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Tinky Winky, 1999 News
purple Teletubby, was outted in February by Rev. Jerry Falwell, who deduced that Tinky Winky is gay because he's purple, carries a purse, and has a triangle on his head. …U.S. Women's Soccer Team, 1999 News
won the World Cup in July in a 5–4 win on penalty kicks over China. More than 90,000 fans packed the Rose Bowl for the final game. Though all eyes were on Mia Hamm, who's cons…Justin A. Volpe, 1999 News
27, New York City police officer, admitted in court in May that he tortured and meant to humiliate Haitian immigrant Abner Louima when he rammed a broom handle into the man's …Boris Yeltsin, 1999 News
68, Russian president, fired Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin, 47, and the entire cabinet in August. It was the fourth time in 17 months that Yeltsin had ousted Russia's govern…Wen Ho Lee, 1999 News
59, Taiwan-born American scientist, was fired from his job at Los Alamos National Laboratory in March for allegedly passing on classified information on the W-88 nuclear warhe…Rev. Henry Lyons, 1999 News
57, president of the National Baptist Convention USA, was convicted by a St. Petersburg, Florida, jury of racketeering and grand theft in February. The animated preacher sipho…Martin Agronsky Biography
Martin AgronskyAge: 84 long-time news media figure. He began his career in newspaper journalism, transitioned to radio, and finally landed on TV, where he was a political corre…Abdel Wahab al-Bayati Biography
Abdel Wahab al-BayatiAge: 73 exiled Iraqi poet who helped initiate the modernist movement in Arab poetry. He was known for his innovative free-verse poetry as well as his lefti…Anita Carter Biography
Anita Carter(Ina Anita Carter)Age: 66 musician who began singing professionally at an early age with her parents, sisters, and other relatives as the influential country group,…Hassan II Biography
Hassan II(Moulay Hassan)Age: 70 all-powerful monarch who had ruled Morocco for 38 years at the time of his death. A popular leader, he promoted a free market and a neutral fore…Trending
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