At A Glance

20 February 1999 at a glance

Day of the week
20 February 1999 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Angel of Mine” by Monica.
Top Film of 1999
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1999 was Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
Bestselling Novel of 1999
“The Testament” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1999.
Top-Rated TV Show
“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” (ABC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1999–2000 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 20 February is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 20 February 1999 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 20 February 1999 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 20 February

  • 1986 The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
  • 1988 The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
  • 1991 In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.
  • 1998 American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
  • 2005 Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.

Famous people born on February 20

  • Justin Verlander, American baseball player (born 1983)
  • Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer (born 2003)
  • Kurt Cobain, American musician (1967–1994)
  • Rihanna, Barbadian singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and actress (born 1988)

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Events of 1999 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1999 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 28 – The science-fiction adult animated sitcom Futurama debuts on Fox.
  • March 31 – The Matrix is released in theaters.
  • May 1 – The animated children's television series SpongeBob SquarePants debuts on the cable network Nickelodeon.
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Life in the US in 1999

President

Bill Clinton

Gas (per gallon)

$1.22

Loaf of Bread

$1.04

Average House

$161,000

Weekly Wage

$543

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