NEWS: 1999

As 1999 begins, it's clear and 16 degrees F at Baltimore's weather station (at BWI Airport). The wind is from the west at 3 miles per hour..

98 percent of American households have at least one television. Households are watching television an average of more than 7 hours a day.

It's the start of the International Year of Older Persons, as proclaimed by the United Nations.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, windy, High temp. 26 F, Low temp. 10 F, Precip.: None

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear; breezy from late morning through mid-afternoon (26-mph gusts max.); High temp. 31 F; Low temp. 14 F; Precipitation: None.  No snow on the ground.

Catonsville weather: Cloudy, then freezing rain in evening, High temp. 26 F, Low temp. 10 F, Precip.: 0.10 inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; light freezing rain and a trace of snow in late evening; breezy from late morning onward; High temp. 26 F; Low temp. 17 F; Precipitation: 0.01 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Catonsville weather: Heavy rain, then partly cloudy, then clear, High temp. 45 F, Low temp. 16 F, Precip.: 1.70 inches

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then partly to mostly cloudy; heavy rain in the morning; breezy/windy (32-mph gusts max.)  High temp. 54 F; Low temp. 26 F; Precipitation: 1.43 inches.

Jesse Ventura becomes Minnesota's new governor.  He was a professional wrestler and had previously been Mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, in 1991-1995.

The euro, the new currency for most of Europe, rises against the U.S. dollar in its first trading day on world currency markets.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, windy, High temp. 30 F, Low temp. 19 F, Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy at times  (25-mph gust at 12:54 pm);High temp. 30 F; Low temp. 18 F; Precipitation: None.

Catonsville weather: Sunny, windy, High temp. 26 F, Low temp. 11 F, Precip.: None

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy at times; High temp. 26 F; Low temp. 12 F; Precipitation: None.

Catonsville weather: Mostly cloudy, High temp. 26 F, Low temp. 3 F, Precip.: None

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy to cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy; breezy in late evening; High temp. 34 F; Low temp. 7 F; Precipitation: None.

Catonsville weather: Cloudy, then mostly sunny, High temp. 35 F, Low temp. 21 F, Precip.: None

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy; breezy/windy from mid-morning to mid-afternoon (25-mph gust at 8:54 am); High temp. 35 F; Low temp. 25 F; Precipitation: None.

Catonsville weather: Snow -- 4 inches, then freezing rain, then rain, High temp. 33 F, Low temp. 18 F, Precip.: 0.86 inch. 4 inches of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy; snow (4 inches) in mid-morning to mid-afternoon and in the evening, with freezing rain; High temp. 30 F; Low temp. 21 F; Precipitation: 0.59 inch (liquid).  4 inches of snow on the ground.

Catonsville weather: Rain, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 40 F, Low temp. 24 F, Precip.: 0.20 inch. 2 inches of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy,then mostly cloudy; light rain in early morning and light rain shower at midday, High temp. 43 F; Low temp. 26 F; Precipitation: 0.14 inch. One inch of snow on the ground.

Catonsville weather: Mostly sunny, windy, High temp. 30 F, Low temp. 12 F, Precip.: None. One inch of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy; High temp. 28 F; Low temp. 16 F; Precipitation: None.  One inch of snow on the ground.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, High temp. 30 F, Low temp. 13 F, Precip.: None. A trace of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then varialy cloudy; then mostly cloudy; indy/breezy from mid-morning to early afternoon (30-mph gust at 11:54 am); ; High temp. 29 F; Low temp. 14 F; Precipitation: None.  One inch of snow on the ground.

Catonsville weather: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 48 F, Low temp. 21 F, Precip.: None. A trace of snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy to cloudy; breezy at midday (20-mph gust at 10:54 am); High temp. 54 F; Low temp. 23 F; Precipitation: None.  One inch of snow on the ground.

Catonsville weather: Mostly cloudy to cloudy with light rain shower, High temp. 48 F, Low temp. 38 F, Precip.: 0.01 inch. No snow on the ground.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy with light rain; breezy from mid-evening onward; High temp. 58 F; Low temp. 35 F; Precipitation: Trace. No snow on the ground.

