February 2000 calendar

February 2000
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 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 February 2000: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 2000?

Events

05 Feb 2000 Russian forces killed at least 60 civilians in Novye Aldi, Grozny.
06 Feb 2000 Second Chechen War: Russia seizes Grozny in Chechnya and forces the separatist Chechen Republic Of Ichkeria government to flee.
08 Feb 2000 Bob Collins' plane collides over Zion, Illinois with the student pilot.
09 Feb 2000 The worst floods in Mozambique for 50 years are caused by torrential rains from Africa. They last until March and kill 800 people.
11 Feb 2000 A blast from an explosive device exploded in front of the Barclay's Bank, just across from Wall Street's New York Stock Exchange. It killed none but wound dozens.
12 Feb 2000 Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Tom Landry, Charles M. Schulz and Oliver all die from unrelated causes.
13 Feb 2000 After the death of Charles Schulz, the final Peanuts comic strip is printed.
14 Feb 2000 NEAR Shoemaker, a spacecraft that orbits asteroid 433 Eros for the first time, enters orbit around it.
15 Feb 2000 The Indian Point II nuclear power station in New York State releases a small amount radioactive steam when the steam generator stops working.
16 Feb 2000 At the University of Toronto, Archbishop Desmond Tutu gives a speech.
17 Feb 2000 Microsoft announces Windows 2000 in San Francisco, California. In the first two months, 1.5 million copies were sold.
21 Feb 2000 The International Mother Language Day is an inaugural celebration by UNESCO.
29 Feb 2000 This leap day marks the end of a century-long leap year that ends on February 29, 2400.

Famous Birthday

Laura Ann Kesling
Yara Shahidi
Movie Actress.
Anna Jackson
YouTube Star.
Will Conabere
YouTube Star.
Alexander Weiss
Chef.
Shilo Sanders
Family Member.
Dakota Brooks
YouNow Star.
Pikimchu
YouTube Star.
Grant Schilling
YouNow Star.
Elaine Mokk
YouTube Star.
ThatsStephy
YouTube Star.
Carley McNutt
Vine Star.
Tyde Levi
YouTube Star.
Aidan Alexander
YouTube Star.
Chance Pena
Folk Singer.
David Mazouz
TV Actor.
Devin Corwin
YouNow Star.
Paris Smith
TV Actress.
Jenna Arend
YouTube Star.
Christian Martyn
Movie Actor.
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Famous Deaths

Screamin' Jay Hawkins
American musician (Born 1929).
Jacqueline Auriol
French record-setting aviator, she set her fifth world speed record on June 22, 1962 at Istres, France.
Lila Kedrova
Russian-born actress (Born 1918).
Claude Autant-Lara
French director, active in cinema from age 16 designing sets and costumes.
Marceline Day
American actress (Born 1908).
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Austrian-New Zealand painter and architect designed the Kuchlbauer Tower and Waldspirale (d. 2000).
Dave Peverett
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foghat and Savoy Brown) (d. 2000).
Big Pun
Puerto Rican-American rapper (Born 1971).
Stanley Matthews
English footballer and manager (d. 2000).
Shiho Niiyama
Japanese voice actress (Born 1970).
Doug Henning
Canadian magician (Born 1947).
Carl Albert
American lawyer and politician 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000).
Fernando Buesa
Spanish politician (Born 1946).
James Cooke Brown
American author and inventor (Born 1921).
Doris Coley
American singer (The Shirelles) (d. 2000).
Anatoly Sobchak
Russian scholar and politician Mayor of Saint Petersburg (d. 2000).
Karsten Solheim
Norwegian-American businessman founded PING (d. 2000).
Big Pun
Puerto Rican-American rapper (Born 1971).
Bob Collins
American radio broadcaster (Born 1942).
Dennis Danell
American singer and guitarist (Social Distortion) (d. 2000).
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