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What event happened in 1999?

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January 1 - Euro is established.

February 11 - Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231.

March 12 - Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic join NATO.

April 30 - Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), bringing the total members to 10.

May 29 - Nigeria terminates military rule, and the Nigerian Fourth Republic is established with Olusegun Obasanjo as president.

June 12 - Texas Governor George W. Bush announces he will seek the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.

August 11 - A total solar eclipse is seen in Europe and Asia.

September 14 - Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.

October 12 - World population reaches 6 billion people, as the 6 billionth person (according to the UN) is born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

December 20 - The sovereignty of Macau is transferred from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China after 422 years of Portuguese rule.

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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year that started on a Friday (link will display full calendar). In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 1999th year of the Common Era, or of Anno Domini; the 999th year of the 2nd millennium and the 99th year of the 20th century; but it also was the 10th and last year of the 1990s. The year 1999 was designated as the Year of the Rabbit by the Chinese calendar.

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