Catonsville weather: Light freezing rain and rain showers, High temp. 38 F, Low temp. 24 F, Precip.: 0.22 inch

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy; rain and frezing rain; windy/breezy until evening (26-mph gust at 1:54 am); High temp. 34 F; Low temp. 26 F; Precipitation: 0.14 inch (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

Catonsville weather: Heavy rain and freezing rain, then partly cloudy, High temp. 34 F, Low temp. 28 F, Precip.: 1.12 inches

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then clear ; heavy rain and freezing rain in the morning with a trace of snow; windy/breezy in the afternoon (26-mph gust at 12:54 pm); High temp. 35 F; Low temp. 25 F; Precipitation: 0.53 inch.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, windy, High temp. 50 F, Low temp. 18 F, Precip.: None

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 21° F; Precip.: None.

Catonsville weather: Mostly sunny, High temp. 48 F, Low temp. 17 F, Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: None.

Catonsville weather: Rain and thunderstorm, then partly cloudy, High temp. 52 F, Low temp. 37 F, Precip.: 0.54 inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Rain and a thunderstorm; High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: 0.71 inch.

Catonsville weather: Sunny to partly cloudy, High temp. 48 F, Low temp. 28 F, Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: None.

Catonsville weather: Cloudy with light rain shower, then mostly clear, High temp. 40 F, Low temp. 30 F, Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain; High temp. 40 F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: Trace.

Catonsville weather: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy, then light rain showers, High temp. 45 F, Low temp. 26 F, Precip.: 0.02 inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain; High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch.

Catonsville weather: Cloudy, then light rain showers, High temp. 43 F, Low temp. 38 F, Precip.: 0.03 inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain; High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: Trace.

Catonsville weather: Light rain showers, then partly cloudy, then cloudy, then rain, windy, High temp. 65 F, Low temp. 45 F, Precip.: 0.10 inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: 0.09 inch.

Catonsville weather: Heavy rain, then partly cloudy, windy, High temp. 60 F, Low temp. 40 F, Precip.: 1.14 inches.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 0.01 inches.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, then light rain shower, windy, High temp. 48 F, Low temp. 30 F, Precip.: Trace.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain; High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: Trace.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, High temp. 50 F, Low temp. 26 F, Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 49° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: None.

Catonsville weather: Mostly cloudy, High temp. 55 F, Low temp. 23 F, Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 27° F; Precip.: None.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, High temp. 67 F, Low temp. 35 F, Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain; High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: Trace.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, High temp. 49 F, Low temp. 30 F, Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: None.

Catonsville weather: Sunny to partly cloudy, High temp. 44 F, Low temp. 18 F, Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 23° F; Precip.: None.

Catonsville weather: Mostly sunny, High temp. 34 F, Low temp. 18 F, Precip.: None.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 33° F; Low temp. 20° F; Precip.: None.

A total of 6.16 inches of precipitation is recorded at this Catonsville observation point (Craigmont Road near Johnnycake Road) in January 1999. All frozen precipitation is melted down to liquid before measuring it.

A total of 4.70 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in January 1999, including melted snow and ice, above the normal amount of 3.08 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during January 1999 is 44.6 degrees F, above the normal of 43.2 degrees.  The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during January 1999 is 25.5 degrees F, just above the normal of 25.4 degrees.  A total of 4.0 inches of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station at BWI Airport during January 1999, below the normal amount of 6.4 inches.

A gas explosion at Ford Motor Company's River Rouge power plant in Dearborn, Michigan, kills six employees and injures two dozen others, resulting in the idling of the power plant. (The power plant had provided steam and electricity to Ford's River Rouge manufacturing complex. Six factories in the River Rouge complex are closed temporarily, idling about 10,000 workers. After the explosion, Michigan utility CMS Energy builds a state-of-the-art power plant nearby to replace the electricity and steam production, as well as the blast furnace waste gas consumption, of the original power plant.)

Catonsville weather: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy, then evening rain showers, High temp. 40 F, Low temp. 14 F, Precip.: 0.20 inch

The high temperature in Baltimore  reaches 73 degress F -- the highest-ever temperature in Baltimore on any February 12th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1870.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, then heavy rain showers, High temp. 70 F, Low temp. 34 F, Precip.: 0.43 inch

Catonsville weather: Snow flurries, then partly cloudy, windy, High temp. 34 F, Low temp. 24 F, Precip.: Trace. No snow on ground.

