| Current events of July 6, 1999 (1999-07-06) (Tuesday) |
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- Barry Winchell, a homosexual soldier in the U.S. military, dies of head wounds at a hospital, after being hit in the head with a baseball bat by a fellow soldier, the previous day.
Winchell's death helps to spark controversy over the United States's Don't ask, Don't tell policy, which is eventually repealed by President Barack Obama, in December 2010.
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| Current events of July 7, 1999 (1999-07-07) (Wednesday) |
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- In Rome, Hicham El Guerrouj runs the fastest mile ever recorded. His time was a mere 3:43:13
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| Current events of July 8, 1999 (1999-07-08) (Thursday) |
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- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is released.
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| Current events of July 11, 1999 (1999-07-11) (Sunday) |
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- India recaptures Kargil as Pakistan pulls out its troops and militants after international condemnation. India claim victory in the two-month conflict.
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| Current events of July 16, 1999 (1999-07-16) (Friday) |
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- Off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, a plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. crashes, killing him and his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette.
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| Current events of July 17, 1999 (1999-07-17) (Saturday) |
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| Current events of July 20, 1999 (1999-07-20) (Tuesday) |
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- Mercury program: Liberty Bell 7 is raised from the Atlantic Ocean.
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| Current events of July 22, 1999 (1999-07-22) (Thursday) |
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- The nationwide persecution of Falun Gong started in the People's Republic of China.
- Former drummer of Megadeth, Gar Samuelson, died on this day. He was part of the original Megadeth line up.
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| Current events of July 23, 1999 (1999-07-23) (Friday) |
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- Mohammed VI of Morocco becomes king.
- July 23 to July 25 - Woodstock 99 festival held in New York.
- Hijack of ANA Flight 61 in Tokyo.
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| Current events of July 25, 1999 (1999-07-25) (Sunday) |
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- Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France.
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| Current events of July 27, 1999 (1999-07-27) (Tuesday) |
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- 21 die in a canyoning disaster near Interlaken, Switzerland.
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| Current events of July 31, 1999 (1999-07-31) (Saturday) |
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- Mark O. Barton kills 9 in Atlanta, Georgia
- NASA intentionally crashes the Lunar Prospector spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface.
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