WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 2000
Find out what all happened May to September 2000

President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang. (13. June 2000)

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

Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation. (24. May 2000)

Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F-BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 4 on the ground. (25. July 2000)

The first Olympic Gold Medal ever for Tae Kwon Do was won by Greek athlete Michalis Mouroutsos in men's -58 kg division in Sydney. (27. September 2000)

Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote. (21. June 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)

Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War. (10. September 2000)

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

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

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

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

Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence. (8. August 2000)

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

A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth. (14. July 2000)

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

Microsoft releases Windows ME. (14. 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)

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