Catonsville weather: Rain, then cloudy, High temp. 40 F, Low temp. 37 F, Precip.: 0.70 inch

A total of 2.86 inches of precipitation is recorded at this Catonsville observation point (Craigmont Road near Johnnycake Road) in February 1999. All frozen precipitation is melted down to liquid before measuring it.

A total of 2.65 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in February 1999, including melted snow and ice.

Stanley Kubrick dies at age 70 in Childwick Bury, Hertfordshire, England. He was an American movie director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. He directed "A Clockwork Orange", "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" among many others. He was born on July 26, 1928 in Manhattan, New York, NY.

Catonsville weather: Mostly sunny, very windy, High temp. 42 F, Low temp. 26 F, Precip.: None

BWI Airport gets 4.6 inches of snow, the greatest snowfall on one day for BWI Airport in 1999.

Catonsville weather: Snow -- 3 inches, High temp. 25 F, Low temp. 21 F, Precip.: 0.38 inch (liquid).  3 inches of snow on the ground.

Cal Ripken Sr. dies at age 63 in Aberdeen, Maryland. He was a minor-league baseball player, coach, and manager, and then coach and manager of the major-league Orioles and the father of Orioles players Cal Ripken Jr. and Billy Ripken. While at Aberdeen High School he played catcher and helped the baseball team win three Harford County championships, including an undefeated season in 1952. He played catcher in the minor leagues in the Orioles organization from 1957 to 1964. He coached and managed various minor-league teams in the Orioles organization from 1961 to 1970. He was the bullpen coach for the major-league Orioles from 1976 through part of 1977, and third-base coach for the Orioles from 1977 through 1986. He managed the Orioles for one game on June 14, 1985, as the Orioles defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3. He managed the Orioles full-time in 1987 and for the first 6 games of 1988, during which time he managed two of his sons, Cal Ripken Jr. and Billy Ripken, the first time that a father had ever managed two sons at the same time in major-league history. After the Orioles started the 1988 season 0-6, he was fired as manager (and ultimately the Orioles started the season 0-21) -- the fastest firing of a field manager in major-league history. He was again the Orioles' third-base coach from 1989 through 1992. He was born Calvin Edwin Ripken on December 17, 1935, 3 miles south of Aberdeen, Maryland, in a general store his parents owned.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, windy, High temp. 54 F, Low temp. 31 F, Precip.: None

Catonsville weather: Sunny, then partly cloudy, High temp. 75 F, Low temp. 28 F, Precip.: None

A total of 4.03 inches of precipitation is recorded at this Catonsville observation point (Craigmont Road near Johnnycake Road) in March 1999. All frozen precipitation is melted down to liquid before measuring it.

A total of 3.46 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in March 1999, including melted snow and ice.

In the first season-opening Major League Baseball game ever to be played in Mexico,  the Colorado Rockies defeat the San Diego Padres 8-2.  The game is played at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey and atttendance is 27,104. It's the first season-opener ever to be played away from the U.S. and Canada.

Catonsville weather: Heavy rain showers, High temp. 76 F, Low temp. 49 F, Precip.: 0.52 inch

In Pontiac, Michigan, Dr. Jack Kevorkian is sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder. A right-to-die advocate, Dr. Kevorkian is sentenced for giving a lethal injection to a patient suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease).

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, windy, High temp. 60 F, Low temp. 38 F, Precip.: None

In Columbine, Colorado, two senior Columbine High School students shoot and kill 13 people in the school before shooting and killing themselves. The also directly wound another 21 people, while three others are injured while escaping the school.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, High temp. 60 F, Low temp. 39 F, Precip.: None

Catonsville weather: Mostly cloudy, then sunny, then partly cloudy, High temp. 66 F, Low temp. 44 F, Precip.: None

A total of 2.20 inches of precipitation is recorded at this Catonsville observation point (Craigmont Road near Johnnycake Road) in April 1999.

A total of 2.27 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in April 1999.

About 70 tornadoes hit Oklahoma and Kansas, killing 46 people and injuring several hundred more.

Catonsville weather: Cloudy, then rain showers, High temp. 58 F, Low temp. 38 F, Precip.: 0.05 inch

Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez strikes out 15 batters in a game for the second consecutive time. The Red Sox win 9-2 over the Seattle Mariners.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy then mostly cloudy, High temp. 82 F, Low temp. 50 F, Precip.: None.

