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Died on Saturday January 22, 2000



Born on January 22

Died on January 22
  • 1996 » Israel Eldad, Polish-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1910)
  • 1997 » Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
  • 1999 » Graham Staines, Australian-Indian missionary and translator (b. 1941)
  • 2000 » Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (b. 1916)
  • 2000 » Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1920)
  • 2001 » Roy Brown, American clown and puppeteer (b. 1932)
  • 2001 » Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
  • 2003 » Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1921)
  • 2004 » Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1916)
  • 2004 » Tom Mead, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1918)

Names that were popular for boys in 2000
  1. Thomas
  2. Tom
  3. Robin
  4. Max
  5. Tim
  6. Niels
  7. Jacob
  8. Justin
  9. Wouter
  10. Rick
  11. Lars
  12. Jan
  13. Daan
  14. David
  15. Ruben
  16. Noah
Names that were popular for girls in 2000
  1. Amber
  2. Lisa
  3. Maria
  4. Julia
  5. Emma
  6. Anna
  7. Laura
  8. Sanne
  9. Tessa
  10. Iris
  11. Charlotte
  12. Romy
  13. Fleur
  14. Merel
  15. Anouk
  16. 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.
  • April 22 » In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
  • May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
  • September 26 » The MSExpress Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
  • November 1 » Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
  • November 9 » Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
  • December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
Weather January 22, 2000

The temperature on January 22, 2000 was between 3.0 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.

Source: KNMI