A Decade

Things that happened in July of 1999…

* 1 July – The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.

* July 2 – Benjamin Nathaniel Smith begins a 3-day killing spree targeting racial and ethnic minorities in Illinois and Indiana.

* July 5 – U.S. Army Pfc. Barry Winchell is bludgeoned in his sleep at Fort Campbell, Kentucky by fellow soldiers; he dies the next day from his injuries.

* July 7 – In Rome, Hicham El Guerrouj runs the fastest mile ever recorded, at 3:43.13.

* July 8 – A major flash flood in Las Vegas swamps hundreds of cars, smashes mobile homes and kills 2 people.

* July 10- USA soccer player Brandi Chastain scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

*July 10- Kevin & Kimmy got married!!!

* July 11 – India recaptures Kargil, forcing the Pakistan Army to retreat. India announces victory, ending the 2-month conflict.

* July 16 – Off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, a plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. crashes, killing him and his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette.

* July 18 – David Cone pitches a perfect game, the 16th in history, as the Yankees defeat the Montreal Expos, 6-0, to celebrate Yogi Berra Day.

* July 20 – Mercury program: Liberty Bell 7 is raised from the Atlantic Ocean.

* July 20 – Persecution of Falun Gong: Falun Gong is banned in the People’s Republic of China under Jiang Zemin.

* July 22 – The first version of MSN Messenger is released by Microsoft.

* July 23 – ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo.

* July 23 – Mohammed VI of Morocco becomes king upon the death of his father Hassan II.

* July 23–25 – The Woodstock 99 festival is held in New York.

* July 25 – Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France.

* July 26 – The last Checker taxi cab is retired in New York City and auctioned off for approximately $135,000.

* July 27 – Twenty-one people die in a canyoning disaster near Interlaken, Switzerland.

* July 31 – Mark O. Barton kills 9 in Atlanta, Georgia.

* July 31 – NASA intentionally crashes the Lunar Prospector spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the lunar surface.

It’s been TEN whole years since the big nuptials! It’s hard to believe we are a decade old.

It’s been a wonderful ten years. I am more in love now than ever and I can’t wait to spend a million more decades with my beloved;-)

Happy Anniversary!

For more photos click: 10 Years of Wedded Bliss!