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9 November 1999 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 November 1999 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Lift Me Up” by Geri Halliwell.
- Top Film of 1999
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1999 was Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 9 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 9 November 1999 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 9 November 1999 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 9 November
- 1994 The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered.
- 1998 A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.
- 2000 Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
- 2004 Firefox 1.0 is released.
- 2005 The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Famous people born on 9 November
- Eric Dane, American actor (1972–2026)
- Edward VII (1841–1910)
- Delta Goodrem, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1984)
- Ryan Murphy, American television writer, producer, and director (born 1965)
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Events of 1999 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1999 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – The Euro currency is launched, but Britain's Labour government reportedly has no plans to introduce the currency here, preferring to stick to pound sterling instead.
- 7 May – The Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats form a coalition government in Scotland, with Donald Dewar as the First Minister of Scotland.
- 26 May – The National Assembly for Wales is officially opened in Cardiff by Queen Elizabeth II.
Life in 1999
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£1.70
Loaf of Bread
70p
Average House
£80,469
Weekly Wage
£428.00
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