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Born on Tuesday August 29, 2000
Died on Tuesday August 29, 2000



Born on August 29

Died on August 29

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. Tessa
  9. Sanne
  10. Iris
  11. Charlotte
  12. Romy
  13. Fleur
  14. Merel
  15. Anouk
  16. Femke

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.
  • May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
  • August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
  • September 26 » The MSExpress Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
  • November 25 » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
  • December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
  • December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
Weather August 29, 2000

The temperature on August 29, 2000 was between 8.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.

Source: KNMI