Gulf Air Flight 072 Crashes in Persian Gulf, 143 Killed, August 23, 2000
Date: August 23, 2000
Date: August 23, 2000
Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of Mรฉxico from an opposition party, the Partido Acciรณn Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, in the 2000 Mexican general election. Date: July 2, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on July 2 ๐ Events on…
President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang. Date: June 13, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 13 ๐ Events on this day in 2000 ๐ On This Day (Today)…
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 โ ๐ …
A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people. Date: November 15, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 15 ๐ Events on this day in 2000 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 2000Uttarakhand Becomes 27th Indian State, November 9, 2000Space Shuttle Atlantis…
Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence. Date: August 8, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 8 ๐ Events on this day in 2000 ๐ On This Day (Today)…
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 โ ๐ Other events on April 30 ๐ Events on this day in 2000 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 2000Serbia Mass Demonstrations Force Miloลกeviฤ Resignation, October…