took place during August and September with the final being held at Shelbourne Park in Dublin on 18 September 1999.


1999 Irish Greyhound Derby
The winner Spring Time won £60,000 and was trained and owned by Gerald Watson and bred by Charles Magill. The race was sponsored by the Ireland on Sunday.


1999 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Chart King returned to Ireland as the winner of the 1999 English Greyhound Derby and 1999 Scottish Greyhound Derby champion and went into the Irish Derby as the 7-2 ante-post favourite. Other leading contenders included English Derby finalist Deerfield Sunset.


1999 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Chart King won his first round heat in a fast 30.04. Frisby Full (Reggie Roberts) was fastest in 29.93 and there were also wins for Deerfield Sunset and triple major race winner Borna Survivor, he had already won the Produce Stakes, the Oaks and Dundalk International.


1999 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Round two saw Chart King complete sixteen consecutive wins by recording 29.94. Frisby Full won again in 29.96 as did Borna Survivor and Airmount Rover won well. The third round was the exact opposite if the second and the favourites tumbled out of the competition. Borna Survivor and Deerfield Sunset found trouble and were both eliminated behind Lodgefield Jack before Chart King ran poorly and failed to progress; he was retired to stud.


1999 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Mr Bozz won the first semi-final from Lodgefield Jack and Airmount Rover with hot favourite Frisby Full encountering trouble and exiting the event. Badge of Tidings completed proceedings in heat two beating Spring Time and Hi Dingle.


1999 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Spring Time was a well supported 7-4 favourite in the final after only one defeat in competition (the semi-finals). She justified the odds by winning comfortably by three lengths despite finding a little trouble during the race.


1999 Irish Masters
The 1999 Irish Masters was the twenty-fifth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 21 to 28 March 1999. The tournament was played at Goffs in Kill, County Kildare, and featured twelve professional players.


1999 Irish Masters
Stephen Hendry won the tournament for the third time, defeating Stephen Lee 9–8 in the final.


1999 Irish local elections
The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on 11 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections.


1999 Irish local elections, Results
18 Workers' Party councillors had left the party in 1992 upon the creation of Democratic Left. By the 1999 elections, 16 Democratic Left councillors had merged with the Labour Party, and one Workers' Party councillor had joined Labour.


1999 Island Games
The 1999 Island Games were the eighth Island Games, and were held in Gotland, from June 26 to July 2, 1999.


1999 Islands District Council election
The 1999 Islands District Council election was held on 28 November 1999 to elect all 7 elected members to the 19-member District Council.


1999 Israeli general election
Early general elections for both the Prime Minister and the Knesset were held in Israel on 17 May 1999 following a vote of no confidence in the government; the incumbent Likud Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ran for re-election.


1999 Israeli general election
This election was only the second time in Israeli history an election had been held for the Prime Minister's post in addition to elections for the Knesset. The first such election, in 1996 had been an extremely tight contest between Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu on the right, and Labor's Shimon Peres on the left; the right had won by less than one percent (about 29,000 votes).


1999 Israeli general election
Ehud Barak, promising to storm the citadels of peace regarding negotiations with the Palestinians and withdraw from Lebanon by July 2000, won the election in a landslide victory.


1999 Israeli general election, Background, Wye River Memorandum
In the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, although the Likud government had negotiated the Wye River Memorandum and it had passed the Knesset overwhelmingly in November 1998, subsequent negotiations with the Palestinians were going badly. The lack of progress had alienated support for the government on the left, as well as on its right. The left claimed negotiations were moving too slowly, while the more extreme right were unhappy with the contemplated territorial concessions included in the memorandum itself.


1999 Israeli general election, Background, Disintegration of the Likud–Gesher–Tzomet alliance
The Likud–Gesher–Tzomet alliance had fallen apart, with more members leaving Likud to set up Herut – The National Movement and the Centre Party.


1999 Israeli general election, Background, Disintegration of the Likud–Gesher–Tzomet alliance
Netanyahu's government finally gave up the ghost due to difficulties in passing the state budget and in January 1999 passed a bill calling for early elections.


1999 Israeli general election, Background, Establishment of the One Israel alliance
Ehud Barak, the leader of the main opposition Labor Party, was Netanyahu's main contender in this election. Before the elections, Ehud Barak's Labor Party formed an alliance with Gesher and Meimad called One Israel in the hope that a united front on the centre-left would give them enough seats to form a more stable coalition.


1999 Israeli general election, Background, The ongoing South Lebanon conflict
The rising death toll and lack of military victory in Israel's long-running occupation in south Lebanon had soured voter support for the Likud policy.


1999 Israeli general election, Campaign
Initially, three other candidates planned to run; these included: Benny Begin of Herut – The National Movement, running to the right of Likud; Azmi Bishara of the Israeli Arab Balad party, running to the left of One Israel and the first from that minority to stand for Prime Minister, and; Yitzhak Mordechai of the Centre Party, running on positions between those of Likud on the right and One Israel on the left.


1999 Israeli general election, Campaign
Over the course of the campaign however, Begin, Bishara, and Mordechai all dropped out of the race for Prime Minister, after it became clear that they could not win, and that their continued presence would cost votes for the major candidates, Barak and Netanyahu, at their respective ends of the political spectrum. The parties these other candidates represented however, continued to run in the concurrent Knesset elections.


1999 Israeli general election, Campaign
Two parties, Manhigut Yehudit and Voice of the Environment, initially signed up to participate in the elections, but withdrew their candidacy before election day.


1999 Israeli general election, Results, Knesset
Yisrael Beiteinu gained a seat after the vote-sharing process was completed.


1999 Israeli general election, Aftermath
Although Barak won the Prime Ministerial election comfortably, his One Israel alliance won only 26 seats, meaning he had to form a convoluted coalition with Shas, Meretz, Yisrael BaAliyah, the Centre Party, the National Religious Party and United Torah Judaism.


1999 Israeli general election, Aftermath
When Barak's government collapsed after the start of the Second Intifada and the October Israeli Arab riots in 2000, Barak called new elections for Prime Minister in the hope of winning an authoritative mandate. However, he was well-beaten by Ariel Sharon and subsequently resigned from politics.


1999 Israeli general election, Aftermath, The 15th Knesset
After winning the Prime Ministerial elections, Ehud Barak formed the 28th government of Israel on 6 July 1999. His coalition included One Israel, Shas, Meretz, Yisrael BaAliyah, the Centre Party, the National Religious Party and United Torah Judaism, and initially had 16 ministers, though the number later rose to 24. Avraham Burg was appointed as Speaker of the Knesset.


1999 Israeli general election, Aftermath, The 15th Knesset
United Torah Judaism left the coalition in September 1999 after a breach of the Sabbath. The government finally collapsed on 10 December 2000 when Barak resigned in the face of the outbreak of the Second Intifada and the Israeli Arab riots of October. Barak called new elections for the position of Prime Minister, which he lost to Ariel Sharon.


1999 Israeli general election, Aftermath, The 15th Knesset
Sharon formed the 29th government on 7 March 2001. He set up a national unity government, including Likud, Labor-Meimad, Shas, the Centre Party, the National Religious Party, United Torah Judaism, Yisrael BaAliyah, and National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu. Sharon's government had 26 ministers, which later rose to 29, necessitating the addition of a small table to the end of the Ministers row in the Knesset.


1999 Israeli general election, Aftermath, The 15th Knesset
During the Knesset term, there were several splits, mergers, and defections. The One Israel alliance broke into its constituent parts, Labor-Meimad (25 seats) and Gesher (2 seats). Five members left the Centre Party, with three forming New Way and two establishing Lev, which immediately merged into Likud. Later, two of the three that set up New Way resigned from the Knesset and were replaced by Centre Party members, whilst the remaining New Way MK joined Labor-Meimad.


