999
nine
hundred and ninety-nine
negenhonderdnegenennegentig
neunhundertneunundneunzig
neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
novecientos
noventa
y nueve
novecentos
noventa
e nove
novecentonovantanove
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999 was the world's first number for automatically telephoning the emergency services. It was introduced in London in 1936 following a disaster in 1935 in which five women died in a fire in Wimpole Street while a neighbour was unable to contact the telephone exchange which was jammed with calls. The General Post Office which ran the telephone netwo...
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