The temperature on March 17, 2000 was between 4.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
April 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
June 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
September 26 » The MSExpress Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
Day of burial March 20, 2000
The temperature on March 20, 2000 was between -1.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
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.
September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
November 11 » Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
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