Stories from 1999
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January 10, 1999
HBO aired the first episode of The Sopranos, a drama series following a modern day Italian mafia family in New Jersey. The show was rated #5 on TV Guide's list of the top 50 TV shows of all time.
March 31, 1999
Keanu Reeves played a machine-fighting computer programmer in the sci-fi thriller The Matrix.
April 20, 1999
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Littleton, CO
Two teenage boys gunned down 12 classmates and 1 teacher and injured 23 at Columbine High School.
July 10, 1999
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Los Angeles, CA
Brandi Chastain ripped off her jersey and fell to her knees after she kicked the winning goal in the U.S. vs. China game of the Women's World Cup, which secured the U.S. women's soccer team's second championship.
July 16, 1999
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Martha's Vineyard, MA
Son of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, JFK Jr. died when the plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
July 30, 1999
Documentary-style thriller The Blair Witch Project debuted in theaters.
August 23, 1999
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New York, NY
Spread by mosquitoes and generally found only in Uganda and the Middle East, the West Nile Virus cropped up in New York City, the first sign of presence in the U.S.
