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Eileen Collins became the first female
shuttle commander when she piloted the
Columbia into space in July. Despite a fuel
leak and a short-circuit in w iring, Collins
and her crew successfully deployed the
Chandra X-ray Observatory during their
five-day mission. She was one of only 29
female astronauts employed by NASA.

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— The third time was not a
charm for the Woodstock rock festival, when
the third such event in 30 years endured
riot-like conditions. Riled-up rock fans went
on a rampage toward the end of the
weekend event, starting fires and trashing
the Rome, N.Y., concert site. Surprisingly, no
one was seriously injured and ultimately the
fans supported participating bands such as
Kid Rock, Rage Against the Machine and
the Dave Matthews Band.
— Talk, the much-ballyhooed
new magazine from former New Yorker
Editor Tina Brown, hit newsstands. The first
issue featured a cover story on Hillary
Rodham Clinton, talking candidly about the
indiscretions of her husband. Bill, and her
future in politics. In a sly political move,
New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani,
Hillary's likely opponent in the 2000 Senate
Lance Armstrong became only the second race, rejected the original site for the
American to win the Tour de France, when he magazine's launch party, which eventually
Residents of East Tim or voted in August to end 24
outdistanced his opponents by an impressive took place at the Statue of Liberty.
years of occupation by Indonesia, resulting in a
seven minutes and 37 seconds in July. Having
fierce crusade of violence and intimidation bv anti­
beaten the odds against testicular cancer only — Martin Lawrence was
independence militias. Thousands were killed in the
two years before, Armstrong's convincing Tour hospitalized and subsequently fell into a
aftermath of the vote. In October, after multinational
de France victory inspired the world. coma after collapsing from heat stroke a
forces intervened, Indonesia eventually relinquished
month before the scheduled opening of his
control of the newly independent colony.
new movie, "Blue Streak." It was later
reported that Lawrence had been jogging in
heavy clothing with temperatures soaring
into the 90s. The comic actor's publicist
insisted it was all part of Lawrence's normal
workout routine. Lawrence completely
recovered after about three weeks in the
hospital and was released just in time for
the premiere
- The final Lilith Fair gig
was performed in Edmonton, Alberta,
culminating the fourth summer for the
touring music festival that broke new groun<
for female musicians. Joining founder Saraf
McLachlan on stage for the final round of
concerts were Sheryl Crow, Dixie Chicks,
Indigo G irls, Lisa Loeb and a host of others.