The temperature on January 17, 2000 was between 4.8 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
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.
September 26 » The MSExpress Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
Day of burial January 21, 2000
The temperature on January 21, 2000 was between 2.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 20 » Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.
April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
September 28 » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
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