1999 Israeli general election, Aftermath, The 15th Knesset
Two MKs left Yisrael BaAliyah to establish the Democratic Choice, whilst three MKs left the United Arab List; two established the Arab National Party and one formed National Unity – National Progressive Alliance. Michael Kleiner left the National Union to establish Herut – The National Movement, whilst the National Union became allied to Yisrael Beiteinu. Ahmed Tibi left Balad to establish Ta'al.


1999 Istanbul bombings
The 1999 Istanbul bombings were a pair of bombings that took place in Istanbul, Turkey on March 13, killing 13, and March 14, 1999, injuring two. A third bomb was found in a Burger King outlet but successfully defused.


1999 Istanbul bombings
A Turkish court sentenced Cevat Soysal to 18 years and nine months in prison on June 25, 2002, for allegedly having ordered the attack.


1999 Istanbul bombings, Aftermath
These three events caused widespread fear and anger among the people of Turkey and brought more attention to the Kurdish PKK party, who were blamed for the bombings; in the aftermath, one of their leader, Cevat Soysal, was taken to court. The media called the PKK and its leaders “terrorist,” “traitors to their country,” and “insidious.” These events also disrupted financial inflows to Turkey because the bombings were focused on very busy areas, and resulted in tourist warnings being issued.


1999 Istanbul bombings, Aftermath
Authorities arrested several people suspected of involvement in the bombings, most notably Cevat Soysal. “Cevat Soysal was taken into custody by authorities under the suspicion of being a leader in the PKK on 13 July 1999 in Chișinău, Moldova. The indictment said that he had been in contact with Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the PKK, and allegedly provided Mr. Ocalan with information about people he had trained to commit violent acts. An accusation based on a number of phone calls from Soysal's phone that were recorded through wiretap.


1999 Istanbul bombings, Aftermath
The prosecution claimed that after the arrest of Mr. Ocalan, Soysal ordered a series of violent acts to occur, including the bombings of Marvi Carsi on March 13 and March 14. The courts tried to pin these two incidences on Soysal but could not. These accusations did not hold up because of how general Soysal spoke over the recorded phone calls.


1999 Istanbul bombings, Aftermath
During the trial, Soysal's lawyer asked for the phone log recording between Soysal and the other supposed people. The court denied him access to these recording on multiple occasions. The prosecution then sought out a verbal sample to compare to the recording they already had but Soysal refused since he was not allowed to hear the recording that were being used as evidence. Soysal also asked for the criminal case concerning the bombing of Marvi Carsi but that was denied as well. Soysal's lawyer petitioned for access to these files and recordings every court date but it kept getting denied.


1999 Istanbul bombings, Aftermath
The reason it kept being declined was that it had already been denied before. At the end of the court dates Soysal was convicted of membership of the PKK under Article 168 1 of the former Criminal Code and sentenced to eighteen years and nine months’ imprisonment. The court trials lasted from 1999 to 2002.


1999 Istanbul bombings, Aftermath
The Soysal trial was widely criticized, largely because most of the expert opinion on the evidence was provided by police officers, who were accused of being biased because many police officers died in the bombings. The court was also criticized for failing to get an unbiased expert that would satisfy both sides., and after the case, the PKK targeted the police more aggressively with bombs. One was a suicide bomber that walked up to a group of police and set off her bombs killing multiple police and civilian.


1999 Istanbul bombings, Aftermath
A couple of her bombs did not go off and were diffused by experts afterward. The next bombing was on a police bus again in a busy area. The bomber set of the bombs on the side of the bus killing several police officers. Similar bombings continued for some time. Eventually, on 30 November 2008, Cevat Soysal was released from prison on probation and returned to Germany, where his family were living.


1999 Istanbul summit
The 1999 Istanbul Summit was the 6th Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) summit and was held in Istanbul, Turkey from November 18 until November 19, resulting in the adoption of the Istanbul Summit Declaration and the signing of the Charter for European Security. Also in Istanbul, 30 OSCE states signed the Agreement on the Adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, which amended the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe to reflect the changes since the end of the Cold War. There was also verbal clash between Russia and the West over NATO intervention in Kosovo Conflict and beginning of Second Chechen War.


1999 Istanbul summit
The Transnistria conflict, the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict and the Georgian–Ossetian conflict were also discussed. In the summit, Russia promised to have withdrawn its military forces from Moldova and Georgia by 31 December 2002, which did not happen in the end.


1999 Italian Figure Skating Championships
The 1999 Italian Figure Skating Championships (Italian: Campionati Italiani Assoluti 1999 Pattinaggio Di Figura Su Ghiaccio) was held in Milan from December 11 through 13, 1998. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. The results were used to choose the teams to the 1999 World Championships, the 1999 European Championships, and the 1999 World Junior Championships.


1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship
The 1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 7 rounds. 16 different teams and 27 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all teams had to utilize Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.


1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship, Calendar
All races were held in Italy, excepting Donington Park round which held in the United Kingdom.


1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship, Results
Race 3 Pole Position originally won by Oliver Martini, but all his times were cancelled and he started from last grid position.


1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship, Results
Race 3 original first finisher and winner Ananda Mikola, but he was disqualified due to an illegal positioning of the datalogger.


1999 Italian Grand Prix
The 1999 Italian Grand Prix (formally the 70o Gran Premio Campari d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 September 1999 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza near Monza, Italy. It was the thirteenth race of the 1999 Formula One World Championship, and the last held on this layout.


1999 Italian Grand Prix
The 53-lap race was won by Heinz-Harald Frentzen, driving a Jordan-Mugen-Honda, after McLaren's Mika Häkkinen, seeking to defend his Drivers' Championship title, spun off while leading comfortably. Ralf Schumacher was second in a Williams-Supertec, with Mika Salo third in a Ferrari. Häkkinen's rival Eddie Irvine finished sixth in the other Ferrari, thus moving level on points with the Finn at the top of the Drivers' Championship.


1999 Italian Grand Prix
Though the victory moved Frentzen to within ten points of Häkkinen and Irvine, it would turn out to be his third and last victory in Formula One, as well as the last for engine suppliers Mugen. It was also the Jordan team's only victory in dry conditions, their others coming in the rain.


1999 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Going into the race, McLaren's Mika Häkkinen led the Drivers' Championship by a single point from Ferrari's Eddie Irvine, with Jordan's Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Häkkinen's team-mate David Coulthard also still in contention. Häkkinen was expected to do well on the fast Monza circuit, and duly claimed pole position by half a second from Frentzen. Coulthard was third, while Alessandro Zanardi, who had been having a poor year with Williams, was fourth, just ahead of teammate Ralf Schumacher.


1999 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
On Ferrari's home soil, Irvine had a poor qualifying session and could only manage eighth, behind teammate Mika Salo in sixth and Stewart's Rubens Barrichello – who had just signed with Ferrari to replace Irvine in 2000 – in seventh. Completing the top ten were Damon Hill in the second Jordan and Olivier Panis in the Prost.


1999 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start, Häkkinen led away while Zanardi shot past Coulthard and Frentzen into second. Frentzen quickly re-passed Zanardi, but Coulthard fell further back, behind Schumacher and Salo. Meanwhile, at the back of the field, Minardi's Marc Gené tangled with Arrows' Pedro de la Rosa at the Roggia chicane and became the first retirement, while on the second lap Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella and Sauber's Pedro Diniz both spun off at the Rettifilo chicane.


