About the day » Friday September 8, 2000Calender converter

• Clementine Marie Theophile (Clementine) Wijnen (79), Lanaken, België
• Alice Evelyn Malbeck (93), San Diego, San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten
• Carlos Castillo Peraza (53), Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Cornelis Van Walsem (74), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonio Doerner (44), Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• A. Wijtsma (88), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bradley Donahoe (70), Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana
• Adolph Johannes van Straalen (73)
• Elisabeth Anna Maria Meijman (88), Murray Bridge SA (AUS)
• Alfred Bernard Turenne Jr (85), Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten

• 1991 » Ignacio González, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Kilian Pruschke, German footballer
• 1992 » Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1993 » Will Bosisto, Australian cricketer
• 1993 » Yoshikazu Fujita, Japanese rugby union player
• 1994 » Cameron Dallas, American Internet personality
• 1994 » Marco Benassi, Italian footballer
• 1995 » Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast
• 1998 » Matheus Leist, Brazilian race car driver
• 2000 » Brennan Malone, American baseball pitcher

• 1997 » Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (b. 1932)
• 1999 » Michalis Kounelis, Greek violinist (b. 1928)
• 1999 » Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916)
• 2001 » Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968)
• 2003 » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 2004 » Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932)
• 2006 » Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (b. 1915)

1. Thomas
2. Robin
3. Tom
4. Max
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Justin
8. Jacob
9. Wouter
10. Rick
11. Lars
12. Jan
13. Daan
14. David
15. Ruben
16. Noah

1. Amber
2. Lisa
3. Julia
4. Maria
5. Emma
6. Anna
7. Laura
8. Sanne
9. Tessa
10. Romy
11. Iris
12. Charlotte
13. Fleur
14. Femke
15. Merel
16. Anne

• 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 14 » The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
• May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
• June 16 » The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
• July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
• November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
• November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.

The temperature on September 8, 2000 was between 15.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.