above the 10,000 mark, at 10,006.78. April April 1 – Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories to become Canada's third territory. April 5 Two Libyans 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 death penalty conviction for the apparent hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard. April 7 – Kosovo War: Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Yugoslav forces to prevent Kosovar Albanians from leaving. April 9 – Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, president of Niger, is assassinated. April 14 – Kosovo War: NATO warplanes repeatedly 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 – Columbine High School massacre: Two Littleton, Colorado, teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves. April 24 – 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. April 30 – Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), bringing the total members to 10. May May 3 – 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak: a devastating tornado, rated F5 on the Fujita scale, hits southern and eastern Oklahoma City metropolitan area, killing 36 people (and 5 indirectly) and producing the highest winds recorded on Earth: . May 7 Kosovo War: in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese embassy workers are killed and twenty others wounded when a NATO B-2 aircraft bombs the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup. May 12 – David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament. May 13 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is elected President of Italy. May 17 – Ehud Barak is elected prime minister of Israel. May 26 The Indian Air Force launches an attack on intruding Pakistan Army troops and mujahideen militants in Kashmir. The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final