Timeline April 1999

Events in April 1999 6

• 1999 First Multi-Planet System Found Around a Sun-like Star Upsilon Andromedae confirmed to host three planets Astronomers announced in April 1999 that the star Upsilon Andromedae hosts at least three planets, making it the first known multi-planet system orbiting a Sun-like star other than our own. The discovery supported the idea that planetary systems are common in the galaxy. It was based on radial velocity measurements gathered over several years.
• 1999 Nunavut Becomes Canada's Third Territory New territory carved from the Northwest Territories Nunavut was formally established as a separate Canadian territory on April 1, 1999, following a land claims agreement with the Inuit. It is Canada's largest territory by area and has a majority Inuit population. The creation of Nunavut was the largest change to Canada's map since 1949.
• 1999 – 2001 WTO Negotiations and Entry Led years of negotiations with the United States and other nations that culminated in China's entry into the World Trade Organization in December 2001. The agreement opened China to global trade and helped trigger the country's explosive economic boom of the 2000s.
• 1999 Duke Ellington awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Special Citation A Pulitzer that had been denied to him in 1965.
• 1999 1999 World Snooker Championship Hendry’s Seventh Stephen Hendry wins a record-breaking seventh title. Winner: Stephen Hendry; Runner-up: Mark Williams. Score: 18–11.
• 1999 Columbine High School Massacre School shooting in Colorado kills thirteen Two students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, killed twelve students and one teacher before killing themselves. The attack became a defining reference point for school shootings and gun control debates in the United States. It prompted widespread changes to school security policy nationwide.