1999 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 3, Zanardi ran over a kerb and damaged the underside of his car. He managed to hold on to third place for another 15 laps, while Häkkinen and Frentzen pulled away. Barrichello passed Coulthard on lap 11 and then Salo on lap 19, while Zanardi waved Schumacher past on lap 18. On lap 24, there was more drama at the back as Toranosuke Takagi in the second Arrows tried to overtake Luca Badoer in the second Minardi at the Rettifilo, only to run into the back of Badoer and end his race.


1999 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Barrichello overtook Zanardi on lap 26; Salo did the same at the start of lap 28. At this point, Häkkinen led Frentzen by eight seconds, with Schumacher a further two-and-a-half seconds back. But on lap 30, going into the Rettifilo, Häkkinen made a mistake changing gear – selecting first instead of second – and spun off, in a virtual repeat of his unforced error at San Marino earlier in the year. In a rare show of emotion, the Finn burst into tears at the side of the track.


1999 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Frentzen thus inherited the lead as the front-runners began to make their pit stops. When these had been completed, Salo had moved back ahead of Barrichello and into third, while Coulthard and Irvine had both leapfrogged Zanardi and were now fifth and sixth.


1999 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Over the closing laps, Frentzen retained a comfortable lead over Schumacher – despite the Williams driver setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 48 – while Coulthard tried unsuccessfully to find a way past Barrichello, allowing Salo to pull away from both of them. Frentzen's eventual margin of victory was 3.2 seconds, with a further eight seconds back to Salo and another six back to Barrichello. Coulthard finished half a second behind the Stewart driver, but nine ahead of Irvine, who himself held off Zanardi for the final point.


1999 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race
This point moved Irvine level with Häkkinen in the Drivers' Championship on 60 points apiece, while the win put Frentzen just ten points behind on 50, with Coulthard on 48. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari cut McLaren's lead to six points, 108 to 102.


1999 Italian Open (tennis)
The 1999 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 56th edition of the Italian Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1999 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.


1999 Italian Open (tennis)
The men's field was led by ATP No. 2, Rotterdam, Australian Open titlist Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Wimbledon, Vienna winner, Paris runner-up Pete Sampras and Sydney champion, Masters Cup winner Àlex Corretja. Also competing were US Open defending champion Patrick Rafter, London titlist Richard Krajicek, Carlos Moyá, Tim Henman and Marcelo Ríos.


1999 Italian Open (tennis)
The women's draw was headlined by the WTA No. 1, Australian Open, Tokyo winner, and Sydney finalist Martina Hingis; the Cairo titlist, and Hamburg semi-finalist Arantxa Sánchez Vicario; and  the Key Biscayne, Oklahoma, Hamburg champion Venus Williams. Other top seeds were Gold Coast runner-up Mary Pierce, Gold Coast champion Patty Schnyder, Indian Wells champion Serena Williams, and Frenchwomen Nathalie Tauziat and Sandrine Testud.


1999 Italian Open (tennis), WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 Italian Open (tennis), WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 Italian Open (tennis), WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


1999 Italian Open (tennis), WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


1999 Italian Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Ellis Ferreira /  Rick Leach defeated  David Adams /  John-Laffnie de Jager, 6–7, 6–1, 6–2.


1999 Italian Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis /  Anna Kournikova defeated  Alexandra Fusai /  Nathalie Tauziat, 6–2, 6–2.


1999 Italian Open – Men's Doubles
The 1999 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 56th edition of the Italian Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1999 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.


1999 Italian Open – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 Italian Open – Men's Singles
The 1999 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 56th edition of the Italian Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1999 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.


1999 Italian Open – Men's Singles
Marcelo Ríos was the defending champion, but lost in the first round this year.


1999 Italian Open – Men's Singles
Gustavo Kuerten won the title, defeating Patrick Rafter 6–4, 7–5, 7–6(8–6) in the final.


1999 Italian Open – Women's Doubles
The 1999 Italian Open – Doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome, Italy, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe. It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the quarterfinals.


1999 Italian Open – Women's Doubles
Hingis and Kournikova won this tournament by defeating Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final.


1999 Italian Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


1999 Italian Open – Women's Singles
The 1999 Italian Open – Singles was the singles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome, Italy, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe. It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Venus Williams.


1999 Italian Open – Women's Singles
Williams won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Mary Pierce.


1999 Italian Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1999 Italian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
The 1999 Italian Open was a WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor clay courts.


1999 Italian Superturismo Championship
The 1999 Italian Superturismo Championship season was the thirteenth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Misano on 17 April and finished in Vallelunga on 10 October, after ten rounds. Fabrizio Giovanardi won the championship, driving an Alfa Romeo 156; the Italian manufacturer won the constructors' championship, while Roberto Colciago took the privateers' trophy.


1999 Italian local elections
The 1999 Italian local elections were held on 13 June and 27 June.


1999 Italian local elections
In Sicily the elections were also held on November 28 (first round) and December 12 (second round).


1999 Italian local elections
In Trentino-Alto Adige the elections were held on May 16 (first round) and May 30 (second round).


1999 Italian local elections
The elections were won by the new centre-left coalition between the Democrats of the Left, led by Massimo D'Alema and the Italian People's Party (allied in The Olive Tree coalition).


1999 Italian local elections
However the election saw the return on the scene of the former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and of his centre-right coalition.


1999 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1999 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 June 1999 at the Mugello Circuit.


1999 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, 250 cc classification
Loris Capirossi was black-flagged for causing Marcellino Lucchi's crash at the start of the race; in addition, as he did not return to the pits within one lap after having been shown the flag, he was banned from the following event.


1999 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.


1999 Italian presidential election
The 1999 election of the President of the Italian Republic was held on 13 May 1999. As a second-level, indirect election, only Members of Parliament and regional deputies were entitled to vote. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi was elected head of state of the Italian Republic, a role of representation of national unity and guarantee that Italian politics comply with the Constitution, in the framework of a parliamentary system.


1999 Italian presidential election
On 13 May, the former Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi was elected on the first ballot with 707 votes. His term officially started with a swearing-in ceremony held on 18 May.


1999 Italian presidential election, Procedure
According to the Italian Constitution, the election must be held in the form of secret ballot, with the Senators, the Deputies and 58 regional representatives allowed to cast their votes. When the 1999 election was held, the Senate counted 322 members and the Chamber of Deputies counted 630 members; the electors were in total 1010. The election is held in the Palazzo Montecitorio, home of the Chamber of Deputies, with the capacity of the building being expanded for the purpose. The first three ballots require a two-thirds majority of the voters in order to elect a President. The election is conducted by the President of the Chamber of Deputies, who has the authority to proceed to the public counting of the votes. The presidential mandate lasts seven years.


1999 Italian presidential election, Procedure
On 13 May 1999, the President of the Chamber of Deputies Luciano Violante, in agreement with the President of the Senate Nicola Mancino, convened the two houses of the Italian Parliament, integrated with a number of representatives appointed by the twenty Italian regions, in a common session in order to commence voting for the election of the new President of the Italian Republic.


1999 Italian presidential election, Ballots, First ballot (13 May)
Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema initially proposed Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as government's official candidate, in an attempt to reach an agreement with the House of Freedoms, whose votes would have been necessary to have a successful election at the first ballot; however, the centre-right opposition declared it intend to vote for Ciampi.


1999 Italian presidential election, Ballots, First ballot (13 May)
The voting operations resulted in the election of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as President of the Italian Republic.


1999 Italian referendum
An abrogative referendum on the electoral law was held in Italy on 18 April 1999. Voters were asked whether they approved of replacing the mixed-member proportional representation electoral system (in which 75% of seats in Parliament were elected in single-member constituencies and 25% by compensatory proportional representation) with one based solely on single-member constituencies, with the 25% of seats instead allocated to the second-placed in the constituencies with the most votes. The proposal was supported by larger parties, but opposed by smaller ones. Although the proposal was approved by 91.5% of voters, turnout was only 49.6%, resulting in the referendum being invalidated as the threshold of 50% was not passed.


