WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 2000
Find out what all happened April to May 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)

Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation. (24. May 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)

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

In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida. (22. April 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)

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

Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia. (11. May 2000)

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