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In 1999, the world population was approximately 6,089,006,339 people[†]
1999Mikey Madison, American actress[†]
Mikaela "Mikey" Madison Rosberg is an American actress. She began her career acting in short films and received recognition for her role as a sullen teenager in the FX comedy series Better Things (2016–2022). Madison then played Manson family member Susan Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and Amber Freeman in Scream (2022).
1999Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1936)[†]
Calvin Edwin Ripken Sr. was an American baseball player, scout, coach and manager who spent 36 years in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He played in the Orioles' farm system beginning in 1957, and later served as coach and manager of the parent club, on which his sons Cal Jr. and Billy played.
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America Online Inc to lay off 700 to 1,000 employees of newly combined company in wake of takeover of Netscape Communications Corp; president Robert W Pittman says layoffs will be equally divided between America Online and Netscape headquarters and stress corporate positions, not engineering or product development (M)
Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani, after meeting with Manhattan Borough Pres C Virginia Fields, says that he will meet again with her and other leading black officials at time when aftershocks of Amadou Diallo shooting continue to rumble through city; Giuliani has shunned Fields for over year; Mayor's office also announces that he will finally meet with State Comptroller H Carl McCall, state's highest-ranking black elected official; they last met in Nov 1994; Giuliani has refused several requests from McCall for another meeting; sudden decision to open his door marks stark turnaround for Giuliani, who has previously dismissed Fields and McCall as being more interested in publicity than in substantive discussion (M)
Global One telecommunications consortium of Sprint, France Telecom and Germany's Deutsche Telekom reportedly is close to collapse; dissolution would set stage for Sprint to be acquired by another communications giant and for Deutsche Telekom to seek international acquisitions; consortium has never run smoothly, with partners split on division of responsibilities, how to position venture and on budget details; also at issue is reluctance of French and German companies to acquire 80 percent of Sprint they do not already own; photos (M)
Article on University of Connecticut basketball player Richard Hamilton and his preparing for Final Four game against Michigan State; photo (M)
George Vecsey Sports of The Times columm discusses status of New York Yankees outfielder Darryl Strawberry for upcoming season; photo (M)
Traditionalists fear that technological advances are sullying golf, one of lowest-tech pastimes; digital revolution has helped bring equipment design to point where oversized, even cartoon-like, driving clubs are now the norm, and golf balls composed of seemingly sci-fi materials are common; United States Golf Assn, governor of sport, strives to keep talent, not technology, the deciding factor in matches; it tests each innovation; about $3.4 billion was spent on balls and clubs in 1997; photos (M)
Federal Aviation Administration, day after Kiwi International Airlines thought it had won reprieve from Government-imposed death sentence, grounds struggling carrier, saying that it was unsafe to fly; orders Kiwi to suspend its entire six-city schedule immediately; action forces hundreds f Kiwi passengers with return tickets to make alternative plans and leaves 80,000 others who paid for advance reservations on airline over next 11 months holding potientally worthless tickets; photo (M)
Clinton Explains Decision The President said he decided to use force because of moral revulsion at the killings in Kosovo and to serve American interests. Page A15. Serbs Turn Back to Loyalty Even the Serbs most bitterly opposed to President Slobodan Milosevic feel a surge of nationalism at a threat from the West. Page A14.
Article discusses growth in publication of guides to doctors; Richard D Topp has put together his new guide to New York's 'most talked-about doctors;' he based his findings on patients' opinions; Drs John Connolly and Jean Morgan say that they surveyed 28,000 health professionals for their book How To Find the Best Doctors: New York Metro Area; photo (M)
Chase Manhattan Corp, in move likely to dampen merger speculation, names vice chairman William B Harrison Jr to succeed Walter V Shipley as chief executive; Harrison will also succeed Thomas G Labrecque, who is retiring as president and chief operating officer; is expected to succeed Shipley as chairman when he retires by Nov 2000; photos (M)
737 Rudder Action Advised Changes should be made in Boeing 737's to bolster their rudder control, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Page A28.
Sacramento Kings defeat New York Knickerbockers, 92-91 (M)