At A Glance

23 September 1999 at a glance

Day of the week
23 September 1999 was a Thursday.
Irish Chart Song in 1999
The Irish chart song for 1999 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.
Star sign
The star sign for 23 September is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 23 September 1999 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 23 September 1999 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 23 September

  • 1957 Little Rock schools integration crisis: President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, and federalizes the Arkansas National Guard, ordering both to support the integration of Little Rock Central High School.
  • 1961 U.S. President John F. Kennedy nominates African American civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, although pro-segregation Southern senators manage to delay his confirmation until September 11, 1962.
  • 1973 Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
  • 1999 Qantas Flight 1 overruns a runway in Bangkok during a storm, causing minor injuries to some passengers.
  • 2022 Voting begins in the five-day sham annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, leading to Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

Famous people born on 23 September

  • Augustus, Roman emperor (born -63)
  • Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1949)
  • Chris Johnson, American football player (born 1985)
  • Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (1930–2004)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1999 in Ireland

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

  • 1 January – The Euro Currency officially entered circulation in the European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries, then formally made its debut on European and the world financial markets.
  • 5 February – New legislation changed the name of the RSI Number to the Personal Public Service Number and expanded its use.
  • 27 April – The States of Fear television series, made by Mary Raftery for RTÉ, began broadcasting.

Life in Ireland in 1999

Taoiseach

Bertie Ahern

Petrol (per litre)

€0.70/L

Loaf of Bread

€0.90

Average House

€127,000

Weekly Wage

€220

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