May 21, 1999, was a Friday. It was 25 years, 6 months, and 2 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Gemini.
Notable events that occurred on May 21, 1999:
These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on May 21, 1999:
These songs were dominating the music charts:
The top movie on this day was "The Mummy".
This date occurred 9,318 days ago. Approximately 311 months have passed. It was the 141st day of 1999, in week 20. The decade was the nineties. People who were born on May 21, 1999, are now 25 years old and belong to the Gen-Z generation. 104 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.
Let's take a walk down memory lane.
The date is May 21, 1999, and it's a Friday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Gemini. Many people have "that Friday feeling" and are looking forward to the weekend.
The summer of 1999 has finally arrived. The weather has warmed up, and the evenings are brighter than usual. The school year is nearly finished. In America, the song "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin is at the top of the singles charts, while "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys is the number-one song in the UK. Bill Clinton is the President of the United States, and the movie The Mummy is at the top of the box office.
Tony Blair is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Mad About You", "The X-Files", "JAG", and "Oz". The CD is quickly becoming the dominant format for music, and people are buying portable players such as the "Discman". Consequently, sales of cassette tapes are continuing to decline.
In fashion, bright and metallic colors are all the rage—a big change from the darker "grunge" colors of the early 1990s. Women are wearing maxi skirts, bell bottoms, knee boots, crop tops, tube tops, slip dresses, maxi coats, and platform shoes. Meanwhile, a lot of men have ditched their grunge and skater clothes in favor of a "dress casual" look. They are also beginning to cut their hair shorter. A relatively new form of communication called "text messaging" is becoming more widespread. Although the technology has been around since the mid-1990s, it was only recently that cell providers allowed users to send SMS messages to people on different networks. It's 1999, so radio stations are being dominated by the likes of Cher, TLC, Monica, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Santana and Ricky Martin.
The Nokia 3210 is currently one of the most popular cellphones on the market. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Owen Hart, Fred Trump, John F. Kennedy Jr., and Wilt Chamberlain would all still be alive. People are playing video games such as "Grand Theft Auto", "Tenchu: Stealth Assassins", "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six", and "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time".
Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Art Attack", "The Nanny", "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", and "Recess". Children are playing with toys such as Styrofoam plane gliders, the Nintendo 64, the Game Boy Color, and Fisher Price Chatter Phone.
These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on May 21, 1999.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around May 21, 1999.
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People in May 1999 were watching the following TV series:
1999 saw the introduction of cars such as the Toyota Yaris, the Volkswagen Bora, the Ford Taurus (fourth generation), the BMW X5, the Opel Zafira, and the Honda Insight.
Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:
If you were a child on this date, then you may have had some of the following toys:
Popular video games that people were playing in May 1999.
If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1999.
This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.
If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out May 21, 2005, instead.
Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on May 21.
Bill Clinton was the President of the United States on May 21, 1999.
Tony Blair was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Bertie Ahern was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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