1999 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa
The 1999 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played in June 1999 in South Africa by Italy national rugby union team, to prepare the 1999 Rugby World CupIt was an infamous tour, and after that, the Coach of "Azzurri" , Georges Coste, that only one year before led the team to his best results in the story, was fired.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état
The 1999 Ivorian coup d'état took place on 24 December 1999. It was the first coup d'état since the independence of Ivory Coast and led to the President Henri Konan Bédié being deposed.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, Background
Ever since independence in 1960, Ivory Coast had been controlled by Félix Houphouët-Boigny. During the first decades of his rule, Ivory Coast enjoyed economic prosperity and was politically stable. However, the later years of his rule saw the downturn of the Ivorian economy and signs of political instability.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, Background
Henri Konan Bédié succeeded as president after Houphouët-Boigny's death in 1993. The economic situation continued to worsen. Bédié was accused of corruption, political repression, and of stripping immigrants from neighboring countries of their political rights by promoting the concept of Ivoirité, which placed in doubt the nationality of many people of foreign origin and caused tension between people from the north and the south of Ivory Coast. Dissatisfaction kept growing.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, The coup
A group of soldiers led by Tuo Fozié rebelled on 23 December 1999. Refusing to step down at the soldiers' demand, Bédié was overthrown by a coup d'état the following day. Former army commander Robert Guéï, although not having led the coup d'état, was called out of retirement as head of a National Public Salvation Committee (French: Comité National de Salut Public).


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, The coup
Scattered gunfire were heard around Abidjan. Guéï announced the dissolution of parliament, the former government, the constitutional council and the supreme court. The rebels took control of Abidjan Airport and key bridges, set up checkpoints, and opened prison gates to release political prisoners and other inmates. Mobs took advantage of the power vacuum to hijack cars. Some parts of Abidjan were also looted by soldiers and civilians.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, The coup
On television, Guéï announced that he had seized power. He also made a television address to the people and foreign diplomatic personnel, in which he gave assurances that democracy would be respected, international agreements would be maintained, the security of Ivorians and non-Ivorians would be guaranteed, missions to foreign countries would be sent to explain the reasons for the coup, and the problems of farmers would be addressed.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, The coup
Many Ivorians welcomed the coup, saying that they hoped the army would improve Ivory Coast's shaky economic and political circumstances. France, the United States and several African countries, however, condemned the coup and called for a return to civilian rule. Canada suspended all direct aid to Ivory Coast.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, The coup
There were indications within a few months of the coup that the country was sliding into a pattern of arbitrariness. The Ivorian Human Rights League (French: Ligue ivoirienne des droits de l'homme) issued a condemnation of human rights abuses, charging the security forces, among other things, with summary executions of alleged criminals without investigation and of harassment of commercial entities. Many cases of abuse were committed by the soldiers. Also, soldiers demanded increases in pay or bonus payments, causing many mutinies. The most serious one of these mutinies took place on 4 July 2000. The mutineers targeted the cities of Abidjan, Bouake, Katiola, Korhogo, and Yamoussoukro in particular. After some days of confusion and tension, an agreement was reached between the discontented soldiers and the authorities. Under the agreement, each soldier would receive 1 million CFA francs (about $1,400).


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, The coup
Following the mutiny of July 2000, four officials of the Rally of the Republicans (French: Rassemblement des républicains (RDR)) were also arrested during an investigation into a possible coup attempt. The RDR is the party of Alassane Dramane Ouattara, Félix Houphouët-Boigny's last Prime Minister and the political rival of the ousted former president Henri Konan Bédié. The four arrested officials, including Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the Deputy Secretary General of the RDR, were released without charge some days later.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, The coup
Despite the junta's denunciation of Ivoirité, the campaign against people of foreign origin continued. In April 2000, Robert Guéï expelled the representatives of the RDR from the government. A new constitution, approved by referendum on 23 July 2000, controversially barred all presidential candidates other than those whose parents were Ivorian, and Ouattara was disqualified from the 2000 presidential election.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, The coup
The tension between people from the north and the south still remained unsolved, as many people in the north are of foreign origin. Discrimination toward people originating in neighbouring countries is one of the cause of the Ivorian Civil War, which broke out in 2002.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, The coup
A presidential election was held on 22 October 2000. All of the major opposition candidates except for Laurent Koudou Gbagbo of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) were barred from standing. Guéï was defeated by Gbagbo but refused to recognize the result. Ouattara, excluded from this election, called for a new election. Street protests broke out, bringing Gbagbo to power, and Guéï fled to Gouessesso, near the Liberian border. Laurent Gbagbo took office as president on 26 October 2000.


1999 Ivorian coup d'état, The coup
On 13 November, Guéï recognised the legitimacy of the presidency of Gbagbo. On 10 December 2000, parliamentary elections were held and won by Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front. However, the election was not held in northern Ivory Coast because of the unrest related to the election boycott by the DRD until the by-election on 14 January 2001.


1999 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series
The 1999 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series took place at Joseph J. O'Donnell Field in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 8 and 9, 1999. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Harvard, the winner of the series, claimed their third consecutive, and third overall, title and the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 1999 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Harvard's fourth appearance in the Championship Series, all of which were consecutive, and all of which matched them against Princeton.


1999 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series
Princeton also made their fourth appearance in the Championship Series. The Tigers won the event in 1996.


1999 J.League Cup, Overview
It was contested by 26 teams, and Kashiwa Reysol won the championship.


1999 J.League Cup Final
1999 J.League Cup Final was the 7th final of the J.League Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on November 3, 1999. Kashiwa Reysol won the championship.


1999 J.League Division 1
The 1999 season was the seventh season of the J-League Division 1. The league began in March and ended in November. For this year, the division was contested by 16 teams following the folding of Yokohama Flügels and the relegation of Consadole Sapporo to the newly formed Division 2. In a year dominated by Shizuoka Prefecture, Júbilo Iwata won the 1st stage with neighbours Shimizu S-Pulse winning the 2nd stage. Iwata won the J.League Division 1 title for the after triumphing on penalty kicks in the Suntory Championship.


