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'''2000''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MM]]''') was a [[century leap year]] [[Leap year starting on Saturday|starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was the last year of the [[2nd millennium]] and the [[20th century]]. In popular sentiment, however, the year 2000 is regarded as the first year of the [[3rd millennium]] and [[21st century]].

== Events ==
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=== January ===
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*[[January 1]] - To most people, it was the first day of the [[21st century]] and [[3rd millennium]]. However, there are some people who argue that both distinctions happened a year later, on January 1, 2001.
*[[January 3]]–[[January 10|10]] – [[Israel]] and [[Syria]] hold inconclusive peace talks.
*[[January 4]] – [[Alan Greenspan]] is nominated for a fourth term as U.S. [[Federal Reserve]] Chairman.
*[[January 5]]–[[January 8|8]] – The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit of several high-level [[al-Qaeda]] members (including 2 [[9/11]] [[American Airlines]] hijackers) is held in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]].
*[[January 6]] – The last natural [[pyrenean ibex]] is found dead apparently killed by a falling tree.
*[[January 10]] – [[America Online]] announces an agreement to purchase [[Time Warner]] for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).
*[[January 11]] – The armed wing of the [[Islamic Salvation Front]] concludes its negotiations with the government for an [[:wikt:amnesty|amnesty]] and disbands in [[Algeria]]
*[[January 11]] – The trawler ''Solway Harvester'' sinks off the [[Isle of Man]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/603558.stm BBC News | SCOTLAND | Solway Harvester: A tale of tragedy]. Retrieved 19 November 2007.</ref>
*[[January 12]] – [[9/11]] hijackers [[Mohammed Atta]] and [[Ziad Jarrah]] read their wills in the [[Martyrdom]] Video.
*[[January 14]] – A [[United Nations]] tribunal sentences 5 [[Bosnia]]n [[Croats]] to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of over 100 Bosnian [[Muslims]] in a [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian]] village.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/03/03/war.crimes.bosnia.02 CNN.com – World – War crimes tribunal hands Croat general lengthy sentence – March 3, 2000]. Retrieved 19 November 2007.</ref>
*[[January 14]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the [[Dot-com bubble]]).
*[[January 16]] – In [[Sacramento, California]], a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the State Capitol building, killing the driver.
*[[January 18]] – The [[Tagish Lake (meteorite)|Tagish Lake meteorite]] hits the Earth.
*[[January 24]] – [[God's Army (revolutionary group)|God's Army]], a [[Karen people|Karen]] militia group led by twins [[Johnny and Luther Htoo]], takes 700 hostages at a [[Thailand|Thai]] hospital near the [[Myanmar|Burmese]] border.
*[[January 26]] – The rap-metal band [[Rage Against the Machine]] plays in front of [[Wall Street]], prompting an early closing of trading due to the crowds.
*[[January 30]] – [[Super Bowl XXXIV]]: The [[St. Louis Rams]] win the [[NFL Championship]] for the first time since [[1951]], defeating the [[Tennessee Titans]] 23–16.
*[[January 30]] – [[Kenya Airways Flight 431]] crashes off the coast of [[Côte d'Ivoire]] into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
*[[January 31]] – [[Alaska Airlines Flight 261]] crashes off the [[California]] coast into the [[Pacific Ocean]], killing 88.
*[[January 31]] – Dr. [[Harold Shipman]] is found guilty of murdering 15 patients between 1995 and 1998. He is sentenced to life imprisonment.

=== February ===
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* [[February 4]] – German [[extortion]]ist [[Klaus-Peter Sabotta]] is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion, in connection with the [[sabotage]] of German [[railway]] lines.
* [[February 6]] – [[Tarja Halonen]] is elected the first female president of [[Finland]].
* [[February 7]] – [[Stipe Mesic]] is elected president of [[Croatia]].
* [[February 9]] – Torrential rains in Africa lead to the [[2000 Mozambique flood|worst flooding]] in [[Mozambique]] in 50 years, which lasts until March and kills 800 people.
* [[February 11]] – A blast from an [[improvised explosive device]] in front of a [[Barclay's Bank]], across from the [[New York Stock Exchange]] on [[Wall Street]], wounds dozens but kills none.
* [[February 13]] – The final original ''[[Peanuts]]'' [[comic strip]] is published, following the death of its creator, [[Charles Schulz]].
* [[February 21]] – [[UNESCO]] holds the inaugural celebration of [[International Mother Language Day]].

