Instagram star Michael Hernandez

Events in 1999 and 22-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Michael Hernandez

• Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings (May), reshuffles his cabinet twice (May, Aug.), and takes military action against Islamic separatists in Dagestan and Chechnya. Background: 1999 in Review.
• Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over.
• War erupts in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milosevic clamps down on the province, massacring and deporting ethnic Albanians. NATO begins Operation Allied Force on March 24, 1999, launching air strikes against Belgrade for 78 consecutive days until Milosevic relents. Background: Timeline: The Splintering of Kosovo and Timeline: NATO in Kosovo.
• Magnitude 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 and leaves 600,000 homeless in Turkey (Aug. 17).
• East Timor population votes for independence from Indonesia (Aug. 30, 1999), which causes pro-Indonesian forces to massacre and uproot thousands of East Timorese.
• Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir (Oct. 12). Background: 1999 in Review.
• The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon.
• See also: 1999 Year in Review: News of the World

Birthday Michael Hernandez (22-2) in history

• Day 22-2 year 1371: King Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
• Day 22-2 year 1819: Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
• Day 22-2 year 1879: Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.
• Day 22-2 year 1924: Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
• Day 22-2 year 1935: Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
• Day 22-2 year 1980: In a major upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4–3 at Lake Placid, N.Y.