Page 3: Historical Events In 1999

Sep 18   Trillium Rail takes over operation of 41 miles of industrial trackage in Ontario's Niagara Peninsula comprising sections of the Cayuga sub. and the Thorold, Canal, Grantham, Fonthill, Town Line and West Welland spurs. The lines will be operated by a Trillium subsidiary, the Port Colborne Terminal Railway.   

Sep 20   In Taiwan a 7.7 quake resulted in at least 2297 people killed, 8700 injured, 600000 people left homeless and about 82000 housing units damaged by the earthquake and larger aftershocks   

Sep 21   A powerful earthquake shakes Taiwan, killing nearly 2500 people.   

Sep 27   Detroit's Tiger Stadium closes after 87 years of hosting baseball and other sporting contests.   

Oct 02   China and Russia hail 50 years of diplomatic ties with the two neighbours' inaugural joint naval exercises.   

Oct 17   Former US nurse Orville Lynn Majors is convicted of murdering six patients at a western Indiana hospital; the jury deadlocked on a seventh count. (Majors is serving a 360-year prison sentence.).   

Oct 25   The dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr President" to President John F Kennedy is sold for $US1267500 -- a record for an item of clothing at auction.   

Oct 26   "Pinocchio" is recorded as becoming the inaugural animated classic to make its way to DVD.   

Oct 26   Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.   

Nov 02   "Saving Private Ryan" becomse the inaugural major Spielberg movie to be released on DVD   

Dec 26   R and B artist Curtis Mayfield dies in an Atlanta hospital at age 57. Mayfield, famous for the Superfly soundtrack, had been paralyzed since 1990 during an onstage accident   

Dec 28   Clayton Moore, star of the 1950s TV show The Lone Ranger, dies in Los Angeles at age 85.dec29   

Dec 31   Control of Panama Canal reverts to Panama   

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Jan 02   Sebastian haffner: German journalist and author (b. 1907)   

Jan 04   Iron eyes cody: American actor (b. 1904)   

Jan 06   French jazz piano virtuoso michel petrucciani: French jazz piano virtuoso michel petrucciani   

Jan 10   Sir edward williams: Australian judge (b. 1921)   

Jan 11   Naomi mitchison: Scottish novelist and poet (b. 1897)   

Jan 12   Betty lou gerson: American voice actress (b. 1914)   

Jan 14   Jerzy grotowski: Polish theatre director (b. 1933)   

Jan 15   Betty box: British film producer (b. 1915)