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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

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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.

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in February 2000?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - I Knew I Loved Youyoutube
  2. - Thank God I Found You
  3. - Amazed
  4. - What A Girl Wants
  5. - Smooth

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Rise
  2. - Pure Shores
  3. - Born To Make You Happy
  4. - American Pie
  5. - Movin Too Fast

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Hey Ram

Hey Ram

Release year: 2000

Directed by: Kamal Haasan

Starring: Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Hema Malini

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

Release year: 2000

Directed by: George Stevens

Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere

Country: United States of America

Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys

Release year: 2000

Directed by: Curtis Hanson

Starring: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr.

Pane e tulipani

Pane e tulipani

Release year: 2000

Directed by: Silvio Soldini

Starring: Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston, Antonio Catania

Country: Italy

Pitch Black

Pitch Black

Release year: 2000

Directed by: David Twohy

Starring: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in February 2000?
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A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin

A Vast Conspiracy

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The best-selling author of The Run of His Life, A Vast Conspiracy, offers an objective, impartial view of the most remarkable public saga of all time: the Clinton sex scandal

Timeline by Michael Crichton

Timeline

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A man wanders aimlessly in the Arizona desert, speaking strange words and saying nothing. His only known associates quickly cremated his body within twenty-four hours.

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius

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National Bestseller A book that redefines family and narrative in the twenty-first century.

From This Day Forward by Cokie Roberts and Steve Roberts

From This Day Forward

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Some "friends" suggested that Cokie Roberts and Steve Roberts would not get married because she was Catholic and he was Jewish. This book features Cokie and Steve discussing their own marriage issues.

Daughter Of Fortune by Isabel Allende

Daughter Of Fortune

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A Chilean orphan, Eliza Sommers was raised by her strict brother and a Victorian spinster in Valparaiso.