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In 1999, the world population was approximately 6,089,006,339 people[†]
1999Kim So-hyun, South Korean actress[†]
Kim So-hyun is an Australian-born South Korean actress. She is known for her leading roles in the youth series Who Are You: School 2015 (2015), historical dramas The Emperor: Owner of the Mask (2017), The Tale of Nokdu (2019), River Where the Moon Rises (2021), and the action-comedy Good Boy (2025).
1999Drew Pavlou, Australian activist[†]
Drew Pavlou is an Australian political activist best known for his criticism of the Chinese government and Chinese Communist Party, and their influence within Australia. Pavlou is also known for organising protests on-campus in support of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, and for later protest activity against the Chinese government.
Clyde Haberman NYC column on relationship between Manhattan Theater Club and Rikers Island Prison Complex; theater club's drama instruction program, called Writing on the Edge, includes professional actors, playwights and directors traveling to prison once a week, teaching theater fundamentals to selected students (M)
Article on New York Knickerbockers preparing for third game of Eastern Conference championship series against Indiana Pacers; photo (M)
Ben Brantley reviews Royal Dramatic Theater of Sweden's production of play The Image Makers by Per Olov Enquist, directed by Ingmar Bergman, presented at Brooklyn Academy of Music; photo (M)
George Vecsey Sports of The Times column on major sporting events being held in New York City area this weekend; New York Yankees will host New York Mets in 3-game series; New York Knickerbockers will play Indiana Pacers in NBA Eastern Conference championship series playoff games and Charismatic will seek to win Belmont Stakes and horse racing's Triple Crown (M)
Rep Nita M Lowey, saying she is convinced that Hillary Rodham Clinton is running for Senator from New York, abandons her own bid for position; announces her decision in telephone call to Mrs Clinton at White House; Harold M Ickes, Mrs Clinton's senior political adviser, says she is 'pressing forward' with her candidacy and is likely to take first formal step of creating exploratory committee when she returns from trip to Europe and Mideast in July; photos (M)
Article discusses controversy in Samsonville, NY, over plans by Harry C Fotopoulos to donate about one-sixth of his more than 300 acres to Oglala Sioux indian tribe; photo; map (M)
Pres Slobodan Milosevic, on 72d day of NATO's air war against Yugoslavia, accepts international peace plan to end Kosovo conflict and allow nearly one million ethnic Albanian refugees to return to their homes; agrees to all key NATO demands after envoys from Russia and other European nations tell him it is best offer he is going to get; agrees to withdraw all Yugoslav forces from Kosovo within seven days and allow 50,000 foreign troops under United Nations flag to police province; peace plan also calls for eventual autonomy for Kosovo within Yugoslavia, demilitarization of Kosovo Liberation Army and deployment of small number of Yugoslav uniformed personnel in restricted areas of Kosovo; photos (M)
Steven Erlanger analysis contends that from start, Serbian conflict has been 'war of miscalculation'; maintains that NATO, led by Clinton Administration, assumed that relatively short period of bombing would be enough to cause Pres Slobodan Milosevic to capitulate over Kosovo; says Western officials underestimated historical and cultural importance of Kosovo to Serbs; says they badly undervalued province's political importance to Milosevic; holds that Milosevic, who accepted peace plan not much better than he was offered before bombing began 10 weeks ago, seems to have miscalculated as badly; says he expected NATO alliance to split (M)
Annual workshop performances offer students at the School of American Ballet a chance to display their promise. This year's workshops start tomorrow. An article by Jennifer Dunning, page 28.
Pres Clinton cautiously welcomes word of Yugoslavia's apparent acceptance of international peace terms for Kosovo, and top officials of White House, State Dept and Pentagon all publicly echo his skepticism about whether Pres Slobodan Milosevic will carry out terms; behind public reserve, is deep sense of relief, almost of vindication, after over 10 weeks of relentless war making in Balkans and harsh criticism at home; Clinton says bombing of Serbia will continue until Milosevic has begun withdrawal of army and police forces from Kosovo (M)
Roche to Pay $4.2 Billion For the Rest of Genentech Roche Holding, the European drug maker, said that it would exercise its right to buy the 33 percent of Genentech it does not already own for $82.50 a share, or $4.2 billion. Roche will then issue new shares equivalent to as much as 19 percent of Genentech, the pioneering biotechnology company, so the company can continue to be publicly traded.
Chrysler and Mercedes-Benz dealers will begin new service, inspecting child safety seats for problems with size, installation or wear; program, called Fit for a Kid, is in response to January recommendation by National Transportation Safety Board (S)