In a message dated 05/03/2000 5:05:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
TenchiMP@gate1.tomatoweb.com writes:

<< K, enough of that, now for my question, i forgot when the release date for
 kenshin and Princess mononoke were, anyone remember? >>

According to Animenation the first VHS of Kenshin come out:
OAV- 7/11/00
TVseries- 7/18/00

I don't know about P.Mononoke