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FEBRUARY 23 - IN THE HISTORY Calender Search
 
1999
In Lebanon Hezbollah guerrillas ambushed an Israeli commando squad and killed the commander and 2 officers.
1999
Serbs agreed in principle to give limited self-rule to majority ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, thereby temporarily heading off NATO air strikes, but during their talks in Rambouillet, France, the two sides failed to conclude a deal for ending their yearlong conflict.
1999
In Somalia militiamen loyal to Hussein Aidid reported that they had killed 60 civilians in the Baidoa town and the village of Daynunay.
1999
In Khartoum, Sudan, health officials reported that some 140 people had died from meningitis and that another 1000 suffered from the disease.
1999
Turkey formally arrested Abdullah Ocalan on treason charges.
1999
The Disney film "Mulan" premiered in China. Only 10 foreign films per year were allowed into China so as to protect its own industry.
1999
Ethiopian troops attacked Eritrea with tanks and aircraft.
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