Celebration: post count 999 on the date 9-9-9, YIHAAAAA

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Every now and then, some member make a celebration post here in the SS GT about post number 5,000 or 10,000
I'm not there yet... But in return this post is much more informative than any of the other post count celebration posts.
This is my 999th post made on Sep 9th 2009 aka 9-9-9


So, I'm making this post to talk about 999.
- Physically, it's a very diabolic number if you turn it upside down...
- However if you write it the roman style, then it's either CMXCIX or IM

999 may refer to:

* 999, the Common Era year
* 999 (number), the number 999
* 999 (emergency telephone number), the official emergency telephone number in the UK, The Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, the UAE, Poland and others.
* 999 (band), a London punk rock band active during the 1970s, http://www.nineninenine.cjb.net/
* At Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, a recorded voice says "999 spirits with room for one more. any volunteers?"
* The racing number of Kate Tinworth, roadracer with the Motorcycle Roadracing Association
* The "number" of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs (along with 606 and 13013)
* No. 999, the first steam locomotive in the United States to operate at faster than 100 mph
* Ford 999, a pioneering 1902 racer named for the locomotive
* Ducati 999, an Italian motorcycle
* Galaxy Express 999, a manga and anime created by Leiji Matsumoto
* The area of Luxembourg, in square miles
* "999", a song from Keith Richards' 1992 album Main Offender.
* 999 (television) A BBC television programme from the 1990s, re-enacting real life emergencies on the small screen
* The last assigned number in the Dewey Decimal system for libraries, referencing the general history of extraterrestrial worlds
* -999, a possible sentinel number in computer programming
* 999 Zachia, an asteroid
* Bus route 999, driving between Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden. http://www.graahundbus.dk/index999.htm


Triple Nine may refer to:

* TripleNine, Fish Proteine, from http://www.999.dk/
* Triple Nine, a television drama from Singapore.
* The Triple Nine Society, a high IQ society for the top tenth of one percent of the population, as measured by IQ score

999, the number 999

* Nine hundred and ninety-nine is the natural number following nine hundred ninety-eight and preceding one thousand.
* 999 = 3(3) × 37, is a Harshad number and a Kaprekar number.
* It is the largest 3 digit whole number in base 10.


999 as in the year in the Common Era:

Events

States and territories established in 999

* Orsay
* South Cerney

States and territories disestablished in 999

* Samanids

Europe

* Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland.
* The Orsay commune is founded.

Religion

* April 2 — Gerbert of Aurillac becomes Pope Silvester II and succeeds Pope Gregory V as the 139th pope.
* Sigmundur Brestisson introduces Christianity in the Faroe Islands.
* Christianity is adopted in Iceland.

Births

* Bao Qingtian, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (d. 1062)

Deaths

* February 7 — Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia
* February 18 — Pope Gregory V
* December 16 — Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
* December - Elisabeth of Vendôme, wife of Fulk III of Anjou (aka Fulk the Black)
* Maredudd ab Owain, King of Gwynedd


List of state leaders in 999

Africa

* Fatimid Caliphate - Abu 'Ali al-Man?ur al-?akim bi-Amr Allah, Caliph (996-1021)
o Ifriqiya - Badis ibn Mansur, Zirid Viceroy (995-1016)
* Morocco - Ziri, Maghrawa Emir of Morocco (987-1001)
* Mukurra - Raphael, King of Mukurra (999-1030)

Asia

* Abbasid Caliphate - Al-Qadir, Caliph of Baghdad (991-1031)
* Aleppo - Sa'id ud-Dawlah Sa'id, Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo (991-1002)
* Assam - Brahmapala, King of Assam (990-1010)
* Bokhara - Ismail II, Samanid Emir of Bokhara (999-1004)
* Buwayhid Emirate - Firuz Abu Nasr Baha' al-Dawla, Emir of Iraq and Fars (989-1012)
* Byzantine Empire - Basil II, Byzantine Emperor (976-1025)
* Chalukya - Satyasraya Irivabedanga, King of Chalukya (997-1008)
* China (Northern Song Dynasty) - Zhenzong, Emperor of Song China (997-1022)
* Japan -
o Monarch - Emperor Ichijo, emperor of Japan (986-1011)
o de facto - Fujiwara no Michinaga (995-1017)
* Khitan Empire - Shengzong, Khitan Emperor (982-1031)
* Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) - Mokjong, (997-1009)
* Chola - Rajaraja I Deva, King of Chola (985-1012)
* Ghazni - Mahmud, Emir of Ghazni (998-1030)
* Gujarat - Chamundaraja, King of Gujarat (995-1010)
* Japan -
o Monarch - Emperor Ichijo, emperor of Japan (986-1011)
o de facto - Fujiwara no Michinaga (995-1017)
* Keralaputra - Bhaskara Ravivarman I, King of Keralaputra (962-1019)
* Khitan Empire - Shengzong, Khitan Emperor (982-1031)
* Malwa - Sindhuraja, King of Malwa (995-1010)
* Manipur - Kainou Irengba, King of Manipur (983-1073)
* Mataram - Dharmawangsa (985-1006)
* Mosul - Husan ud-Dawlah al-Muqallad, Uqailid Emir of Mosul (996-1001)
* Multan - Nasr ibn Hamid, Emir of Multan (997-?)
* Orissa
1. Yayati Mahsivagupta I, King of Orissa (970-1000)
2. Bhimaratha Mahabhavagupta, King of Orissa (1000-1015)
* Pala - Mahiapala I, King of Pala (988-1038)
* Pratihara - Rajyapala, King of Pratihara (c.990-1018)
* Saurashtra - Kawat I, King of Saurashtra (982-1003)
* Sind - Member of the Hibari clan, Emir of Sind (dynasty ruled 850-1005)
* Transoxiana - Ahmad Nasr al-Haqq Qutb ad-Dawla, Qarakhanid Emir of Transoxiana (998-1017)
* Western Ganga - Rakkasa Ganga, King of Western Ganga (985-1024)

