20 september 1999 was een maandag onder het sterrenbeeld ♍. Het was de 262e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 26 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op zaterdag 20 september 2025, 287 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op zondag 20 september 2026, in 77 dagen. Je hebt 9.784 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 234.823 uur, of ongeveer 14.089.396 minuten, of ongeveer 845.363.760 seconden.
Date: 20 September 1999
Pew Research Center poll finds that distaste for press scrutiny into politicians' backgrounds has grown among people 50 and older and among those 30 to 49 by at least 10 percentage points since 1987; under-30 group is also growing more disenchanted with such reporting, but not as rapidly; some 53 percent of all adults consider press scrutiny valuable, compared with 59 percent in 1987 (S)
Date: 20 September 1999
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
Four Britons are identified as suspected Communist agents, bringing to eight the number of people recently acused of being cold war informers and prompting calls on Government to clarify why there have been no prosecutions and whether British security has been undermined; Robin Pearson, postgraduate studies director at Hull University, is identified as informer for East Germany; Vic Allen, retired economics professor at Leeds University, is said to have passed information about Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament to East Germany; Dr Gwyneth Edwards, German-language lecturer at Loughborough University, is accused of having collaborated with East German secret police, the Stasi; Richard Clements, former editor of leftist weekly Tribune and adviser to former Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock, is identified as agent for former Soviet Union; last week, accusations were brought against former Labor members of Parliament Tom Briberg and Raymond Fletcher, former Scotland Yard officer John Symonds, and a suburban London woman, Melita Norwood; unmasking of supposed spies is receiving enormous attention in British press (M)
Date: 20 September 1999
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire column says Prime Min Mahathir Mohamad is crushing dissent in Malaysia, harassing opposition and trying to intimidate world press while wooing investment from United States; notes particularly the lack of Government or media reaction to jailing of Far Eastern Economic Review's Malaysian bureau chief, Murray Hiebert, for criticizing a judge; asks who will have temerity to ask embarassing questions of Mahathir while he is welcomed in US by business and foreign-policy establishment (M)
Date: 21 September 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Microsoft Corp acquires assets of Softway Systems Inc to get tools that allow its Windows system to work with other applications; financial terms undisclosed (S)
Date: 21 September 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Computer Sciences Corp acquires Nichols Research Corp for about $391 million in stock (S)
Date: 21 September 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux SA acquires 47.3 percent of Trigen Energy Corp it does not already own for about $129 million in cash (S)
Date: 21 September 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dole Food Co says it might report third-quarter loss (S)
Date: 21 September 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Softbank Corp raises its parent earnings forecast for year ending March 31; it now expects earnings of 12 billion yen ($111 million) for period, more than double 5.50 billion yen it forecast in May (S)
Date: 21 September 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Vivendi SA of France is considering selling its US electricity subsidiary, Sithe Energies Inc (S)
Date: 21 September 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United States Postal Service Cycling team says it is adding five riders to its roster for 2000 cycling season (S)