May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death February 28, 2000
The temperature on February 28, 2000 was between 5.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
May 11 » Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
June 21 » Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
September 14 » Microsoft releases Windows ME.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
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