Europe

* Amalfi - Mansone I, Duke of Amalfi (966-1004)
* Benevento - Pandulf II, Prince of Benevento (981-1014)
* Bulgarian Empire - Samuil, Tsar of Bulgaria (976-1014)
* Burgundy - Rudolph III, King of Burgundy (993-1032)
* Byzantine Empire - Basil II, Byzantine Emperor (976-1025)
* Capua - Landulf VII, Prince of Capua (999-1007)
* Denmark - Sweyn I "Forkbeard", King of Denmark (985-1014); also King of Norway
* England - Ethelred II the Unready, King of England (978-1013, 1014-1016)
* France - Robert II, King of France (996-1031)
o Aquitaine - William V, Duke of Aquitaine (990-1029)
o Barcelona - Raymond Borel, Count of Barcelona (992-1018)
o Blois - Thibaut II, Count of Blois (995-1004)
o Brittany - Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (992-1008)
o Burgundy - Henry the Great, Duke of Burgundy (965-1002)
o Champagne - Stephen I, Count of Champagne (993-1019)
o Flanders - Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders (988-1036)
o Gascony - Bernard William, Duke of Gascony (984-1009)
o Maine - Hugh III, Count of Maine (992-1015)
o Normandy - Richard II, Duke of Normandy (996-1027)
o Reims - Arnould, Archbishop of Reims (995-1021)
o Toulouse - William III, Count of Toulouse (950-1037)
* Gaeta - John V, Duke of Gaeta (991-1012)
* Holy Roman Empire - Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (983-1002)
o Kingdom of Germany
+ Austria - Henry I, Margrave of Austria (994-1018)
+ Bavaria - Henry IV, Duke of Bavaria (995-1005)
+ Carinthia - Otto II, Duke of Carinthia (995-1004)
+ Lower Lorraine - Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine (991-1012)
+ Meissen - Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (985-1002)
+ Palatinate - Ezzo of Lorraine, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (994-1034)
+ Saxony - Bernard I, Duke of Saxony (973-1011)
+ Swabia - Herman II, Duke of Swabia (997-1003)
+ Upper Lorraine - Dietrich I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (978-1027)
o Kingdom of Italy
+ Aquileia - John IV, Patriarch of Aquileia (984-1017)
+ Milan - Arnolfo da Arsago, Archbishop of Milan (998-1018)
+ Spoleto - Hugo the Great, Duke of Spoleto (989-1001)
+ Tuscany - Hugo the Great, Margrave of Tuscany (961-1001)
* Hungary - Stephen I of Hungary, Duke of Hungary (997-1038)
* Ireland - Mael Seachlainn II, High King of Ireland (979-1002)
* León - Alfonso V, King of León (999-1028)
* Naples - John IV, Duke of Naples (999-1002)
* Navarre -
1. Garcia IV, King of Navarre (994-1000)
2. Sancho III, King of Navarre (1000-1035
* Kyivan Rus' - Volodymyr the Great, Grand Duke of Kyiv (980-1015)
* Norway
1. Olav Tryggvason, King of Norway (995-1000)
2. Sweyn I "Forkbeard", King of Norway (999-1014); also King of Denmark
* Papal States - Pope Silvester II (999-1003)
* Poland - Boleslaw I the Brave, Duke of Poland (992-1025)
* Scotland - Kenneth III, King of Scots (997-1005)
* Spain -
o Caliph - Hisham II of the Umayyad Dynasty, Caliph of Cordoba (976-1008, 1010-1012)
o de facto - Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir, hajib (978-1002)
* Sweden - Olof the Tax-king, King of Sweden (995-1022)
* Venice - Pietro II Orseolo, Doge of Venice (991-1009)



And that concludes the lesson about 999 for today.
This was my 999th post made on Sep 9th 2009 aka 9-9-9