March 1999

Wednesday 03:

Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones begin their successful attempt to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping.

Thursday 04:

In a military court, Captain Richard Ashby of the United States Marines is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable.

Friday 05:

Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.

Monday 08:

Oklahoma City bombing: The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh.

Thursday 11:

Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

Friday 12:

Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

Sunday 21:

Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.

Tuesday 23:

Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.

Wednesday 24:

Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia. This marks the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

Friday 26:

A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.

Monday 29:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10006.78 – above the 10,000 mark for the first time ever.