=== March ===
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* [[March 1]] – The [[Constitution of Finland]] is rewritten.
* [[March 2]] – [[Hans Blix]] assumes the position of Executive Chairman of [[UNMOVIC]].
* [[March 7]] – [[George W. Bush]] and [[Al Gore]] emerge victorious in the Republican and Democratic caucuses and primaries of the [[United States presidential election, 2000|United States presidential election]].
* [[March 8]] – [[Tokyo train disaster]]: A sideswipe collision of 2 [[Tokyo Metro]] trains kills 5 people.
* [[March 9]] – The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] arrests [[art forgery]] suspect [[Ely Sakhai]] in [[New York City]].
* [[March 9]] – [[Nupedia]], predecessor to [[Wikipedia]], is created.
* [[March 10]] – The [[NASDAQ]] Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048.<ref>[http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_1000766.shtml Fifth Anniversary: Nasdaq's record all-time closing high 5,048.62]. Retrieved 19 November 2007.</ref>
* [[March 12]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] [[Pope John Paul II#Apologies|apologises]] for the wrongdoings by members of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] throughout the ages.
* [[March 18]] – [[Republic of China presidential election, 2000]]: [[Chen Shui-bian]] is elected [[President of the Republic of China]] (Taiwan); the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] ends [[Kuomintang]] rule for the first time.
* [[March 20]] – [[Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin]] ([[H. Rap Brown]]), a former [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]], is captured after a gun battle in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] that leaves a sheriff's deputy dead.
* [[March 21]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] begins the first official visit by a [[Roman Catholic]] [[pontiff]] to [[Israel]].
* [[March 21]] – The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the government lacks authority to regulate [[tobacco]] as an [[addictive]] [[recreational drug use|drug]], throwing out the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton administration]]'s main anti-smoking [[initiative]].
* [[March 26]] – [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected President of [[Russia]].
* [[March 27]] – The [[Phillips explosion of 2000]] kills 1 and injured 71 in [[Pasadena, Texas]].
* [[March 31]] – [[Myra Hindley]] loses a [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] appeal against her [[Whole life tariff|life imprisonment sentence]].

=== April ===
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* [[April 3]] – ''[[United States v. Microsoft]]'': [[Microsoft]] is ruled to have violated [[United States]] [[antitrust]] laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
* [[April 16]] – [[Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah]], [[Sultan]] of [[Selangor]], dies after a reign of 55 years. He was the longest-reigning [[monarch]] in the world since the death of Prince [[Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Franz Joseph II]] of [[Liechtenstein]].
* [[April 17]] – [[Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin]] becomes [[Raja]] of [[Perlis]].
* [[April 22]] – [[Brazil]] officially celebrates its 500th anniversary, with protests, especially from native and black populations.
* [[April 22]] – In a predawn raid, federal agents seize 6-year old [[Elián González]] from his relatives' home in [[Miami, Florida]] and fly him to his [[Cuba]]n father in [[Washington, DC]], ending one of the most publicized custody battles in U.S. history.
* [[April 25]] – The State of [[Vermont]] passes HB847, legalizing [[civil union]]s for same-sex couples.
* [[April 28]] – [[Richard Baumhammers]] begins a 2-hour racially motivated shooting spree in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], leaving 5 dead and 1 paralyzed.

=== May ===
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* [[May 3]] – A rare conjunction of 7 celestial bodies ([[Sun]], [[Moon]], planets [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]–[[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]) occurs on the [[New Moon]].
* [[May 3]] – In [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], computer pioneer [[Datapoint]] files for [[Chapter 11]] bankruptcy.
* [[May 4]] – After originating in The Philippines, the [[ILOVEYOU]] computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
* [[May 11]] – The billionth living person in [[India]] is born.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uOsSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xv0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5551,31832&dq=india+1+billion+population India:1 billion population marks milestone]</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4bILAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nlUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6004,4288407&dq=india+1+billion+population Baby girl gives India 1 billion]</ref>
* [[May 11]] – Effective date of Canada's first modern-day treaty – The [[Nisga'a]] Final Agreement
* [[May 12]] – The [[Tate Modern]] Gallery opens in [[London]].
* [[May 13]] – A [[fireworks]] factory disaster in [[Enschede]] [[Netherlands]], kills 23.
* [[May 16]] – The [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] elects [[Ahmet Necdet Sezer]] as the tenth [[President of Turkey]].
* [[May 17]] – A bomb in [[Glorietta|Glorietta Mall]] in Makati City, Philippines injures 13.
* [[May 20]] – Chinese (ROC) president [[Chen Shui-bian]] makes the [[Four Noes and One Without]] pledge to [[Taiwan]].
* [[May 25]] – [[Israel]] withdraws IDF forces from southern [[Lebanon]] after 22 years.
* [[May 28]] - American actor Cameron Boyce is born

