Date: June 21, 2000
Bashar al-Assad succeeds his father Hafez al-Assad as President of Syria. Date: July 10, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2000NEAR Shoemaker Enters First Asteroid Orbit Around 433 Eros February 14, 2000Chechen Separatists Ambush…
In Sri Lanka, over 150 Tamil rebels are killed over two days of fighting for control in Jaffna. Date: May 22, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2000Kim Dae-jung Meets Kim Jong-il at First…
Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide. Date: April 30, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2000Kursk Submarine Explodes and Sinks in Barents…
The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore. Date: December 12, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 12 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 2000NEAR Shoemaker Enters First Asteroid Orbit Around 433 Eros February 14, 2000Enschede Fireworks…
Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad. Date: January 21, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21…
Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead. Date: March 17, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…