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In 1999, the world population was approximately 6,089,006,339 people[†]
1999Kim Do-yeon, South Korean singer and actress[†]
Kim Do-yeon, known mononymously as Doyeon, is a South Korean singer and actress signed under Fantagio. She is best known as a contestant on the Mnet reality show Produce 101, as a member of the resulting group I.O.I, and subsequently as a member of Weki Meki. In 2018, she appeared on Law of the Jungle and made her acting debut in the drama Short (2018).
1999Kang Mi-na, South Korean actress and singer[†]
Kang Mi-na, known mononymously as Mina, is a South Korean actress, singer and rapper. She is best known for finishing ninth in Mnet's K-pop girl group survival show Produce 101. She is a former member of the girl groups I.O.I and Gugudan, as well as its subgroups 5959 and SeMiNa. Kang is also best known for her roles in the television series Dokgo Rewind (2018), Tale of Fairy (2018), Hotel del Luna (2019), Summer Guys (2021), Moonshine (2021–2022), Café Minamdang (2022), and Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023).
1999Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (born 1936)[†]
Rose Elizabeth Bird was the 25th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. She was the first female law clerk of the Nevada Supreme Court, the first female deputy public defender in Santa Clara County, the first woman to serve in the California State Cabinet, and the first female Chief Justice of California.
Campaign on sexually transmitted diseases by New York City's Dept of Health includes hip-hop cartoon characters speaking graphically about dangers of unprotected sex; cartoons appear in city subways; New York City and other large cities hold fewer taboos about such discussions; in smaller cities and towns around country, such advertisements would be unthinkable; photos; cartoons (M)
John Tierney column on arrest of Paris Drake for allegedly flinging brick at woman on 42d Street; discusses obvious question of why crack addict with long history of violence was prowling New York City's streets; most direct explanation is that hustlers like hang around Times Square and Port Authority because they get money from out-of-towners and gullible locals; outreach workers warn that 90 percent of that money goes for drugs and alcohol (M)
Investors snap up stocks to send two of market's benchmark measures to new highs on report from Labor Dept that unemployment rate was unchanged in November and that hourly earnings rose just 0.1 percent; Nasdaq composite index jumps 1.97 percent, 67.85 points, to new high of 3,520.63, and Standard & Poor's 500-stock index is up 24.26 points, 1.72 percent, to new high of 1,433.30; Dow Jones industrial average is up 247.12 points, 2.24 percent, to 11,286.18; graph (M)
In its sixth and final Millennium issue, The Times Magazine shifts from looking back over 1,000 years and focuses instead on the future, with the aim of preserving for people in the year 3000 a sense of what it was like to be alive today. The issue describes everyday practices bound to bewilder this era's descendants, a guide to species soon to be extinct and ''A New York Minute,'' a project in which nearly 100 people documented the same moment in the life of the city.
Many onlookers view New Jersey Nets' 96-94 loss to San Antonio Spurs as a fluke, but Nets would rather take it as evidence of their potential; they are intent on proving as much in their first matchup this season with New York Knicks; Kerry Kittles is back full time this week from knee surgery and is playing major role in revitalizing his teammates; photo (M)
Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani and Gov George E Pataki each propose laws that would sharply increase penalties faced by people who repeatedly commit misdemeanor crimes like trespassing, turnstile-jumping and selling small amounts of marijuana; their proposals come days after Paris Drake, petty criminal with long record, is arrested in brick attack of woman in Midtown Manhattan; Drake has 17-year criminal history of cycling in and out of jail after mostly misdemeanor convictions; Giuliani and Pataki proposals would mandate that after person is convicted of certain number of misdemeanors in specified time period, any subsequent misdemeanor conviction in same period would be treated as felony conviction (M)
New York Rangers defeat Montreal Canadiens, 3-2; photo (M)
Yale University marks year anniversary of murder of Suzanne Jovin, student who was stabbed to death mile from campus; there is growing sense at Yale that her killer may never be found; New Haven Police say they have 'around 10' suspects; best known suspect is James R Van de Velde, former Yale lecturer who was Jovin's thesis adviser; he has consistently denied any role in her killing (M)
Coca-Cola's sales in Europe have sharply increased following massive effort by company to refurbish its image after 250 people in Belgium complained of sickness they attributed to contaminated Cokes; that led to biggest recall in Coke's 113-year history; product recall, and its consequences, cost Coca-Cola Co at least $200 million; now, as Coca-Cola reasserts its hold on palates of Belgians, there are new problems as four Belgian children report illness from drinking Coke; although prosecutors have cleared company of responsibility in latest incidents, publicity reminded customers once again about mass illnesses last June; photo (M)
Edmond J Safra, multibillionaire bank magnate, suffocates in predawn fire that local authorities say had been set by two hooded intruders into his luxury duplex penthouse in Monte Carlo; authorities say Safra and a nurse both died of smoke inhalation while hiding in bathroom, and that intruders escaped and are being sought; Safra's wife and her granddaughter, who hid in another room, are unharmed; another nurse, who called police, receives minor knife wounds during scuffle with intruders; Safra, 67-year-old Lebanese-born businessman, was founder of Republic National Bank of New York; shock over his death is magnified by timing: Safra, who was planning to retire, had just completed deal to sell his businesses for $9.9 billion to HSBC Holdings; photos (M)
William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column says upcoming Giants-Jets game is peculiar one, with players on both teams reserving harshest screaming for their own teammates; photo (M)
Lincoln Center's board of directors will consider wide-ranging renovation plan that could cost as much as $1.5 billion; options include new buildings, rooftop extensions and performance spaces as well as opera museum and visitors' center for nation's busiest performing arts arena; survey by engineering firm states that years of use have taken such toll on halls, stages and walkways of center that even scaled-down versions of plan would require hundreds of millions of dollars of reconstruction, repairs and urgently needed improvements; survey does not address how work could be carried out given Lincoln Center's busy performance schedule, or its financing; Lincoln Center's chairman, Beverly Sills, and its president, Nathan Leventhal, decline to discuss matter other than to say that final decision about scope of project will not be made until well into year 2000; diagram (M)