1999 J.League Division 1, Clubs
Following sixteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 1999 season.


1999 J.League Division 2, Overview
This was the first season of J2, the professional second tier in Japan. It replaced the JFL, which was moved to the 3rd tier. The league was contested by 10 teams, and Kawasaki Frontale won the championship.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement
1999 JU Anti- Rape Movement is a series of student protests against the culture of rape and sexual harassment in the Jahangirnagar University of Bangladesh. The movement initiated in 1998 when Bangladesh Chhatra League activists celebrated the 100th rape of women by their leader Jasimuddin Manik, who was the General Secretary of Jahangirnagar University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League. After a year-long protests dominated by female students, on August 2, 1999, Jasimuddin Manik and his armed cadres, accused of numerous rape and sexual harassments inside the campus were ousted from the university.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Background
In 1996, Bangladesh Awami League was elected to power after 21 years. After that, activists of Awami League's student wing, Bangladesh Chhatra League captured most of the university dormitories of Bangladesh and were dominating in the campus area because of the leniency of university authorities, Jahangirnagar University an institution in the suburb of capital Dhaka was no exception.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Background
In 1998, after the murder of a Bangladesh Chatra League activist Anand Kumar Ghosh, 9 leaders of the organization was expelled by the central committee. The committee also installed Jasimuddin Manik, an alleged rapist, in charge of the General Secretary of Jahangirnagar University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League. Using the muscle power and political backing from Awami League, Jasimuddin Manik, a student of Drama and Dramatics department of the university and the newly appointed General Secretary of the Jahangirnagar University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, and his followers started raping and harassing female students and local girls. Manik and his followers were widely known as "Rapist Group" in the campus.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Background
In August 1998 Manabzamin a national daily of Bangladesh, brought the incidents of rape in Jahangirnagar University in light when they reported the rape of three female students in the campus by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists. This led to a series of protests in the campus.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Protests
On 19 August 1998, the first major protest against the culture of rape and sexual harassment by Bangladesh Chhatra League leader and activists in Jahangirnagar University. A series of rallies and protests continued after that. The students of the university formed Jahangirnagar University General Students Unity in September 1998 and forced the authorities to form a committee to investigate the incidents of sexual harassment in Jahangirnagar University.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Protests
On 27 September 1998, the fact-finding committee found at least 20 confirmed cases of rape and 300 cases of sexual harassment inside the campus at different locations. The committee also found that, the kingpin of Bangladesh Chhatra League rapists, Jasimuddin Manik threw a cocktail party and offered sweets to his fellow Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on completion of his 100th rape.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Protests
After knowing this, the enraged students continued protesting and demanded the expulsion of accused Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders as well as urged the authority to file case against them. The university expelled Jasimuddin Manik for life, but his followers got away with temporary suspensions ranging from one year to three year. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Alauddin Ahmed however refused to take any legal action against the accused including Jasimuddin Manik. A group of university teachers led by Professor Anu Muhammad termed this act as providing "license to rape".


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Protests
After the protests, the rival group of Manik and his followers snatched away the control of the dormitories from them and ousted them from the campus, in October 1998. Manik and his men, because no case was filed against them, remained at large.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Protests
However, Manik and his men stormed into the campus in July 1999 with firearms and took back the control of the dormitories under the nose of the authorities loyal to Awami League government.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Protests
On August 2, 1999, general students of the university who were previously united under the Jahangirnagar University General Students Unity, organized a mass protest and stormed into the dormitories where Manik and his men were residing. The perpetrators known as the "Rapist Group" were ousted again from the campus that day, never to return.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Protests
On August 5 of 1999, students of Jahangirnagar University formed a human-chain on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway demanding punishment of the rapists.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Aftermath
No cases were filled against the rapists on behalf of the university authority or Awami League government and none of the culprits were tried for the heinous crime.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Aftermath
Mir Mehedi Hasan Titu, one of the followers of Manik and a member of the "Rapist Group", assaulted one of the leading figures of the movement Professor Rehnuma Ahmed on September 3 of 1999. He was expelled for two years after that. However, he contested in the Jahangirnagar University senate election from pro-Awami League panel in December 2017.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Aftermath
The university administration led by Professor Alauddin Ahmed later in October 2001 expelled seven activists of left-leaning organizations for organizing the movement and 52 others were asked to show cause why the university should not expel them. The action was however declared invalid by the High Court.


1999 JU Anti-Rape Movement, Aftermath
Even after two decades, Bangladesh Chhatra League men often boast of their ability to rape and threaten girls online referring to Jasimuddin Manik and his rapist group.


1999 Jack Milne Cup
The 1999 Jack Milne Cup was the second staging of the annual Jack Milne Cup.


1999 Jacksonville Jaguars season
The 1999 season was the Jacksonville Jaguars' 5th in the National Football League and their fifth under head coach Tom Coughlin. Wide receiver Jimmy Smith set a franchise record for most receptions and receiving yards in one season. Smith would finish second in the NFL in receiving yards with 1,636 yards. The Jaguars’ regular season record of 14–2 still stands as their best record in franchise history. This would be the last time Jacksonville made the playoffs until 2005, the last season the team won a playoff game until 2007 and the last time the Jaguars won any division title until they won the AFC South title in 2017.


1999 Jacksonville Jaguars season
The Jaguars hired former Carolina Panthers head coach Dom Capers to be their defensive coordinator. Under Capers, the team went from 25th in 1998 to 4th in 1999 in total defense. The Jaguars defense yielded the fewest points in the NFL with 217 (an average of 13.6 points per game).


1999 Jacksonville Jaguars season
Pro Football Reference, however, argues that the 1999 Jaguars gained the fifth-easiest schedule of any NFL team between 1971 and 2017. Both regular season losses were to the Tennessee Titans, and they lost again to Tennessee in the AFC Championship Game, making the Titans the only team to beat them the entire season; Jacksonville would not reach the AFC Championship again until 2017. However, the only other occasion the Jaguars opposed a team with a winning record was their demolition of the 9–7 Dolphins in the divisional playoff.


1999 Jacksonville Jaguars season
Most significantly, Jacksonville missed Super Bowl champion St. Louis, despite defeating the other four teams then comprising the NFC West – including a 41–3 destruction of the San Francisco 49ers on opening day – while their non-division conference opponents were Broncos and Jets outfits weakened by injuries to Terrell Davis and Vinny Testaverde.


1999 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional vs Miami Dolphins
The Jaguars number one defense forced seven Miami turnovers as the Jaguars won in one of the most lopsided games in NFL playoff history. The Jaguars were up 24–0 after the 1st quarter. The game was so one-sided that the Jaguars were up 41–0 in the 2nd quarter before the Dolphins were finally able to score. The highlight of the game was Fred Taylor’s 90-yard touchdown run in the 1st quarter. This was the last game for both Miami quarterback Dan Marino and coach Jimmy Johnson.


1999 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, AFC Championship Game vs Tennessee Titans
The Jaguars became the first team in NFL history to lose three games to the same team in the same season, with the third loss occurring as the home team (every team until this point had lost a third game on the road). Even though the Titans had four turnovers, the Jaguars had six which proved to be their downfall. The Jaguars failed to score in the 2nd half, in part due to the Titans defense which forced 4 turnovers after halftime.


1999 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, AFC Championship Game vs Tennessee Titans
The game started to fall out of the Jaguars reach when in the 3rd quarter, with the Titans up 17–14, Mark Brunell was sacked in the end zone for a safety. Then on the next play, Derrick Mason returned the kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown, giving the Titans 9 points in just 17 seconds, putting them up 26–14. The Jaguars never recovered, and thus finished the season 0–3 versus the Titans, but 15–0 versus all remaining opponents.


1999 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation
The 1999 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation (Chinese: 1999年度十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮) was held in January 2000. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong.


1999 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大勁歌金曲) of 1999 are as follows.


1999 James Madison Dukes football team
The 1999 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University (JMU) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 28th season and they finished as Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) co-champions with UMass after posting a 7–1 record in conference play. The Dukes earned a berth as the #12 seed into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs, but lost in the first round to #5 seed Troy State, 7–27. JMU was led by first-year head coach Mickey Matthews.


1999 Japan Football League
The 1999 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第1回日本フットボールリーグ, Hepburn: Dai Ikkai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu) was the first season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.


1999 Japan Football League, Overview
After the dissolution of former Japan Football League in order to form J. League Division 2, the new Japan Football League was established from this season as the nationwide top division for amateur clubs. It was originally planned to have 8 clubs, including seven former JFL clubs and Yokogawa Electric, promoted from Kantō Soccer League, one of nine Japanese Regional Leagues. But it eventually became nine-club structure by accepting Yokohama FC, which was established by supporters of defunct Yokohama Flügels, as an associate member as an extralegal measures. Nine clubs played 24 matches each, in triple round-robin format. Yokohama F.C. won the championship but under the conditions of their associate membership were not eligible to promotion and had to stay in JFL for the next year.


1999 Japan Football League, Attendances
Source: Notes:† The club was created by the supporters of disbanded J. League club Yokohama Flügels – therefore attendances are compared to Flügels' last record in J. League.‡ Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.


