WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 2000
Find out what all happened July to December 2000

Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred. (30. December 2000)

A leaking southern Nigerian petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers scavenging gasoline. (10. July 2000)

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law that officially establishes a new National Anthem of Russia, with music adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union that was composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. (25. December 2000)

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

Train crash at Hatfield, north of London, leading to collapse of Railtrack. (17. October 2000)

The Texas Seven hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery. (24. December 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)

The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three. (19. December 2000)

Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case. (7. November 2000)

EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA. (10. July 2000)

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

Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations. (1. November 2000)

Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru. (17. November 2000)

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. (25. November 2000)

The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean sea killing 80 passengers. (26. September 2000)

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas. (7. November 2000)

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

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

The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore. (12. December 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)