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)
Nineteen people are killed in a plane crash in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Date: May 21, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station. Date: May 19, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 19 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen Date: May 17, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
A fireworks storage depot explodes in a residential neighborhood in Enschede, Netherlands, killing 23 people and injuring 950 others. Date: May 13, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia. Date: May 11, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia. Date: May 7, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London). Date: May 4, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet. Date: May 3, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military. Date: May 2, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)