1999 Japan Football League, Promotion and relegation
No relegation has occurred because the league was expanding to 12 teams. At the end of the season, the winner and runner-up of the Regional League promotion series, ALO's Hokuriku and Tochigi SC were promoted automatically. In addition, FC Kyoken and Shizuoka Sangyo University were included by JFA and College FA recommendations.


1999 Japan Golf Tour
The 1999 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 11 March to 12 December. The season consisted of 32 official money events in Japan, as well as the four majors and the three World Golf Championships.


1999 Japan Golf Tour, Schedule
The following table shows all the official money events in Japan for the 1999 season. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 12 through April 18, 1999. Nicolas Kiefer and Amy Frazier won the singles titles.


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships, Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Jeff Tarango /  Daniel Vacek defeated  Wayne Black /  Brian MacPhie, 4–3, retired.


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Corina Morariu /  Kimberly Po defeated  Catherine Barclay /  Kerry-Anne Guse, 6–3, 6–2.


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1999 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from April 12 through April 18, 1999.


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
The 1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1999 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from April 12 through April 18, 1999.


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The 1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles was the women's doubles event of the twenty-fifth edition of the Japan Open; a WTA Tier III tournament held in Tokyo, Japan. Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Corina Morariu and Kimberly Po won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Catherine Barclay and Kerry-Anne Guse.


1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The 1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles was the women's singles event of the twenty-fifth edition of the Japan Open; a WTA Tier III tournament held in Tokyo, Japan. Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Amy Frazier.


1999 Japan Series
The 1999 Japan Series was the 50th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. It matched the champion teams of the Pacific and Central Leagues. The Fukuoka Daiei Hawks represented the Pacific League, while the Chunichi Dragons represented the Central League. The Hawks won the series in five games, giving them their first Japan Series title since 1964.


1999 Japan Series, Background
This was an interesting series in that neither team had reached the Japan Series in the 1990s (and in Daiei's case, they hadn't reached the Series in the '80s, either). Both teams also had long-standing championship droughts: Chunichi had not won the Series since 1954, and Daiei had not won since 1964, when they were known as the Nankai Hawks. Also heightening the drama was the managers: Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh had been a longtime star slugger with the Yomiuri Giants, and Dragons manager Senichi Hoshino, himself a former star player, was well known for his hatred of the Giants. The two would meet again in the 2003 Japan Series, this time with Hoshino managing the Hanshin Tigers.


1999 Japan Series, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
The 1999 event was the first time that the Hawks had reached the Japan Series since 1973. They had made a number of free-agent acquisitions and also conducted good drafts over the years, with many of the free agents coming from the Seibu Lions. Koji Akiyama and Kimiyasu Kudoh were two such acquisitions from Seibu. Youth was also on the Hawks' side as they had many home-grown stars like Hiroki Kokubo (.234, 24 HR, 77 RBI), Nobuhiko Matsunaka (.268, 23 HR, 71 RBI), and Kenji Johjima (.306, 17 HR, 77 RBI). Rodney Pedraza was the team's closer, and the first-year foreigner recorded 27 saves to set a team record.


1999 Japan Series, Chunichi Dragons
This was the first Japan Series appearance for the Dragons since 1988. Young star Kenshin Kawakami was just breaking onto the scene in 1999, and he was part of a starting rotation that also had lefty screwballer Masahiro Yamamoto. Kazuyoshi Tatsunami and Takeshi Yamasaki led the team with their hitting prowess, and Korean stars Lee Jong-Beom and Sun Dong-Yeol anchored the team's baserunning and bullpen, respectively. Lee stole over 50 bases and Sun recorded 28 saves.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 1
Kimiyasu Kudoh took the mound for the Hawks and asserted his dominance from the beginning of the game. He would strike out 13 batters, and scattered six hits. His counterpart, Shigeki Noguchi, did not fare as well. Noguchi walked five batters in five and 2/3 innings, and while he only gave up two hits, one of them was costly. One of the hits in question came off the bat of Daiei leadoff man Akiyama, who cranked his first home run of the series at the start of the 6th. Two walks to the dangerous Kokubo and Johjima set up Nieves, who doubled to center to bring them both home. Kudoh took it from there, as the Dragons did not record any extra-base hits and did not have any men reach third base in the game.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 2
This game went much better for the Dragons, as they teed off on the uncharacteristically wild Daiei pitching. Five Hawks pitchers combined for a total of 10 walks. Second-year starter Kenshin Kawakami started for the Dragons and had a much better game than Noguchi did the previous day. Kawakami also got a lot of help from both his offense and Daiei starter Kenichi Wakatabe, as he was all over the place in the first inning. Wakatabe walked leadoff man Koichi Sekikawa, then recorded the first out of the game.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 2
However, it only got worse as Kosuke Fukudome and Leo Gómez both drew walks to load the bases. Kazuyoshi Tatsunami then followed it up with a towering two-run double to center to give the Dragons a 2-0 lead. Wakatabe also walked Kazuki Inoue for a total of four free passes in the first inning.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 2
Daiei answered in the bottom of the inning quickly, as Akiyama blasted his second home run to left field, slashing the Chunichi lead in half. However, Wakatabe coughed up any opportunity that the Hawks had of getting back into the game by giving up two more runs in the second, with the walks again hurting him. This time, he got two quick outs, but a double to Mashida and Fukudome's second walk set up Gomez, who knocked in both runners and chased the Daiei starter. Wakatabe's final line was just one and 2/3 innings, with four runs earned on three hits, five walks, and one strikeout.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 2
Masuhiro Sakumoto ended up cleaning up the mess, as he worked three and 1/3 innings, but he did not get away unscathed. He was knocked around for two runs in the 5th, as he gave up a single to Tatsunami and a double to Lee Jong-Beom before loading the bases with a walk to Kazuki Inoue. Catcher Takeshi Nakamura then came through with a two-run single to give the Dragons a 6-1 lead.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 2
Shuji Yoshida was called upon to try to stop the tide in the 6th, but the Chunichi bats could not be cooled down. Yoshida walked Fukuno to begin the inning, then gave up doubles to Fukudome and Gomez that scored both runs he would give up in the inning, bookended by another walk, this one to Tatsunami.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 2
Daiei would strike for one run in the 8th off a tiring Kawakami, this one off the bat of Koichiro Yoshinaga after Chihiro Hamana singled, but it was far too little, too late, as Chunichi tied the series with a dominating 8-2 win.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 3
With the series shifting back to the Nagoya Dome for Games 3 through 5, the Dragons had hoped to have some home-field advantage going as they sent veteran screwballer Masa Yamamoto to the mound against Hawks' starter Tomohiro Nagai. Again, the Hawks' pitching prevailed, posting their second shutout of the Series on Chunichi, in what was a dominating performance by the Hawks' staff.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 3
In fact, Nagai was in the middle of a no-hitter before he was taken out after six innings. All Chunichi could muster in that span were three walks, two of them coming in the first inning (Fukudome and Gomez). In all, the Hawks would have 6 and 1/3 innings of no-hit ball before Gomez singled to left. The Dragons' best chance to score was in the 6th inning with a runner on first, but an amazing catch by Akiyama in the right field corner turned into a double play as the runner failed to tag up.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 3
Offensively, all Daiei would need came in the 4th off the bat of Kenji Johjima. He crushed a long home run to left to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead. The Hawks would add one more in the 7th and two more in the 8th to give Pedraza all he needed to close the door. With the Hawks' 5-0 win, the Dragons needed to solve the Hawks' pitching riddle before it was too late.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 4
The Dragons would find no answers for the Daiei pitching for the second straight day, and for the third time in the series, Chunichi was shut out. This time it was rookie starter Junji Hoshino who did the honors for the Hawks. Over 6 and 1/3 innings, Hoshino gave up no runs on three hits, with only one walk and one strikeout. Lefty reliever Takayuki Shinohara took over, striking out two and giving up a hit in 1 and 2/3 innings, and Pedraza closed the game out in the 9th with a hit and a strikeout to his record.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 4
Kazuhiro Takeda started for the Dragons and matched zeroes with Hoshino through the first two innings, but Akiyama once again came through for the team as he knocked in two runs, set up by an error by Takeda which put Chihiro Hamana on first and Hoshino sacrificed him to second. Akiyama once again reinforced his case for the series' Most Valuable Player by singling in Hamana for the first run of the game. After Arihito Muramatsu walked, Kokubo singled in Akiyama for a 2-0 lead. Kokubo would strike again in the 6th with a solo blast that put the Hawks up in the game 3-0.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 4
In the three games in which Daiei had won, the Dragons had failed to score. With their backs against the wall at three games to one, the Dragons had to get something together against the Daiei pitching and fast. One thing was certain: one team's championship drought would end sooner or later. It was all a question of if it would take one more or three more games.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 5
The answer would be one more game. Anxious Hawks fans were counting down the outs as the game went on at Nagoya Dome. Masahiro Sakumoto  made the spot start for the Hawks as the Dragons sent Game 1 starter Noguchi to the mound. The Dragons got off to a good start in the first as Sakumoto walked in the first run of the game after two errors from Daiei, giving the Dragons their first run in 21 innings.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 5
However, the lead would not last. Daiei's offense clicked once again in the third, this time for six runs which would be the Hawks' only offensive output in this game. Yanagida led off the inning with a single, and then after a Sakumoto strikeout, Akiyama singled yet again to keep the rally going. Then, the defense fell apart for Chunichi, as did their hopes of their first Japan Series Championship since 1954. First, it was Noguchi who threw away a grounder by Muramatsu, and then Fukudome's throw missed the mark on a Nieves grounder. After Kokubo struck out, the wheels really fell off for Chunichi. Johjima doubled home another run, and after Iguchi was intentionally walked, Matsunaka doubled home two runs of his own for a 6-1 lead.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 5
Chunichi did mount a rally, though. The bottom of the third saw Chunichi's first home run of the series, as Gomez helped to chase Sakumoto, cutting the deficit to 6-2. Nakamura halved the Daiei lead in the 6th with his first home run of the series, and an RBI double by Lee Jong-Beom pulled the Dragons ever closer at 6-4.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 5
However, it was not enough. Pedraza worked the last 1 and 1/3 innings, striking out Lee to end the game 6-4, and the series, 4-1.


