At A Glance

18 March 1999 at a glance

Day of the week
18 March 1999 was a Thursday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “...Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears.
Top Film of 1999
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1999 was Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 1999
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1999 was the Holden Commodore.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 March 1999 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 March 1999 was New Moon.

On this day: 18 March

  • 1974 Güzel İstanbul, a nude sculpture by Gürdal Duyar in Istanbul, is torn down in the middle of the night.
  • 1990 Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
  • 1990 In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
  • 1994 Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 2014 The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.

Famous people born on 18 March

  • Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress (born 1970)
  • Lily Collins, English-American actress (born 1989)
  • Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1975)
  • Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality (born 1979)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1999 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1999 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – A memorial service is held at Constitution Dock in Hobart to remember the victims of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
  • 1 February – An unprecedented rush for Telstra shares helps vault Australian share prices to a record high, as investors focus on the continued strong performance of the local economy with the all ordinaries index surging 29.9 points.
  • 22 March – Tropical Cyclone Vance hits the West Australian coast with winds of 230 km/h. The small coastal town of Exmouth is badly damaged.

Life in Australia in 1999

Prime Minister

John Howard

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.72

Loaf of Bread

$1.98

Average House

$160,000

Weekly Wage

$790.00

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