1999 in Germany

Events

January 1 - The Euro Currency officially entered circulation in the digital transaction in the European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries.
February 10–21 - 49th Berlin International Film Festival
March 12 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
April 1 - German company Infineon Technologies was founded.
April 12: Wuppertal Suspension Railway accident
April 19: Reichstag building in Berlin opens the public for the first time in 66 years.
June 18–20: The 25th G8 summit is held in Cologne.
July 1: The final parliamentary meeting in Bonn marks the government is officially moved to Berlin.
November 4: A court in Augsburg filed an arrest warrant for Walther Leisler Kiep due to the CDU donations scandal.
Date unknown: German company Hoechst AG merged with French company Rhône-Poulenc to form French company Aventis, which was formed to French Company Sanofi in 2004.

Deaths

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January 2 - Sebastian Haffner, German author and journalist (born 1907)
January 18 - Günter Strack, German actor (born 1929)
January 24 - Werner Jacobs German film director (born 1909)
February 12 - Heinz Schubert, German actor and comedian (born 1925)
February 19 - Georg Meier, German motorcycle racer (born 1910)
March 6 - Klaus Gysi, German politician (born 1912)
April 12 - Helga Seibert, German judge (born 1939)
April 13 - Willi Stoph, German politician (born 1914)
May 22 - Alfred Kubel, German politician (born 1909)
June 23 - Carl Lange, German actor (born 1909)
June 27 - Siegfried Lowitz, German actor (born 1914)
July 5 - Harald Philipp, German film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1921)
August 4 - Liselott Linsenhoff, German equestrian (born 1927)
August 13 - Ignaz Bubis, President of Central Council of Jews in Germany (born 1927)
August 17 - Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (born 1936)
August 25 - Georg Thomalla, German actor (born 1915)
September 20 - Willy Millowitsch, German actor (born 1909)
October 17 - Franz Peter Wirth, German film director (born 1919)
October 26 - Rex Gildo, German singer (born 1936)
November 2 - Ibrahim Böhme, German politician (born 1944)
November 26 - Angelika Hurwicz, German actress (born 1922)
December 11 - Harry Wüstenhagen, German actor (born 1928)

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