=== June ===
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* [[June 5]] – ''[[405 The Movie]]'', the first short movie widely distributed on the [[Internet]], is released.
* [[June 13]] – South Korean President [[Kim Dae Jung]] visits North Korea to participate in the first North–South presidential summit.
* [[June 17]] – A centennial earthquake (6.5 on [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]]) hits [[Iceland]] on its national day.
* [[June 21]] – [[Section 28]], a law preventing the promotion of [[homosexuality]], is repealed by the [[Scottish Parliament]].
* [[June 26]] – A preliminary draft of [[genome]]s, as part of the [[Human Genome Project]], is finished.
* [[June 28]] – [[Elian Gonzalez]] returns to [[Cuba]] with his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, ending a protracted custody battle.
* [[June 30]] – At the [[Roskilde Festival]] near [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]], 9 die and 26 are injured on a set while the rock group [[Pearl Jam]] performs.

=== July ===
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* [[July 2]] – [[France national football team|France]] beats [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 2–1 to win [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2000]] with a [[golden goal]].
* [[July 2]] – [[Vicente Fox]] is elected President of [[Mexico]], as candidate of the rightist PAN (National Action Party), ending 71 years of PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) rule.
* [[July 10]] – In southern [[Nigeria]], a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging [[gasoline]].
* [[July 10]] – [[Bashar al-Assad]] is confirmed as Syria's leader in a national referendum.
* [[July 11]]–[[July 25|25]] – Israel's prime minister [[Ehud Barak]] and PLO head [[Yasser Arafat]] meet at Camp David, but fail to reach an agreement.
* [[July 14]] – A powerful [[solar flare]], later named the [[Bastille Day event]], causes a [[geomagnetic storm]] on Earth.
* [[July 18]] – [[Alex Salmond]] resigns as the leader of the [[Scottish National Party]].
* [[July 18]] – [[Sussex]] police launch a murder investigation after the body of a girl found near [[Pulborough]] is confirmed to be that of [[Sarah Payne]], who was reported missing on [[July 1]].
* [[July 21]]–[[July 23|23]] – [[26th G8 summit]]; issues include AIDS, the 'digital divide', and halving world poverty by 2015.
* [[July 22]] – ''[[News of the World]]'' urges its readers to sign a petition for [[Sarah's Law]], new legislation in response to the murder of Sarah Payne, which would give parents the right to know whether a convicted [[paedophile]] was living in their area.
* [[July 25]] – [[Air France Flight 4590]], a [[Concorde]] aircraft, crashes into a hotel in [[Gonesse]] just after [[takeoff]] from [[Paris]], killing all 109 aboard and 4 in the hotel.
* [[July 30]] – Venezuela's president [[Hugo Chávez]] is reelected with 59% of the vote.
* [[July 31]] – [[August 3]] – The [[Republican National Convention]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] nominates [[George W. Bush]] for U.S. president and [[Dick Cheney]] for vice president.

=== August ===
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* [[August 3]] – Rioting erupts on the [[Paulsgrove]] estate in [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]], [[England]], after more than 100 people besiege the home of a block of flats allegedly housing a convicted [[paedophile]]. This is the latest vigilante violence against suspected sex offenders since the beginning of the "naming and shaming" anti-paedophile campaign by the [[tabloid]] [[newspaper]] ''[[News of the World]]''.
* [[August 8]] – The [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] submarine ''[[H.L. Hunley]]'' is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
* [[August 12]] – The ''[[Russian submarine K-141 Kursk]]'' sinks in the [[Barents Sea]], resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
* [[August 14]] – [[Tsar Nicholas II]] and his family are canonized by the synod of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].
* [[August 14]]–[[August 17|17]] – The [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Los Angeles]] nominates U.S. Vice President [[Al Gore]] for president and Senator [[Joe Lieberman]] for vice president.
* [[August 23]] – [[John Anthony Kaiser]] a Roman Catholic priest was murdered in Morendat, Kenya.
* [[August 27]] – The [[Ostankino Tower]] fire in [[Moscow]] kills 3.

