WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 2000
Find out what all happened March to October 2000

Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns. (6. October 2000)

A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills 1 and injures 71. (27. March 2000)

Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143. (23. August 2000)

The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom. (10. March 2000)

President Clinton announces the completion of the first survey of the entire human genome. (26. June 2000)

Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981. (13. June 2000)

Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 protests also took place. (11. September 2000)

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

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

The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise. (12. August 2000)

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

United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors. (3. April 2000)

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

The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean sea killing 80 passengers. (26. September 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)

Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then. (31. October 2000)

The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile. The perpetrators remain unidentified. (20. September 2000)

Microsoft releases Windows ME. (14. September 2000)

Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï. (26. October 2000)

Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns. (6. October 2000)

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