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January 17, 2000 
January 15, 2000
Died on Sunday January 16, 2000
- Cornelia de Beer (86), Elburg
- Ariaantje Cornelia Besemer (46), Alphen aan den Rijn
- Corie Keyzer (78)
- Adrianus Gerardus van den TEMPEL (75), Haarzuilens
- Arend Raap (81), rotterdam (zuid holland)
- Aaltje (Alie) Loopers (84)
- Ada McDonald **** (87), Welch, Mcdowell, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
- Anna Boomgarden (85), California
- Ansgar Mathias Eliassen (85), Hamarøy, Nordland, Norge
- Aleida Johanna ( Lei ) Derksen (97), Arnhem, Nederland
Born on January 16
- 1988 » Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
- 1988 » Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
- 1991 » Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1993 » Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
- 1993 » Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
- 1994 » Chris Smith, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 » Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
- 1996 » Kim Jennie, Korean singer
- 1998 » Cameron Murray, Australian rugby league player
- 2003 » Adriana Hernández, Mexican rhythmic gymnast
Died on January 16
- 1995 » Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (b. 1924)
- 1996 » Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (b. 1914)
- 1996 » Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (b. 1903)
- 1999 » Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (b. 1915)
- 2000 » Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
- 2001 » Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (b. 1939)
- 2002 » Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
- 2003 » Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
- 2004 » Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
- 2005 » Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (b. 1958)
Names that were popular for boys in 2000
- Thomas
- Robin
- Tom
- Max
- Tim
- Niels
- Justin
- Jacob
- Wouter
- Rick
- Lars
- Jan
- Daan
- David
- Ruben
- Noah
Names that were popular for girls in 2000
- Amber
- Lisa
- Julia
- Maria
- Emma
- Anna
- Laura
- Sanne
- Tessa
- Romy
- Iris
- Charlotte
- Fleur
- Femke
- Merel
- Anne
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2000
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
- February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
- April 22 » In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
- June 13 » Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
- July 2 » Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
- August 8 » 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.
- August 11 » An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
Weather January 16, 2000
The temperature on January 16, 2000 was between 2.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.