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Accession   Abdullah II   7th Feb   Ascends to the throne    Acting President   Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich   31st Dec   Yeltsin unexpectedly resigns and, according to the constitution, Putin becomes (acting) President of the Russian Federation    Acting Prime Minister   Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich   9th Aug   Appointed acting Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation by President Boris Yeltsin    Arrest   Aitken, Jonathan   8th June   Sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for perjury    Assassination   Dando, Jill   26th Nov   Death of Jill Dando, assassinated    Award Companion of Honour   Major, John Roy    Jan   Awarded the Companion of Honour by the Queen    Bankruptcy De Lorean   De Lorean, John      De Lorean is declared bankrupt    Battle of Kargil   Vajpayee, Atal Behari    May Kargil   War with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil in Kashmir    Birth   Jagger, Mick      Birth of Lucas Jagger, Luciana Gimenez, gives birth to Mick Jagger's son Lucas Jagger    Bombing of Iraq   Hussein, Saddam   5th Jan   Jet fighters battle for first time in six years over Iraqi no-fly zone    Bombing of Iraq   Clinton, William Jefferson Bill      Supports the bombing of Iraq as sanctions have little effect    Bombing of Yugoslavia   Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton    Nov   Blair sends troops to join NATO bombing campaign on Yugoslavia in a bid to halt suppression of ethnic Albanians    Bombing of Yugoslavia   Milosevic, Slobodan   24th Mar Kosovo   NATO's bombing campaign lasted from March 24 to June 11, 1999, involving up to 1,000 aircraft operating mainly from bases in Italy and aircraft carriers stationed in the Adriatic   24th Mar Kosovo   On the ground, the ethnic cleansing campaign by the Serbians is stepped up and within a week of the war starting, over 300,000 Kosovo Albanians had fled into neighboring Albania and Macedonia, with many thousands more displaced within Kosovo   24th Mar Kosovo   Yugoslavia is bombed so Serbian troops would have to leave Kosovo and be replaced by international peacekeepers in order to ensure that the Albanian refugees could return to their homes    May Kosovo   NATO aircraft attack an Albanian refugee convoy, believing it was a Yugoslav military convoy, killing around 50 people, NATO admits its mistake 5 days later, but the Serbs accused NATO of deliberately attacking the refugees   7th May Belgrade   NATO bombs hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, killing three Chinese journalists and outraging Chinese public opinion    British Beef   Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton   8th Dec   France refuses to lift its ban on British beef    Commonwealth   Mugabe, Robert Gabriel    Harare   The Commonwealth adopts the Harare Declaration at its summit in Zimbabwe, reaffirming its aims of fostering international peace and security, democracy, freedom of the individual and equal rights for all    Constitution   Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton      The House of Lords Act permits jusy ninety-two hereditaries to remain in the House of Lords    Constitution   Musharraf, Pervez   12th Oct   Musharraf becomes de facto Head of Government (using the title Chief Executive and assuming extensive powers) of Pakistan following a bloodless Coup d'‚tat    Constitution   Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich   31st Dec   Unity's electoral success gives Yeltsin the confidence to resign in favour of Prime Minister Putin (who becomes Acting President upon Yeltsin's resignation)    Constitution   Clinton, William Jefferson Bill      The Constitution cites "high crimes and misdemeanors" as impeachable offenses    Constitution   Mugabe, Robert Gabriel      The Commonwealth adopts the Harare Declaration at its summit in Zimbabwe, reaffirming its aims of fostering international peace and security, democracy, freedom of the individual and equal rights for all    Coup d'Etat   Musharraf, Pervez   12th Oct   Musharraf becomes de facto Head of Government (using the title Chief Executive and assuming extensive powers) of Pakistan following a bloodless Coup d'‚tat    Coup d'Etat   Sharif, Nawaz      Removed from power during a coup    Death   Haffner, Sebastian   2nd Jan   Death of Sebastian Haffner    Death   Bart, Lionel   3rd April   Death of Lionel Bart    Death   Bogarde, Dirk   8th May   Death of Dirk Bogarde    Death   Clark, Alan   5th Sep   Death of Alan Clark    Death   Dando, Jill   26th Nov   Death of Jill Dando, assassinated    Death   Fuchs, Vivien   11th Nov   Death of Vivien Fuchs    Death   Kubrick, Stanley   7th Mar   Death of Stanley Kubrick    Death   Newley, Anthony   14th April   Death of Anthony Newley    Death   Ramsey, Alf   28th April   Death of Alf Ramsey    Death   Reed, Oliver   2nd May   Death of Oliver Reed    Death   Springfield, Dusty   2nd Mar   Death of Dusty Springfield    Death   Wise, Ernie   27th Nov   Death of Ernie Wise    Death   Zavaroni, Lena   1st Oct   Death of Lena Zavaroni    Death   Murdoch, Iris   8th Feb   Death of Iris Murdoch    Death   Hussein I   7th Feb   Death of Hussein I    Death   Romanov   7th Jan   Death of Rostislav Romanov    Death   Nyerere, Julius Kambarage   14th Oct   Death of Julius Kambarage Nyerere    Death   Heller, Joseph   12th Dec   Death of Joseph Heller    Death   Quarry, Jerry   3rd Jan   Death of Jerry Quarry    Declaration of Harare   Mugabe, Robert Gabriel    Harare   The Commonwealth adopts the Harare Declaration at its summit in Zimbabwe, reaffirming its aims of fostering international peace and security, democracy, freedom of the individual and equal rights for all    Declaration of Hillsborough   Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton   1st April Hillsborough   Ahern & Blaire make the Hillsborough declaration    Declaration of Lahore   Vajpayee, Atal Behari    Feb Lahore   Makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration    Deputy Prime Minister   Badawi, Abdullah Ahmad   8th Jan   Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia    Diplomacy   Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro   4th Jan   A new policy by the USA would let millions more dollars flow to Cubans and allow more direct flights, mail service, and trade    Diplomacy   Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton    May   Britain & Iran exchange ambassadors for the 1st time since 1989    Diplomacy   Cook, Robin Finlayson    May   Britain & Iran exchange ambassadors for the 1st time since 1989    Diplomacy   Vajpayee, Atal Behari  &