January 1999 was the first month of that common year. The month, which began on a Friday, ended on a Sunday after 31 days.
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from January 1999.
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- Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque killing 16 people and injuring 25.
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- 3.4 million copies of the film The Rescuers are recalled after a photo of a topless woman was discovered in two of the 110,000 frames of the movie.
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- After fourteen years of playing NBA basketball, NBA superstar Michael Jordan announces his second retirement from basketball.
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