WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 2000
Find out what all happened January to February 2000

Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad. (21. January 2000)

Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile. (6. February 2000)

The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies. (13. February 2000)

Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails. (15. February 2000)

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard. (31. January 2000)

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

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

Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya. (5. February 2000)

The last original weekday Peanuts comic strip is published. (3. January 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)

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

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