WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2000
Find out what all happened January to September 2000

In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage. (13. May 2000)

President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military. (2. May 2000)

Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. (28. September 2000)

The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. (14. February 2000)

Two trains on the Røros Line collide in Åsta, Norway, resulting in an explosive fire and 19 deaths. (4. January 2000)

A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village. (14. January 2000)

Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits. (26. September 2000)

The Constitution of Finland is rewritten. (1. March 2000)

Off the coast of Ivory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169. (30. January 2000)

Israel complies with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 22 years after its issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel does so, except the disputed Shebaa Farms. (16. June 2000)

First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments. (2. February 2000)

Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train. (28. March 2000)

Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978. (25. May 2000)

Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC. (1. March 2000)

The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom. (22. April 2000)

The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth. (18. January 2000)

Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London. (4. May 2000)

The United Nations defined the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon. (7. June 2000)

The 540-metre (1,772 ft)-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed. (27. August 2000)

Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia. (7. May 2000)