March 2000 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 2000 Rewritten the Constitution of Finland
• 06 Mar 2000 Advanced Micro Devices ships the first commercially-available 1 GHz processor.
• 07 Mar 2000 Al Gore and George W. Bush emerge victorious in the Republican caucuses, primaries and presidential election in the United States.
• 08 Mar 2000 Tokyo train tragedy: 5 people are killed in a sideswipe collision between 2 Tokyo Metro trains.
• 09 Mar 2000 Ely Sakhai, a suspect in art forgery, was arrested by the FBI in New York City.
• 10 Mar 2000 The peak of the NASDAQ Composite stock market index is 5132.52, which signals the end of dot-com's boom.
• 12 Mar 2000 Pope John Paul II apologises for wrongdoings committed by Roman Catholic Church members throughout history.
• 16 Mar 2000 The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 499.19 points (4.93%), its second-largest point gain in a single day.
• 17 Mar 2000 In what is believed to have been a suicide and mass murder orchestrated by the leaders of the cult, more than 800 members of the Ugandan Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God were killed.
• 18 Mar 2000 2000 Taiwanese Presidential Election: Chen Shui-bian elected President of Republic of China.
• 19 Mar 2000 For a state visit, President Bill Clinton arrives in New Delhi (India)
• 20 Mar 2000 Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin is a former Black Panther, once known as H. Rap Brown. He was captured after killing Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen. Also, he critically wounded Deputy Aldranon England.
• 21 Mar 2000 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government does not have the authority to regulate tobacco addiction drugs, thus removing the main anti-smoking initiative of the Clinton administration.
• 24 Mar 2000 The S&P 500 index reached an intraday peak of 1,552.87. This is a peak that will be lost due to the collapse in the dot-com bubble.
• 26 Mar 2000 The Kingdome Sports Arena in Seattle, Washington is being demolished to make way for a new stadium.
• 27 Mar 2000 One person is killed and 71 are injured in an explosion at Phillips Petroleum's Pasadena, Texas plant.
• 28 Mar 2000 Three children are killed in an accident where a CSX freighttrain hits a Murray County school bus.

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• Anthony Powell

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• Pee Wee King

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• John Colicos

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• Ta-You Wu

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• Rena Dor

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• Ivo Robic

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• Eberhard Bethge

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• Rudolf Kirchschlager Austrian politician President (1974

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• Charles Gray

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• Thomas Ferebee

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• Joanne Weaver

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Lonestar - Amazed
2. Destiny's Child - Say My Name
3. Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You
4. Santana - Maria, Maria
5. Faith Hill - Breathe

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. All Saints - Pure Shores
2. Craig David - Fill Me In
3. Madonna - American Pie
4. Melanie C featuring Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes - Never Be The Same Again
5. Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin Too Fast