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February 24, 1999

On February 24, 1999, china Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes in Rui'an, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed. The year's #1 song was "Believe" by Cher. Gabe Davis, Alessandro Bastoni, András Schäfer would arrive in the same year.

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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1999th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 999th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1990s decade.

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What happened

On February 24, 1999

  1. 1999 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes in Rui'an, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.

    1999 airplane crash in China

    China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 (SZ4509) was a domestic flight in China from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Sichuan to Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport, Zhejiang. On February 24, 1999, the Tupolev Tu-154M operating the flight crashed while on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing all 61 passengers and crew members on board.

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Died on February 24, 1999

Andre Dubus American writer

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The class of 1999

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Gabe Davis 1999– American football player
Alessandro Bastoni 1999– Italian footballer
András Schäfer 1999– Hungarian footballer
Chase Young 1999– American football player
Sebastian Kris 1999– Australian-NewZealand rugby league player
Choi Hyun-suk 1999– South Korean rapper

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