2000 Calendar
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2000 Historical Event(s)
February 5, 2000
– Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
February 14, 2000
– The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
April 3, 2000
– United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on its competitors.
May 3, 2000
– The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
May 13, 2000
– In Enschede, Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
May 24, 2000
– Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
October 17, 2000
– Train crash at Hatfield, north of London, leading to collapse of Railtrack.
October 31, 2000
– Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.
December 19, 2000
– The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, killing one person and injuring three.
Who Were Born On 2000?
January 8, 2000
– Noah Cyrus, American actress
April 9, 2000
– Jackie Evancho, American singer
April 12, 2000
– Suzanna von Nathusius, Polish actress
July 25, 2000
– Preston Bailey, American actor--
August 5, 2000
– Maya Bond, Japanese/American singer-songwriter and drummer
October 31, 2000
– Willow Smith, American actress and singer
November 10, 2000
– Mackenzie Foy, American actress and model
December 6, 2000
– Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
December 24, 2000
– Ethan Bortnick, American musician
December 26, 2000
– Samuel Sevian, American chess player