1. dubna 1999 bylo čtvrtek pod hvězdičkou ♈. Byl 90 den v roce. Prezidentem Spojených států byl William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Pokud jste se narodili v tento den, je vám 27 let. Vaše poslední narozeniny byly středa 1. dubna 2026 před 77 dny. Vaše další narozeniny jsou čtvrtek 1. dubna 2027, za 287 dní. Žili jste 9 939 dní nebo přibližně 238 550 hodin nebo přibližně 14 313 028 minut nebo přibližně 858 781 680 sekund.
Date: 01 April 1999
By Matt Richtel
Matt Richtel
Serbian police, which have closed Belgrade's only independent radio station in clampdown on news organizations, have been unable to stop station from putting out news reports on Internet; British Broadcasting Corp broadcasts Web site's content back into Balkans by radio (M)
Date: 01 April 1999
By R. W. Apple Jr
R. Apple
R W Apple Jr analysis contends that crisis in Kosovo presents kind of problem that Western democracies, for all their wealth and military might, find most difficult to cope with; maintains that crises like this take place in twilight zone, full of uncertainty, where rules are formulated as participants choose; holds that it is hard to measure who is winning, sometimes harder to know who has won; asserts that one catalyst for Kosovo 'war' is mounting belief in much of Europe and North America that human rights matter more than national sovereignty; says another catalyst is television (M)
Date: 02 April 1999
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
Rupert Murdoch is taking strong step toward increasing his hold over sports programming, agreeing to buy out 50 percent stake owned by John C Malone's Liberty Media in venture that controls dozen regional sports networks; Murdoch's News Corp will also double its stake in New York Knicks, Rangers, Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall to 40 percent; in exchange, Liberty Media is getting $1.4 billion of News Corp stock, giving it 5 percent of company and making it largest single outside investor; Murdoch family owns roughly 31 percent; deal might pave the way for Liberty Media to acquire up to 10 percent of News Corp; representatives for both companies decline comment (M)
Date: 01 April 1999
By Somini Sengupta
Somini Sengupta
Band of demonstrators in New York City protests bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO and US forces; march from Grand Central Terminal to New York Times building, where they complain about editorials that backed NATO bombing; photo (M)
Date: 02 April 1999
Editorial supports 'sunshine' bill proposed by Sens Charles Schumer and Charles Grassley that would give Federal trial and appellate judges discretion to allow unobtrusive cameras to cover proceedings in their courtrooms; says issue also deserves attention in New York, one of only three states to deny any televised access to its courts (S)
Date: 01 April 1999
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Yugoslav Army allows foreign journalists to tour factory in Cacak that was destroyed by air strikes; NATO says factory was used to make ammunition, assertion Serbs dispute; journalists are also given tour of Kragujevac, where large barracks and other military buildings had been destroyed in first night of missile and bomb strikes; photo (M)
Date: 01 April 1999
By John H. Cushman Jr
John Cushman
Pentagon says three American infantrymen patrolling Macedonia's border with Kosovo are missing after reporting by radio that they had been surrounded and were under fire; say soldiers, whose names are not released, might have been captured by Serbian forces; CNN broadcasts videotape from Serbian television showing what Serbs identify as three Americans who were reported missing on March 31; soldiers are part of US First Infantry Division, which had about 350 members in Macedonia for years, remnant of United Nations force that is being withdrawn now that thousands of NATO troops are stationed near border; map (M)
Date: 01 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Panamsat Corp tumble 16 percent after it discloses that next year's sales will be $100 million less than forecast (S)
Date: 01 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Primus Telecommunications Group to buy London Telecom Group for equivalent of $50 million in cash, to become third-largest long-distance provider in Canada; Primus will acquire London Telecom's Canadian network, along with assets of Wintel CNC Communications Inc and Wintel CNT Communications Inc (S)
Date: 01 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Winsloew Furniture Inc agrees to be acquired for $245.9 million after Trivest Furniture Corp, new company controlled by Winsloew's chairman Earl Powell raises its offer (S)