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November 19, 1999

On November 19, 1999, shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft. 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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The year in brief

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 November 19, 1999

  1. 1999 Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

    1999 Chinese uncrewed spaceflight

    Shenzhou 1 was the first uncrewed test flight of the Shenzhou spacecraft and the Long March 2F rocket, launched on 19 November 1999. The spacecraft lacked a life-support system but included an emergency escape system. After 14 orbits, the command to begin reentry was sent by the Yuan Wang 3 off the coast of Namibia at 18:49 UTC.

  2. 1999 John Carpenter becomes the first person to win the top prize in the TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

    American millionaire (born 1967)

    John Carpenter is an American game show contestant and Internal Revenue Service agent. He is the fifteenth highest-earning American game show contestant of all time. Carpenter is best known for becoming the first top-prize winner on the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and the first ever top-prize winner in the entire Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Arrivals

Born on November 19, 1999

Evgenia Medvedeva 1999– Russian retired figure skater (born 1999)

Farewells

Died on November 19, 1999

Alexander Liberman Ukrainian-American magazine editor (1912–1999)

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Other moments from 1999

The class of 1999

Others born in 1999

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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