1999 followed by 2000
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1999th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 999th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th  year of the 20th century, and the  10th  and last year of the 1990s decade.  
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.