July 2000 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 2000.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on July 2000: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 2000?

Events

01 Jul 2000 Traffic can now use the Oresund Bridge connecting Sweden and Denmark.
02 Jul 2000 Tenchi Muyo first broadcast on American Television
06 Jul 2000 A tug and a barge towing it collide in Middletown, Rhode Island USA. 53,000 litres of oil were spilled into Narragansett bay.
10 Jul 2000 EADS is the second largest aerospace company in the world, formed through the merger of Aerospatiale Matra, DASA and CASA.
13 Jul 2000 July 25, ampndash Israel's prime Minister Ehud Barak meets Yasser Aramfat, head of the PLO, at Camp David but fails to reach an agreement.
14 Jul 2000 A powerful solar flare later known as the Bastille Day event causes a geomagnetic storm to hit Earth.
17 Jul 2000 Bashar al-Assad, the 10th President of Syria assumed office.
19 Jul 2000 Apple Computer starts shipping the first standard dual processor personal computers, the Power Mac G4 with dual 500 or 450 MHz processors.
20 Jul 2000 Zimbabwe's Parliament opens its new session, and the opposition members are elected for the first-time in a decade.
22 Jul 2000 "News of the World" urges readers to sign a petition to support Sarah's Law. This new legislation was created in response to the murder of Sarah Payne. It would allow parents to find out if a convicted paedophile is living in their region.
25 Jul 2000 Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger plane, crashes into Gonesse shortly after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 and five others.
31 Jul 2000 To August 3, the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) nominates George W. Bush as U.S. president and Dick Cheney as Vice President.
10 Jul 2000 EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.