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'''1999''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXCIX]]''') was a [[common year]] that [[common year starting on Friday|started on a Friday]] (link will display full calendar). In the [[Gregorian calendar]], it was the 1999th year of [[Anno Domini]]; the 999th year of the [[2nd millennium]]; and the 99th year of the [[20th century]]. It was also the 10th and last year of the [[1990s]].-->
1999 was designated as the [[International Year of Older Persons]].
