Why YouNow Aaron Mackay

Events in 1999 and 16-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Aaron Mackay

• 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 Aaron Mackay (16-6) in history

• Day 16-6 year 1487: The Battle of Stoke is over, and it is the final battle of the "War of the Roses", lasting 30 years.
• Day 16-6 year 1858: Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln declared, "a house divided against itself cannot stand."
• Day 16-6 year 1904: Events in James Joyce's novel Ulysses took place on this day, which is celebrated as Bloomsday, for the main character, Leopold Bloom.
• Day 16-6 year 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Industrial Recovery Act.
• Day 16-6 year 1963: Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman in space.
• Day 16-6 year 1996: Russia voted in its first independent presidential election. Boris Yeltsin eventually won in a runoff.
• Day 16-6 year 2004: The 9/11 Commission determined that Saddam Hussein had no strong links to al-Qaeda, contradicting White House beliefs.