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2000 |
| January 1st |
 |
Worldwide
Millennium celebrations throughout the world, and the predicted
Y2K chaos failed to deliver the electronic meltdown. |
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| January 1st |
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In
London, the Millennium Dome at Greenwich was opened to the public.
The Dome was open during the whole of 2000 and contained a large
number of attractions and exhibits. |
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| January 5th
- 8th |
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Al-Qaeda
terroist group held a Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The
meeting was between several high-ranking al-Qaeda members, and
included two 9/11 American Airlines Flight 77 hijackers. |
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| January 31st |
|
In
Britain Dr. Harold Shipman was sentenced to life in prison for
the murder of at least 15 of his patients, out of 365 suspected
victims. |
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| March 21st |
|
Pope
John Paul II began the first visit by a pontiff, leader of the
Roman Catholic church, to the state of Israel. |
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| March 26th |
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In Russia, Vladimir Putin was elected President of the Russian
Federation, in the Russian Presidential elections. |
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| April 1st |
|
The
Japanese prime minister Keizo Obuchi was taken ill, when he
suffered a stroke and fell into a coma. |
|
| April 5th |
|
Keizo
Obuchi was replaced by Yoshiro Mori as the Prime minister of
Japan. |
|
| April 22nd |
|
FBI agents seized six-year old Elián González
from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida. Elián was
united with his Cuban father in Washington, DC, USA. |
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| May 3rd |
|
A rare celestial event occured with the New Moon included seven
of the traditional celestial bodies. The conjunction consisted
of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. |
|
| May 19th |
|
Soviet
cosmonaut Yevgeny Khrunov died at the age of 66. Khrunov
served as a crew member on the Soyuz 5 mission on the
15th - 18th January 1969. |
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| May 25th |
|
Israel withdrew troops from southern Lebanon region after occupying
the area for 22 years. |
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| June 23rd |
|
The Palace Backpackers Hostel fire in Childers, Queensland,
Australia. The arson attack killed 15 people. |
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| June 30th |
|
In
London, neo-Nazi David Copeland, the 'London nailbomber' was
convicted of three murders and three offences of planting bombs
during April 1999. He was sentenced to six life sentences. The
bombs were part of a hate campaign against ethnic minorities
and gay people of London. |
|
| July 25th |
|
An
Air France Concorde, Flight 4590, crashed after take off from
Paris. The accident killed all 109 passengers and 5 people on
the ground. |
|
| August 12th |
|
The
Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea. An
on-board explosion on the sub resulted in the deaths of all
118 men. |
|
| September
20th |
|
Gherman
S. Titov died aged 65. Titov flew the Soviet Union's second
orbital flight on the 6th-7th August 1961 in Vostok 2. |
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| October 5th |
|
Following
mass demonstrations in Serbia and the withdrawal of Russian
support, President Slobodan Milosevic left office. |
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| October 12th |
|
USS
Cole was attacked in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers used
a small boat packed with explosives. The attack killed 17 crew
members and wounded 39. |
|
| November |
|
Iraq
rejected new weapons inspection proposals from the U.N. Security
Council. |
|
| November
7th |
|
Republican challenger George W. Bush Jr. defeated Democrat Al
Gore. The election was controversial and the result would take
a month to be decided due to disputed votes in Florida. |
|
| November
7th |
|
A gang raided the Millennium Dome in London. The police caught
the gang in the act of stealing 'The Millennium Star diamond'. |
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| November
7th |
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Hillary
Rodham Clinton was elected to the United States Senate, and
became the first 'First Lady' of the United States to win public
office. |
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| November
11th |
|
The Kaprun disaster in Austria. A cable car caught fire in an
alpine tunnel and killed 155 holiday makers. |
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