1999 Japan Series, Game Summaries, Game 5
The series MVP was Koji Akiyama, who would retire three seasons later in 2002. In the series, he batted .286 with two home runs and he also made the miraculous jumping catch in Game 3.


1999 Japan national football team
This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1999.


1999 Japan women's national football team
This page records the details of the Japan women's national football team in 1999.


1999 Japanese Grand Prix
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1999 Japanese Grand Prix
The 1999 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XXV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 31 October 1999 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka, Japan. It was the sixteenth and final round of the 1999 Formula One season. The 53-lap race was won by McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen after starting from second position. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari with teammate Eddie Irvine finishing third. Häkkinen's victory confirmed him as 1999 Drivers' Champion. Ferrari were also confirmed as Constructors' Champions.


1999 Japanese Grand Prix
This was the last Formula One race  for Stewart Grand Prix, Toranosuke Takagi, Alessandro Zanardi and for the 1996 World Champion, Damon Hill.


1999 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Championship permutations
Going into this race, Ferrari's Eddie Irvine led the Drivers' Championship by four points from Häkkinen, 70 to 66. Häkkinen therefore needed to win the race, or to finish second with Irvine no higher than fifth, or to finish third with Irvine finishing outside the top six.


1999 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Championship permutations
Victory for Häkkinen would give him the Championship regardless of where Irvine finished: even if Irvine finished second, both drivers would have 76 points but Häkkinen would have five wins to Irvine's four. Similarly, the Finn would be Champion if he finished second with Irvine fifth (as he would have three second places to Irvine's two), or if he finished third without Irvine scoring (as he would have four third places to Irvine's two).


1999 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying saw Irvine's Ferrari teammate, Michael Schumacher, take pole position with Häkkinen alongside on the front row. David Coulthard was third in the second McLaren, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen fourth in the Jordan. Irvine struggled throughout, also suffering a heavy crash at the Hairpin, and could only manage fifth, over 1.5 seconds slower than Schumacher and over 1.1 slower than Häkkinen. The top ten was completed by the Prosts of Olivier Panis and Jarno Trulli, Johnny Herbert in the Stewart, Ralf Schumacher in the Williams and Jean Alesi in the Sauber.


1999 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Häkkinen beat Schumacher off the line, with Panis charging into third ahead of Irvine, Coulthard and Frentzen. Zanardi pulled off the track into the pits in the second Williams with electrical problems on lap 1. The Finn quickly built a comfortable lead, and it became clear that the Ferraris could not match him. As Trulli in the second Prost retired when his engine failed on lap 4.


1999 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Panis retired when his alternator broke on lap 20, meanwhile Hill retired after spinning off the track but managed to come back to the pits to retire with mental driver fatigue on lap 21 in his final grand prix, Coulthard passed Irvine for third during the first round of pit stops. However, on lap 34, he made a mistake and spun into a wall, losing his nose. He pitted and rejoined a lap down, just in front of Schumacher. It was alleged that the Scot deliberately held up the German driver, before retiring several laps later with a hydraulic failure. Schumacher later criticized Coulthard's behaviour.


1999 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Häkkinen eventually took the chequered flag five seconds ahead of Schumacher and, with it, his second Drivers' Championship. Irvine finished a minute and a half behind Schumacher in third, nonetheless helping Ferrari secure their first Constructors' Championship since 1983. The minor points went to Frentzen, Ralf Schumacher and Alesi.


1999 Japanese Super Cup
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1999 Japanese Super Cup
1999 Japanese Super Cup was the Japanese Super Cup competition. The match was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on February 27, 1999. Kashima Antlers won the championship.


1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 April 1999 at the Twin Ring Motegi.


1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.


1999 Jelajah Malaysia
The 1999 Jelajah Malaysia was a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 3 to 11 November 1999. There were eight stages with a prologue. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race.


1999 Jelajah Malaysia
Peter Jörg of Switzerland won the race, followed by Herry Janto Setiawan of Indonesia second and Suyinto of Indonesia third overall.


1999 Jersey by-elections
The following by elections took place in Jersey in 1999.


1999 Jersey by-elections, Deputy By Election
St Helier Number One by election held April 1999 to replace Jerry Dorey who had been elected as Senator in February 1999.


1999 Jersey general election
Elections were held in 1999 for both Senators and Deputies to the States of Jersey.


1999 Jessore bombings
A terrorist attack on an event of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi in Jessore, Bangladesh occurred on 6 March 1999. Two time bombs were used to kill 10 people and injure another 150.


1999 Jessore bombings, Background
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi goshthi is the largest cultural organisation in Bangladesh. In 2013, the organisation was awarded the Ekushey Padak, the Bangladesh's most prestigious award. Since 1999 many veteran jihadists from Afghanistan returned to Bangladesh and carried out attacks in Bangladesh.


1999 Jessore bombings, Attack
The attacks happened after midnight at a cultural event of Udichi Shilpi goshthi in Jessore, Bangladesh. Five people were killed at the scene. Two time bombs exploded. The attacks took place on 6 March 1999. The event was taking place in Jessore Town hall grounds. Ten people were killed. The attacks were carried out by Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh. Over 100 people were injured.


