Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Crystal Dynamics' Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver was released on PlayStation in North America on 16 August 1999 (UK 3 September), published by Eidos Interactive; Windows and Dreamcast followed.

Cadbury introduced its Miniature Heroes tub of mini Dairy Milk, Wispa, Twirl, Crunchie and other bars in Britain in September 1999; no launch price is published.

Square released the tactical RPG Front Mission 3 for the PlayStation in Japan on 2 September 1999, with Square Electronic Arts publishing it in North America on 21 March 2000.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Jiji in Nantou County at 01:47 on 21 September 1999, killing 2,415 people and causing NT$300 billion of damage, the second-deadliest quake in Taiwan's recorded history.

On 23 September 1999 Boeing delivered its first 717-200 to launch customer AirTran Airways, three weeks after joint FAA and European certification. AirTran put its first two 717s into revenue service from 12 October.

The first Boeing 767-400ER, VQ001, lifted off from Paine Field at 12:10 p.m. on 9 October 1999 for a five-hour test flight to Boeing Field. The longest 767 had been launched in April 1997 with a 21-aircraft Delta order.

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Toei Animation's TV adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece begins airing, following Monkey D. Luffy as he sets out to find the treasure One Piece and become King of the Pirates.

UPS began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 10 November 1999 after pricing 109.4 million class B shares at US$50 each, raising about US$5.5 billion in what was then the biggest initial public offering on record.

Chrono Cross, the PlayStation sequel to Chrono Trigger set around the El Nido archipelago, released in Japan on 18 November 1999, with North America on 15 August 2000.

Pixar's Toy Story 2 opened in US theaters on 24 November 1999, a sequel in which Woody is stolen by a toy collector and his friends set out to rescue him. John Lasseter directed after the film was upgraded from a planned direct-to-video release.

Core Design's fourth Tomb Raider, The Last Revelation, was released on PlayStation and Windows in North America on 24 November 1999 (Europe 3 December), published by Eidos Interactive.

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On 30 November 1999 Exxon and Mobil completed their merger, forming ExxonMobil and reuniting two of the largest fragments of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil trust.

Parasite Eve II, the survival-horror style sequel starring Aya Brea, released on PlayStation in Japan on 16 December 1999, with North America on 12 September 2000.

Madhouse begins releasing the Master Keaton OVA, an adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's manga following insurance investigator and former SAS survival instructor Taichi Keaton as he solves cases across Europe.

The deep-level Jubilee line platforms at Westminster Underground opened, completing London's £3.5bn Jubilee Line Extension after engineers dug a 39-metre station box beside the Thames without disturbing Big Ben's foundations.

Enix and tri-Ace released Valkyrie Profile for the PlayStation in Japan on 22 December 1999, a Norse-mythology RPG that sold over 700,000 copies.

Artland's Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden: Spiral Labyrinth begins release, a prequel OVA series expanding on a young Yang Wen-li's rise and on events leading into the main Legend of the Galactic Heroes saga.

At noon on 31 December 1999 the Panama Canal and all former Canal Zone land came under Panama's exclusive control, as the Torrijos-Carter Treaties required. The Panama Canal Authority took over running the waterway.

Sunrise's The King of Braves: GaoGaiGar Final begins release, an OVA continuing the super robot franchise as GGG and their French allies in Chasseur battle the BioNet organization and the Eleven Kings of Sol to rescue a captured ally and defend Earth.

SAS put the first of its new Dash 8 Q400 turboprops into service between Copenhagen and Aarhus in early February 2000, the first airline in the world to fly the type commercially.

Santana won eight Grammys at the 42nd ceremony at Staples Center, tying Michael Jackson's record for one night, including Record of the Year for "Smooth" with Rob Thomas and Album of the Year for Supernatural, while Christina Aguilera won Best New Artist.

China's Xi'an MA60, a stretched Y-7-200A turboprop, made its maiden flight in February 2000 (25 February per Wikipedia) and was certified by CAAC that June.

The PlayStation 2 went on sale in Japan on 4 March 2000 at ¥39,800, reaching North America on 26 October 2000 at US$299; it became the best-selling console of all time.

Looking Glass Studios' Thief II: The Metal Age was released for Windows in North America on 23 March 2000 (Europe 31 March), published by Eidos Interactive.

The six-episode OVA FLCL begins release, a hyperkinetic coming-of-age comedy from Gainax and Production I.G about a middle schooler whose ordinary town turns upside down after being run over by a scooter-riding, guitar-wielding alien.

The 35th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Dolly Parton on CBS from the Universal Amphitheatre on 3 May 2000, named an absent Shania Twain Entertainer of the Year and gave Tammy Wynette a posthumous Pioneer Award.

Dinosaur is a 2000 American animated adventure film directed by Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton and written by John Harrison, Robert Nelson Jacobs, and Walon Green. It reached US theaters on 19 May 2000.

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