Born in 1999

£1 in 1999 would be worth approximately £1.90 in today's money.

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.
• 26 June – The Millennium Stadium, national sports stadium for Wales, is opened in Cardiff.
• 1 July – The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom on the day that devolved powers are officially transferred from the Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.
• 10 October – The London Eye begins to be lifted into position on the South Bank in London.
• 11 November – House of Lords Act 1999 removes most hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Those no longer sitting in the Lords are now eligible to vote in elections for the House of Commons and to sit on juries.
• 30 November – BAE Systems formed by merger of British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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