Unix Timestamp: 930700800
Wednesday, June 30. 1999, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.

Europol (short for European Police Office) the European Union's criminal intelligence agency became fully operational.

Twenty-three people die when fire consumes the Sealand Youth Training Center in South Korea.