About the day » Monday January 24, 2000Calender converter

• Susanna Marjoleine van der Kooij, Rotterdam

• Adrianus Cornelis Pijnenburg (75), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Hubertus Gertrudis Brands (89), Tilburg
• Abraham Gerrit Blokland (76), Moerdijk
• Ankje Kornelis Bouius (87)
• Adriana van der Marel (93)
• Antonia Pacheco (73), Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States
• B. (Aalbertje) Goudswaard (71)
• Ankje (Cornelis) Bouius (87), Surhústerfean, Fryslân, Nederlân
• Anthonette de SMIT (90)
• Arigje van der El (91), Capelle aan de IJssel

• 1991 » Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
• 1991 » Zé Luís, Cape Verdean footballer
• 1991 » Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
• 1992 » Becky Downie, English gymnast
• 1992 » Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer
• 1992 » Phiwa Nkambule, South African entrepreneur
• 1994 » Tommie Hoban, English footballer
• 1995 » Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
• 1997 » Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese racer
• 1999 » Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer

• 1993 » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
• 2003 » Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
• 2007 » İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
• 2007 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891)
• 2007 » Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)
• 2007 » Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)

• 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.
• January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
• February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
• 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.
• August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
• 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 January 24, 2000 was between -7.7 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.