Catonsville weather: Sunny then mostly cloudy, High temp. 90 F, Low temp. 56 F, Precip.: None

A total of 1.11 inches of precipitation is recorded at this Catonsville observation point (Craigmont Road near Johnnycake Road) in May 1999.

A total of 1.73 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in May 1999. This amount is about half the normal amount for May.

South African voters give the African National Congress (a political party) a victory.

Catonsville weather: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 86 F, Low temp. 68 F, Precip.: None

Catonsville weather: Sunny, then partly cloudy, High temp. 97 F, Low temp. 59 F, Precip.: None

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 96 degrees F, tying the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any June 7th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. This ties the 96 degrees F eecorded in Baltimore on June 7, 1899.

Catonsville weather: Mostly cloudy, then late-evening heavy rain showers, High temp. 77 F, Low temp. 55 F, Precip.: 0.42 inch

Thabo Mbeki takes the oath as president of South Africa, succeeding Nelson Mandela.

The St. Louis Cardinals' Jose Jimenez, a rookie righthanded pitcher having one of the worst seasons of any National League pitcher up to this game, pitches a no-hitter against the Arizona Diamondbacks for the Cardinals' first no-hitter in 16 years. He outpitches Randy Johnson for a 1-0 victory.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 85 F, Low temp. 59 F, Precip.: None

Catonsville weather: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, light rain shower, High temp. 85 F, Low temp. 66 F, Precip.: Trace

A total of 2.18 inches of precipitation is recorded at this Catonsville observation point (Craigmont Road near Johnnycake Road) in June 1999.

A total of 2.04 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in June 1999.

Catonsville weather: Sunny, then partly cloudy, High temp. 100 F, Low temp. 73 F, Precip.: None

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 102 degrees F, tying the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any July 5th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. This high temperature ties the 102 degrees F recorded in Baltimore in July 5, 1919.

At Leland's "Hero's Auction" of sports memorabilia held in New York, NY, a baseball hit by the Boston Red Sox' Carlton Fisk for a home run in the 12th inning to end Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, sells for $113,273. Cincinnati Reds' left fielder George Foster retrieved the ball after the home run, which hit off the foul pole, then decides to sell it 24 years later after Mark McGwire's home run ball from his 70th home run of the 1998 season sells for almost $3 million.

Catonsville weather: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy, High temp. 94 F, Low temp. 73 F, Precip.: None

In the 1999 Major League Baseball All Star Game, pitcher Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox strikes out the first four National League batters he faces to start the game: Barry Larkin, Larry Walker, and Sammy Sosa in the first inning, and Mark McGwire to start the second inning. He strikes out five batters total in the first two innings, an MLB All Star Game record. The American League defeats the National League 4-1 in the game, played at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

Catonsville weather: Early morning rain showers, then cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 88 F, Low temp. 50 F, Precip.: 0.06 inch

Catonsville weather: Sunny to partly cloudy, High temp. 88 F, Low temp. 54 F, Precip.: None

The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 57 degrees F, a tie for the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any July 15th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. This low temperature ties the 57 degrees F recorded in Baltimore on July 15, 1895.

U.S. space shuttle Columbia blasts off with the world's most powerful X-ray telescope on board, and with Eileen Collins, the first woman in charge of a U.S. space flight.

Catonsville weather: Sunny, High temp. 97 F, Low temp. 68 F, Precip.: None

Catonsville weather: Sunny, then partly cloudy, High temp. 97 F, Low temp. 66 F, Precip.: None

A total of 3.17 inches of precipitation is recorded at this Catonsville observation point (Craigmont Road near Johnnycake Road) in July 1999.

A total of 2.06 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in July 1999.

Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals becomes the 18th major-league player to hit at least 500 home runs when he hits homers 500 and 501. But the Cardinals lose the game to the San Diego Padres, 10-3.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 90 F, Low temp. 63 F, Precip.: None

Tony Gwynn goes 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major-league player to reach 3,000 base hits, as the San Diego Padres defeat the Montreal Expos 12-10.

