What Day of the Week
2000 Calendar
Are you not curious to discover some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘what happened on my birthday’ and what was the number one song on your day of birth. Know the meaning of your special day and who shares your birthday! (Sponsored link)
2000 Historical Event(s)
- January 14, 2000 – A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
- February 4, 2000 – German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
- February 5, 2000 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- 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 11, 2000 – Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
- June 7, 2000 – The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
- June 13, 2000 – Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
- July 10, 2000 – EADS, the world’s second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
- September 14, 2000 – Microsoft releases Windows Me.
- September 26, 2000 – Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
Who Were Born On 2000?
- January 4, 2000 – Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, American actress
- April 9, 2000 – Jackie Evancho, American singer
- May 7, 2000 – Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor
- July 7, 2000 – Princess Purnika of Nepal
- July 8, 2000 – Sophie Nyweide, American actress
- September 9, 2000 – Victoria Federica de Marichalar y Borbón, Spanish royalty
- October 26, 2000 – Ellery Sprayberry, American actress
- November 20, 2000 – Connie Talbot, English singer
- December 6, 2000 – Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
- December 24, 2000 – Ethan Bortnick, American musician