Vine star Ella Saunders

Events in 1999 and 9-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Ella Saunders

• 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 Ella Saunders (9-6) in history

• Day 9-6 year 1870: Author Charles Dickens died.
• Day 9-6 year 1898: China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years.
• Day 9-6 year 1934: Donald Duck made his screen debut in The Wise Little Hen.
• Day 9-6 year 1944: The Republic of Iceland was established.
• Day 9-6 year 1973: Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
• Day 9-6 year 1978: After 148 years, the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints finally allowed black men to become priests.
• Day 9-6 year 1993: Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito married commoner Masako Owada.