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1999 in science

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The year 1999 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Aeronautics

  • February 27 – While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being in their balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes.
  • March 320 – Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones successfully complete a non-stop circumnavigation of the world in a hot air balloon.

Astronomy and space exploration

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Total solar eclipse of August 11, viewed from France
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Biology

Chemistry

  • Elements 118 and 116 are claimed to be made for the first time; later retracted when results cannot be replicated.

Computer science

  • March 26 – The Melissa worm attacks the Internet.
  • June – RFC 2616 defines HTTP/1.1, the version of Hypertext Transfer Protocol in common use.
  • September 21 – David Bowie's Hours becomes the first complete music album by a major artist available to download over the Internet in advance of the physical release.[2]
  • First working 3-qubit NMR computer demonstrated at IBM's Almaden Research Center. First execution of Grover's algorithm.
  • The term 'Web 2.0' is coined by Darcy DiNucci.[3]
  • Probable date – First emojis introduced, in Japan.[citation needed]
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Geology

History of science and technology

  • Boris Chertok publishes «Ракеты и люди» (Rockets and people), a history of the Soviet rocket program.

Mathematics

Paleontology

Physics

Physiology and medicine

Telecommunications

  • January 19 – The first BlackBerry is released, using the same hardware as the Inter@ctive pager 950, and running on the Mobitex network.

Awards

Deaths

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