Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was tried for his crimes against humanity.
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Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey, US, isolated Streptomycin, which became the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis (TB).
Cher's 'Believe' was released and became the Billboard 1999 Song of the Year.
German professor Martin Luther became a doctor when he was awarded his Doctor of Theology from the University of Wittenberg, Germany.
Uganda Ministry of Health announced they were under an outbreak of a Marburg virus, a virus similar to Ebola.
University of California scientists found evidence that life on Earth probably began 4.1 billion years ago.
