December 2000
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December 2000 is notable to be last month of 2000, the 20th century, and the 2nd millennium
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December
December is the 12th and last month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.December starts on the same day as September every year and ends on the same day as April every year.-Etymology:...
2000: January
January 2000
January 2000 was the first month of 2000. It began on a Saturday and ended after 31 days on a Monday.-Events:...
– February
February 2000
February 2000 was the second month of 2000. It began on a Tuesday and ended after 29 days on a Tuesday.-Events:...
– March
March 2000
March 2000 was the third month of 2000. It began on a Wednesday and ended after 31 days on a Friday.-Events:...
– April
April 2000
April 2000 was the fourth month of 2000. It began on a Saturday and ended after 30 days on a Sunday.-Portal:Current events:This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from April 2000....
– May
May 2000
May 2000 was the fifth month of 2000. It began on a Monday and ended after 31 days on a Wednesday.-Portal:Current events:This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from May 2000....
– June
June 2000
June 2000 was the sixth month of 2000. It began on a Thursday and ended after 30 days on a Friday.-Portal:Current events:This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from June 2000....
– July
July 2000
July 2000 was the seventh month of 2000. It began on a Saturday and ended after 31 days on a Monday.-Portal:Current events:This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from July 2000....
– August
August 2000
August 2000 was the eighth month of 2000. It began on a Tuesday and ended after 31 days on a Thursday.-Portal:Current events:This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2000....
– September
September 2000
September 2000 was the ninth month of 2000. It began on a Friday and ended after 30 days on a Saturday.-Portal:Current events:This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from September 2000....
– October
October 2000
October 2000: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December-----October 1, 2000:...
– November
November 2000
November 2000: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December-----November 3, 2000:* Widespread flooding throughout England and Wales after days of heavy rain-November 7, 2000:...
– December
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December 2000 is notable to be last month of 2000, the 20th century, and the 2nd millennium
Millennium
A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system....
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December 1, 2000
- PresidentPresident of MexicoThe President of the United Mexican States is the head of state and government of Mexico. Under the Constitution, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Mexican armed forces...
Vicente FoxVicente FoxVicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...
took office. - Miss WorldMiss WorldThe Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
pageant held in London's Millennium DomeMillennium DomeThe Millennium Dome, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome or even The O2 Arena, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium...
. Priyanka ChopraPriyanka ChopraPriyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
wins the title.
December 12, 2000
- Bush v. GoreBush v. GoreBush v. Gore, , is the landmark United States Supreme Court decision on December 12, 2000, that effectively resolved the 2000 presidential election in favor of George W. Bush. Only eight days earlier, the United States Supreme Court had unanimously decided the closely related case of Bush v...
: The U.S. Supreme Court stops the FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
presidential recount, effectively giving the state, and the Presidency, to George W. BushGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
, although some sources claimed Gore had won, by many overvoteOvervoteAn overvote occurs when one votes for more than the maximum number of selections allowed in a contest. The result is a spoilt vote which is not included in the final tally....
s, rejected by computer, showing votes for Gore plus write-in "Gore".
December 13, 2000
- The Texas SevenTexas SevenThe Texas 7 was a group of prisoners who escaped from the John Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas on December 13, 2000. They were apprehended January 21–23, 2001 as a direct result of the television show America's Most Wanted.- Members :...
escape from their prison unit in Kenedy, TexasKenedy, TexasKenedy is a city in Karnes County, Texas, United States, named for Mifflin Kenedy, who bought and wanted to develop a new town that would carry his name...
, and start a crime spree.
December 14, 2000
- The Texas Seven rob a Radio ShackRadio shackRadio shack is a slang term for a room or structure for housing radio equipment.-History:In the early days of radio, equipment was experimental and home-built. The first radio transmitters used a noisy spark to generate radio waves and were often housed in a garage or shed. When radio was first...
in Pearland, TexasPearland, TexasPearland , is a city located along the Gulf Coast region in the US state of Texas within the metropolitan area and is in the counties of Brazoria, Fort Bend, and Harris. As of the census of 2000, the city's population was 37,640. As of 2008, Pearland is estimated to have a population of 90,700...
. They would use in their ensuing heist the police scanners they stole there.
December 15, 2000
- Reactor 3, the last reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power PlantChernobyl Nuclear Power PlantThe Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant or Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a decommissioned nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, northwest of the city of Chernobyl, from the Ukraine–Belarus border, and about north of Kiev. Reactor 4 was the site of the Chernobyl disaster in...
, is shut down due to Western political pressure. Disney's Emperor's New Groove is released in movie theatres.
December 24, 2000
- The Texas Seven rob a sports store in Irving, TexasIrving, TexasIrving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 216,290. Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated...
. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot dead.
December 28, 2000
- U.S. department storeDepartment storeA department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
chain Montgomery WardMontgomery WardMontgomery Ward is an online retailer that carries the same name as the former American department store chain, founded as the world's #1 mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward, and which went out of business in 2001...
announces it is going out of business 128 years after it was founded as the world's first mail orderMail orderMail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such as through a telephone call or web site. Then, the products are delivered to the customer...
business.
December 30, 2000
- Rizal Day BombingsRizal Day bombingsThe Rizal Day bombings, also referred to as the December 30 bombings, were a series of bombings that occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines on December 30, 2000. The explosions occurred in close succession within a span of a few hours...
: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro ManilaMetro ManilaMetropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...
, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, within a span of a few hours killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
December 31, 2000
- The Millennium DomeMillennium DomeThe Millennium Dome, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome or even The O2 Arena, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium...
closes one year to the day of its opening.