May 1999

Saturday 01:

Three spectators are killed at a IRL race at Lowe's Motor Speedway when a collision propells a tire into the stands.

Sunday 02:

Panamanian election: Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.

Monday 03:

1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time in its history at 11,014.70.

Tuesday 04:

In California, Manuel Babbitt is executed for the 1980 murder of Leah Schendel. While on death row Babbitt was awarded a Purple Heart for injuries he received in the Vietnam War.

Thursday 06:

In New York, a parole board votes to release Amy Fisher, in prison for the last 7 years for shooting her lover's wife.

Friday 07:

In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.

Saturday 08:

Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college.

Wednesday 12:

David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.

Monday 17:

Ehud Barak is elected prime minister of Israel.

Sunday 23:

In Kansas City, Missouri, Owen Hart (playing The Blue Blazer) falls 90 feet to his death while being lowered into a World Wrestling Federation ring.

Thursday 27:

The International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.

Friday 28:

In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo de Vinci's newly-restored masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display.

Saturday 29:

In Jerusalem, Israel, Charlotte Nilsson wins the forty-fourth Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden singing "Take Me To Your Heaven".

Sunday 30:

Kenny Bräck wins the 83rd Indianapolis 500