Catonsville weather: Sunny, then a few clouds, High temp. 88 F, Low temp. 57 F, Precip.: None

The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 54 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any August 10th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 82 F, Low temp. 49 F, Precip.: None

The Orioles defeat the Minnesota Twins, 8-3 at Oriole Park. In this game, Jesse Orosco of the Orioles sets a major-league record for a pitcher by appearing in his 1,072nd game, breaking a tie with Dennis Eckersley atop the career list. The 42-year-old Orosco comes into the game in the top of the seventh inning and gets Minnesota's Todd Walker to fly out to deep left-center field for the third out, then leaves the game.

Catonsville weather: Sunny, then partly cloudy, then sunny, High temp. 95 F, Low temp. 67 F, Precip.: None

Edgardo Alfonzo of the New York Mets gets 6 hits in 6 at-bats with three home runs and 5 runs batted in. He ties a major-league record of 6 runs scored in one game as the Mets defeat the Houston Astros 17-1.

Catonsville weather: Mostly cloudy, High temp. 69 F, Low temp. 52 F, Precip.: None

Catonsville weather: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, High temp. 75 F, Low temp. 53 F, Precip.: None

A total of 6.14 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in August 1999.

Catonsville weather: Very heavy rain through mid-afternoon, windy in the afternoon, High temp.  68 F, Low temp. 58 F, Precip.: 4.24 inches. Effects of Hurricane Floyd/Tropical Storm Floyd.

5.02 inches of precipitation falls in Baltimore, the most in Baltimore on any September 16th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

The U.S spacecraft Mars Climate Orbiter, while attempting to get into an orbit around Mars, apparently either burns up in the atmosphere of Mars, or escapes the gravitational pull of Mars and ends up in orbit around the Sun. The spacecraft is brought in on a trajectory too close to Mars to achieve orbit; hence the failure. (An investigation attributed the failure to a measurement mismatch between two software systems: metric units by NASA and US Customary (imperial or "English") units by spacecraft builder Lockheed Martin.)

Catonsville weather: Sunny, High temp. 70 F, Low temp. 42 F, Precip.: None

Catonsville weather: Heavy rain in the early morming, then partly cloudy, then sunny, High temp. 68 F, Low temp. 52 F, Precip.: 0.85 inch

A total of 11.50 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in September 1999. This amount is more than triple the normal amount for September.

The U.S. Senate rejects the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy, High temp. 75 F, Low temp. 41 F, Precip.: None

Catonsville weather: Rain in the morning, then cloudy, High temp. 50 F, Low temp. 47 F, Precip.: 0.64 inch

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; rain from early morning until mid-afternoon; High temp. 54 F; Low temp. 50 F; Precipitation: 0.44 inch.

All 217 passengers and crew on board EgyptAir Flight 990 are killed when the Boeing 767-300ER operating the route crashes into the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Investigators said the crash was the result of the loss of the first officer's flight control inputs for undetermined reasons: possibly suicide, or mechanical failure of the elevators. It was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Cairo International Airport, with a stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City.

Catonsville weather: Sunny to cloudy, High temp. 72 F, Low temp. 43 F, Precip.: None

A total of 2.48 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in October 1999.

Catonsville weather: Sunny, then partly cloudy, High temp. 37 F, Low temp. 25 F, Precip.: None.

A total of 1.84 inches of precipitation is recorded at this Catonsville observation point (Craigmont Road near Johnnycake Road) in November 1989.

A total of 1.95 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in November 1999.

Charles M. Schulz announces his retirement from authoring his "Peanuts" comic strip.

Catonsville weather: Rain from midnight to mid-afternoon, then cloudy, High temp. 45 F, Low temp. 39 F, Precip.: 0.97 inch

The United States, in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, officially hands over control of the Panama Canal, putting the strategic waterway into Panamanian hands for the first time.

Catonsville weather: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then sunny, High temp. 50 F, Low temp. 34 F, Precip.: None

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, becoming clear; High temp. 54 F; Low temp. 30 F; Precipitation: None.

A total of 3.25 inches of precipitation is recorded at this Catonsville observation point (Craigmont Road near Johnnycake Road) in December 1999, including melted snow and ice.

A total of 2.31 inches of precipitation is recorded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in December 1999. All frozen precipitation is melted down to liquid before measuring it.

Total precipitation for Baltimore (at Baltimore-Washington International Airport) in 1999 is 43.94 inches, about 2 inches above normal.