Editing 1999 (section)

===April===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[Nunavut]], an [[Inuit]] homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the [[Northwest Territories]] to become Canada's third [[Provinces and territories of Canada|territory]].
* [[April 5]]
** Two [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Libya]]ns suspected of bringing down [[Pan Am Flight 103]] in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the Netherlands. The [[United Nations]] suspends sanctions against Libya.
** In [[Laramie, Wyoming]], Russell Henderson pleads guilty to [[kidnapping]] and felony murder, in order to avoid a possible [[Capital punishment|death penalty]] conviction for the apparent [[hate crime]] killing of [[Matthew Shepard]].
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Kosovo War]]: [[Kosovo]]'s main border crossings are closed by Yugoslav forces to prevent [[Kosovo Albanians]] from leaving.
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara]], president of [[Niger]], is assassinated.
* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[Kosovo War]]: NATO warplanes repeatedly [[NATO bombing of Albanian refugees near Gjakova|bomb ethnic Albanian refugee convoys]] for 2 hours over a 12-mile stretch of road, after mistaking them for Yugoslav military trucks, between [[Đakovica]] and [[Dečani]] in western Kosovo, killing at least 73 refugees.
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Columbine High School massacre]]: Two [[Littleton, Colorado]], teenagers, [[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold]], open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 13 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves.
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Namibian Economic Society]] is founded.
* [[April 26]]
** Sultan [[Salahuddin of Selangor]] becomes the 11th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].
** British TV presenter [[Jill Dando]], 37, is shot dead on the doorstep of her home in [[Fulham]], London.<ref name=Dando>{{cite web |title=Jill Dando {{!}} Jill Dando murder |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/apr/27/guardianobituaries.jilldando |website=The Guardian |date=April 27, 1999 |access-date=27 April 2021 |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427224207/https://amp.theguardian.com/news/1999/apr/27/guardianobituaries.jilldando |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Cambodia]] joins the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN), bringing the total members to 10.