The bombing ends on June 10. Two armed students go on a shooting spree April 20 at Columbine High School in suburban Denver, Colorado, killing 13 people and wounding dozens more before committing suicide. May Military hero Ehud Barak elected prime minister of Israel on May 17. July John F. Kennedy Jr. , his wife and her sister die July 16 in a crash of the private plane Kennedy is flying off the coast of Massachusetts. August Voters in East Timor overwhelmingly choose independence from Indonesia during a U.N.-sponsored referendum on August 30.
Violence erupts soon after as pro-Indonesia soldiers go on a rampage.
Massive earthquake in eastern Turkey on August 17 kills more than 450 people. September Earthquake in Athens, Greece, on September 7 kills at least 122 people. Earthquake in Taiwan on September 21 kills more than 2,300. Russia launches a major offensive against separatists in Chechnya. November U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson rules that Microsoft is a monopoly on November 5.