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October 16, 1999

On October 16, 1999, the magnitude 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake strikes Southern California 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 October 16, 1999

  1. 1999 The magnitude 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake strikes Southern California

    Magnitude 7.1 earthquake in California

    The 1999 Hector Mine earthquake occurred in Southern California, United States, on October 16 at 02:46:50 PDT. 8. The event is thought to have been triggered by the 1992 Landers earthquake which occurred seven years earlier.

Arrivals

Born on October 16, 1999

Aaron Nesmith 1999– American basketball player (born 1999)
Nicolò Bulega 1999– Italian motorcycle racer

Farewells

Died on October 16, 1999

Jean Shepherd American writer and radio host (1921–1999)

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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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