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Demolition begins on East Side Manhattan headquarters of Martha Graham School for Contemporary Dance; heavily mortgaged facility, embroiled in long-running real estate battle linked to estate of late philanthropist Doris Duke, was sold under pressure in summer 1998, sending company to temporary sites elsewhere but leaving it nearly $1.5 million richer; photo (M)
Juilliard School's collegial playwright's program, headed by Marsha Norman, has become hot ticket and is one of training grounds that hopeful young playwrights covet most; photos (M)
Peter Marks reviews New York Theater Workshop presentation of Bright Lights Big City, musicical by Paul Scott Goodman based on novel by Jay McInerney; photos (M)
Profile of Aron Leifer, who at age 18 is worth more than million dollars as result of marketing his computer skills through his software company, Multi Media Audiotext, which he hopes to take public within six months and join ranks of other multimillionaires; Leifer is not atypical of number of other young persons who are setting up what amounts to on-line versions of yesteryear's lemonade stands and earning money from their computer knowledge; sketches of other young computer entrepreneurs; suggestions on how to get rich at young age in computer field; photos (L)
Pentagon, concluding that genetic testing and other scientific advances ensure any remains recovered from Vietnam War will be identified, will not place new war remains in Tomb of Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Va; Defense Sec William S Cohen weighs fate of crypt that formerly held remains now identified as those of Lt Michael J Blassie; photo (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 24, 1999, covering February 25, 1999.
Britney Spears
The Offspring
Lauryn Hill
*NSYNC
Dixie Chicks
1999Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian footballer[β ]
Gianluigi Donnarumma is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Italy national team. He is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
1999Rocky, South Korean singer, dancer and songwriter[β ]
Park Min-hyuk, known by his stage name Rocky (λΌν€), is a South Korean rapper and singer. He was a member of the South Korean boy group Astro and its duo subunit Jinjin & Rocky with leader Jinjinbut left the group in 2023. As an actor, he has starred in drama series Soul Plate (2019), Find Me If You Can (2021), Hyangjeon of Youth (2021), and Broke Rookie Star (2022). He also played in the Korean interpretation of the musical drama The Three Musketeers (2022). He founded his own agency, One Fine Day Entertainment, in August 2023.
1999Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)[β ]
Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American chemist whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery and investigation of ten transuranium elements earned him a share of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His work in this area also led to his development of the actinide concept and the arrangement of the actinide series in the periodic table of the elements.
1999Alitalia Flight 1553 crashes at Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport in Genoa, Italy, killing four.[β ]
Minerva Airlines Flight 1553, was a regularly scheduled commercial passenger flight from Cagliari to Genoa operated by Minerva Airlines under the Alitalia Express brand via a codeshare agreement with Alitalia. On 25 February 1999, the Dornier 328 serving the flight lost control and overran the runway while landing at Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport. Of the 31 occupants on board, three died, including the flight attendant; another passenger later died in hospital. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
In 1999, the world population was approximately 6,089,006,339 people[β ]