A remake of the American horror slasher movie “Halloween” was released starring Jamie Curtis.
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Uganda Ministry of Health announced they were under an outbreak of a Marburg virus, a virus similar to Ebola.
The American Revolutionary War hostiles ended after the British conceded at Yorktown.
Cher's 'Believe' was released and became the Billboard 1999 Song of the Year.
A bill to recognize Martin Luther King Jr's birthday as a national holiday passed the US Senate.
University of California scientists found evidence that life on Earth probably began 4.1 billion years ago.