Mass beachings have been associated with active sonar
have occurred in Madeira (2000), Greece (1996), the U.S. Virgin Islands (1998, 1999), the Canary Islands (1985, 1988, 1989, 2002), and, northwest coast of the United States (2003).update: court blocks sonar 7/6/06
Walter Payton, known as "Sweetness" for his smooth style, until 2002 was the leading National Football League (NFL) rusher of all time, with a career total of 16,726 yards.
Walter Payton played all 13 years of his professional career with the Chicago Bears winning a championship in 1985.
Payton died of a rare liver disease in 1999. He was remembered as both a great player and a great man.
In a 1999 A&E Biography ranking, Johannes Gutenberg was named the most influential person of the past thousand years.
The heavy-duty F-250, F-350, and larger trucks were split off into the Ford Super Duty line in 1999 for serious towing and hauling.
Volleyball switched to rally scoring in 1999, so a point is scored on every rally no matter which team served.
Germany voted in 1991 to move its capital from Bonn back to Berlin, and the government moved in 1999.
Stephen King was hit by a van in 1999 and seriously injured.
Magic: The Gathering is made by Wizards of the Coast, which Hasbro bought in 1999.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game launched in Japan in 1996 and in the US in 1999.
Time magazine named Albert Einstein its Person of the Century in 1999.
The US handed control of the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999.
NASA lost the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1999 because one team used imperial units and another used metric units.
Pluto was closer to the Sun than Neptune from 1979 to 1999.