Historical Events In 2000

Jan 06   Quebec Central Railway takes over the former CPR Quebec Central Lines. Service between Sherbrooke and Vallee Jonction resumed 24 June 2000. The new Quebec Central is operated by Express Marco Inc.   

Jan 07   An exhausted 14-year-old Tibetan Buddhist leader reaches India after trekking across the snowy Himalayas, a defection that embarrassed Chinese leaders who used him as a symbol of their rule over Tibet   

Jan 16   Ricardo Lagos is elected Chile's inaugural socialist president since Salvador Allende, whose government was toppled in a bloody 1973 military coup led by Gen Augusto Pinochet.   

Jan 17   Almost 50000 people marched in Columbia, S.C., to protest the flying of the Confederate battle flag over the state Capitol   

Jan 19   Film star Hedy Lamarr, 86, are discovered dead in her Florida home.   

Jan 20   Moveable Media, internet pioneer, is founded.   

Jan 20   Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., warned the U.N. Security Council that the United States would withdraw from the world body if it failed to respect American sovereignty   

Feb 01   Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico say they have traced the origin of the AIDS virus to around 1930   

Feb 03   Natalie Rasmussen and Ryan Crump start dating.   

Feb 12   Former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry dies at age 75 after battling leukemia for nine months   

Feb 12   Peanuts creator Charles Schulz dies of colon cancer in his Santa Rosa, California, home at age 77   

Feb 14   Tornadoes rip through southwestern Georgia just after midnight, killing 19 people and injuring more than 100 others.   

Feb 28   A 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest resulting in injuries and over 1 billion dollars damage.   

Mar 23   Papua New Guinea agrees to create an autonomous government on Bougainville island and says it may hold a referendum on independence following autonomy;   

Mar 24   Two 18-year-old boys are arrested in Britain on charges of breaking into e-commerce Internet sites in five countries, stealing information on more than 26000 credit card accounts and posting some of it on the Web.   

Mar 29   A US Air Force report shows a link between Agent Orange and diabetes in veterans who sprayed the chemical in the Vietnam War. Finally   

Apr 02   French archaeologists announce they have discovered the remains of a 4000-year-old queen's pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special prayers previously are discovered only with kings   

Apr 03   62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at RCA Dome Indianapolis   

Jun 04   In Southern Sumatera, Indonesia a 7.9 quake resulted in at least 103 people killed, 2174 injured, extensive damage (VI) and landslides in the Bengkulu area; minor injuries and damage on Enggano   

Jun 08   Pultizer Prize Winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, creator of the comic strip Shoe, dies of cancer at age 52.   

Jun 19   The last rail on the order books of Sysco (Sydney Steel) is rolled   

Jul 01   Dengue fever in Central America.   

Aug 05   Sir Alec Guinness, revered as one of Britain's most versatile actors, dies at 86   

Aug 15   A group of 100 separated family members from North Korea arrive in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they have not seen for half a century   

Aug 16   Heather breaks up with Wayne for good after 5 years and she says, " I'M FINALLY FREE!! "   

Aug 21   British troops are rushed on to Belfast streets after two men are killed in a violent feud between Protestant guerrilla groups.   

Aug 23   A Gulf Air Airbus jetliner with 140 aboard crashes into the Persian Gulf near Bahrain shortly after takeoff, leaving no survivors   

Aug 23   In a 'reality TV' record an estimated 51 million US viewers tuned in for the finale of CBS' series Survivor, in which contestant Richard Hatch won the $US1 million prize.   

Sep 11   Scientists confirm the long held suspicion It can take just a few cigarettes to become addicted. Research shows some 12 and 13-year-olds show signs of addiction within days of their inaugural cigarette.   

Sep 11   Scientists confirm the long held suspicion: It can take just a few cigarettes to become addicted. Research shows some 12 and 13-year-olds show signs of addiction within days of their inaugural cigarette.   

Sep 20   Terrorists launch a small missile at Britain's MI6 intelligence headquarters in London.   

Oct 06   Heather and Brent started going out.   

Oct 12   USS Cole (Destroyer) was bombed while refuling in Aden, Yemen 17 sailors lost their lives   

Oct 17   Pope John Paul and Britain's Queen Elizabeth meet and speak of their hopes for Christian unity. It is her inaugural visit to the Vatican in 20 years.   

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Jun 17   Ismail mahomed: South african and namibian chief justice   

Jan 01   Colin vaughan: Australian political journalist (b. 1931)   

Jan 02   Patrick o'brian: British novelist (b. 1914)   

Jan 04   Tom fears: American football player (b. 1922)   

Jan 06   Don martin: American cartoonist (b. 1931)   

Jan 07   Gary albright: American professional wrestler (b. 1963)   

Jan 08   Fritz thiedemann: German equestrianist (b. 1918)   

Jan 09   Nigel tranter: Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)   

Jan 10   Sam jaffe: American producer (b. 1901)