1999 Jessore bombings, Trial
Mufti Abdul Hannan, the leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh, admitted his role in the attack after his arrest and called the bombing a success.


1999 Jiffy Lube 300
The 1999 Jiffy Lube 300 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on July 11, 1999, at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. This race was the 18th stop of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series tour.


1999 Jiffy Lube 300, Background
The New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058-mile flat oval built in 1989 on the remnants of Bryar Motorsports Park in Loudon, New Hampshire. The track features 12 degree banking in the corners and 2 degrees on the straights. The straights are 1,500 feet long.


1999 Jiffy Lube 300, Qualifying
Jeff Gordon set a new track record at 131.171 mph in qualifying. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. made his second Winston Cup Series start in this race.


1999 Jiffy Lube 300, Qualifying
Failed to qualify:  Robert Pressley (#77), Derrike Cope (#30), David Green (#41), Dave Marcis (#71)


1999 Jiffy Lube 300, Race recap
The race went green with Jeff Gordon on the pole and led the first 19 laps. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s second Cup race ended very early as ignition problems sidelined him to 43rd place. The race featured 7 caution flags for 49 laps.


1999 Jiffy Lube 300, Race recap
The final 91 laps finished under green. This set up a long fuel-mileage run to the finish. Some drivers were able to stretch their fuel while others could not. Tony Stewart was on his way to win his first ever Winston Cup race, leading a total of 118 laps. However, with 3 laps to go, he ran out of fuel on the backstretch. He fell back to 10th and would have to wait another day to win his first Cup race. Jeff Burton, who started 38th, led the final 3 laps to win the race. Kenny Wallace finished a career-best 2nd. Bill Elliott finished 5th, his only top 5 in what would be a dismal 1999 campaign for Elliott.


1999 Jiffy Lube 300, Race recap
On the last lap, Jeff Gordon used a bump-and-run on Dale Jarrett, taking the fourth spot. After the race, Jarrett was very upset at Gordon and led to a verbal confrontation in the garage.


1999 Jigawa State gubernatorial election
The 1999 Jigawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9, 1999. The APP nominee Ibrahim Saminu Turaki won the election, defeating the PDP candidate.


1999 Jigawa State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Jigawa State is elected using the plurality voting system.


1999 Jigawa State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APP primary
The APP primary election was won by Ibrahim Saminu Turaki.


1999 Jigawa State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,568,423. Total number of votes cast was 540,764 while number of valid votes was 540,764. Rejected votes were 0.


1999 Jiji earthquake
The Chi-Chi earthquake (later also known as the Jiji earthquake) (Chinese: 集集地震; pinyin: Jíjí dìzhèn; Wade–Giles: Chi2-Chi2 Ti4-chên4), also known as the great earthquake of September 21 (九二一大地震; Jiǔ-èr-yī dàdìzhèn; '921 earthquake'), was a 7.3 ML or 7.7 Mw earthquake which occurred in Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou County, Taiwan on Tuesday, 21 September 1999 at 01:47:12 local time. 2,415 people were killed, 11,305 injured, and NT$300 billion worth of damage was done. It was the second-deadliest quake in recorded history in Taiwan, after the 1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake.


1999 Jiji earthquake
Rescue groups from around the world joined local relief workers and the Taiwanese military in digging out survivors, clearing rubble, restoring essential services and distributing food and other aid to the more than 100,000 people made homeless by the quake. The disaster, dubbed the "Quake of the Century" by the local media, had a profound effect on the economy of the island and the consciousness of the people, and dissatisfaction with government's performance in reacting to it was said by some commentators to be a factor in the unseating of the ruling Kuomintang party in the 2000 presidential election.


1999 Jiji earthquake, Geology
The earthquake struck at 01:47:12.6 TST on Tuesday, 21 September 1999 (i.e., 1999-09-21, hence "921"). The epicenter was at 23.77° N latitude, 120.98° E longitude, 9.2 km (5.7 mi) southwest of Sun Moon Lake, near the town of Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou County. The tremor measured 7.7 on the Moment magnitude scale and 7.3 on the Richter scale, and the focal depth was 8.0 km (5.0 mi). The Central Weather Bureau recorded a total of 12,911 aftershocks in the month following the main tremor.


1999 Jiji earthquake, Geology
The total energy released is estimated to be 2.1 × 1017 J, approximately the same as the yield of the Tsar Bomba. The earthquake was in an unusual location for Taiwan, which experiences the majority of its earthquakes off the eastern coast, with such quakes normally causing little damage. One of the aftershocks, on 26 September, was a strong earthquake in its own right, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale and causing some already weakened buildings to collapse, killing another three people.


1999 Jiji earthquake, Geology
At the time of the quake, Taiwan had the most extensive network of sensors and monitoring stations in the world, resulting in "probably the best data set ever collected for an earthquake". At one station, a peak ground motion of 300 cm/s (3 m/s; 10 ft/s) was recorded, the highest ever measurement taken in an earthquake anywhere. Soil liquefaction was observed at Yuanlin and caused settlement of building foundations and filling in of water wells from sand boils. The earthquake occurred along the Chelungpu Fault in the western part of the island of Taiwan.


1999 Jiji earthquake, Geology
The fault stretches along the foothills of the Central Mountains in Nantou County and Taichung County (now part of Taichung City). Some sections of land near the fault were raised as much as 7 m (23 ft). Near Dongshih, near the northern end of the fault, a nearly 7 m (23 ft) high waterfall was created by the earthquake as the surface rupture offset the channel of the Dajia River. The total surface rupture was about 100 km in length.


1999 Jiji earthquake, Damage
Damage caused by the earthquake included 2,415 deaths, 29 missing, 11,305 severely wounded, with 51,711 buildings completely destroyed, 53,768 buildings severely damaged, and a total of NT$300 billion (US$10 billion) worth of damage. Power was cut to a large proportion of the island, due to damage to power stations, transmission stations, and the automatic shutdown of Taiwan's three nuclear power plants, which were restarted two days later. National electricity provider Taipower stated that a day after the quake power had been restored to 59% of the country. 102 major bridges were badly damaged, with many having to be torn down.


1999 Jiji earthquake, Damage
The Central Cross-Island Highway, at the time the only major complete route across the mountains in central Taiwan, was badly damaged. Subsequent storm damage and the high cost of restoration means that the highway remains partially closed as of 2018. There were a total of 132 landslides during the main quake and the aftershocks, some causing loss of life as rockfalls crushed houses. 870 schools suffered damage, with 125 severely damaged, closing many down for months or even permanently in a few cases.


1999 Jiji earthquake, Damage, Central Taiwan
The effects of the earthquake were most severe in central Taiwan, particularly in Nantou County and Taichung County. Towns such as Puli suffered huge damage, and the majority of the casualties were concentrated in these regions. Due to the relatively remote location of many of the affected settlements, aid from the central government took some time to reach some survivors. The Port of Taichung, one of Taiwan's major commercial harbours, was badly damaged and had to be temporarily closed.


1999 Jiji earthquake, Damage, Northern Taiwan
In Taipei City, far from the epicenter of the quake, buildings were shaken, but just one, the 12-story Tunghsing Building, collapsed as a result of the tremor. 87 people died in the rubble of the building, which was later found to be unsoundly built, with structural pillars and beams stuffed with plastic bottles and newspaper instead of brick and concrete. Blame for the collapse was levelled by survivors at both the construction company which built the high-rise and local government for lax enforcement of building codes and safety standards. Five people were indicted in the wake of the disaster.