=== September ===
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* [[September 5]] – [[Tuvalu]] joins the [[United Nations]].
* [[September 5]] – The [[Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry]] makes its [[maiden voyage]].
* [[September 6]] – In [[Paragould, Arkansas]], [[Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart]] is [[stillbirth|stillborn]] to Scott Stewart and Lisa Bartlett. Breanna Lynn's stillbirth is notable for being the first stillbirth to be resolved by means of the [[Kleihauer-Betke test]].
* [[September 6]] – The last wholly [[List of Swedish companies|Swedish-owned]] [[arms trade|arms manufacturer]], [[Bofors]], is sold to American arms manufacturer [[United Defense]].
* [[September 6]]–[[September 8|8]] – World leaders attend the [[Millennium Summit]] at UN Headquarters.
* [[September 7]]–[[September 14|14]] – The [[UK fuel protest]]s take place, with refineries blockaded, and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.
* [[September 8]] – [[Albania]] officially joins the [[World Trade Organization]].
* [[September 14]] – [[Microsoft]] releases [[Windows Me]].
* [[September 15]] – [[October 1]] – The [[2000 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]].
* [[September 16]] – [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] journalist [[Georgiy Gongadze]] is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death.
* [[September 16]] – Peru's president [[Alberto Fujimori]] calls for new elections in which he will not run.
* [[September 26]] – The Greek ferry ''[[Express Samina]]'' sinks off the coast of the island of [[Paros]]; 80 out of more than 500 passengers die in one of Greece's worst sea disasters.
* [[September 26]] – [[Anti-globalization]] protests in [[Prague]] (some 15,000 protesters) turn violent during the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] summits.
* [[September 28]] – Israeli opposition leader [[Ariel Sharon]] visits the [[Temple Mount]], protected by a several-hundred-strong Israeli police force. Palestinian riots erupt, leading to a full-fledged armed uprising (called the [[Al-Aqsa Intifada]] by sympathizers and the [[Oslo War]] by opponents).
* [[September 29]] – The [[Maze (HM Prison)|Long Kesh]] [[Her Majesty's Prison Service|prison]] in Northern Ireland is closed.

=== October ===
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* [[October 1]] – The [[2000 Summer Olympics]] close in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]].
* [[October 5]] – President [[Slobodan Milošević]] leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout [[Serbia]].
* [[October 6]] – The last [[Mini]] is produced in [[Longbridge]].
* [[October 11]] – 250 million gallons of coal sludge [[Martin County sludge spill|spill]] in [[Martin County, Kentucky]] (considered a greater environmental disaster than the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]]).
* [[October 12]] – In [[Aden]], [[Yemen]], the [[USS Cole (DDG 67)|''USS Cole'']] is [[USS Cole bombing|badly damaged]] by two [[Al-Qaeda]] [[suicide bomber]]s, who place a small boat laden with [[explosive]]s alongside the [[United States Navy]] destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
* [[October 21]] – Fifteen [[Arab]] leaders convene in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], for their first summit in 4 years; the [[Libya]]n delegation walks out, angry over signs the summit will stop short of calling for breaking ties with [[Israel]].
* [[October 22]] – The ''[[Mainichi Shinbun]]'' newspaper exposes Japanese archeologist [[Shinichi Fujimura]] as a fraud; Japanese archaeologists had based their treatises on his findings.
* [[October 23]] – [[Madeleine Albright]] holds talks with North Korean dictator [[Kim Jong Il]].
* [[October 26]] – [[Pakistan]]i authorities announce that their police have found an apparently ancient mummy of a [[Forged Persian princess|Persian princess]] in the province of [[Balochistan (Iran)|Balochistan]]. [[Iran]], Pakistan and the [[Taliban]] all claim the mummy until Pakistan announces it is a forgery on [[April 17]], [[2001]].
* [[October 27]] – [[Pacific Islands Forum]] (PIF).
* [[October 30]] – This is the final date during which there is no human presence in space; on October 31, [[Soyuz TM-31]] launches, carrying [[Expedition 1|the first resident crew]] to the [[International Space Station]]. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.
* [[October 31]] – [[Singapore Airlines Flight 006]] collides with construction equipment in the [[Chiang Kai Shek International Airport]], resulting in 83 deaths.

=== November ===
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* [[November]] – [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[Iraq]] rejects new U.N. Security Council weapons inspections proposals.
* [[November 2]] – The first resident crew enters the [[International Space Station]].
* [[November 3]] – Widespread flooding occurs throughout [[England]] and [[Wales]] after days of heavy rain.
* [[November 7]] – [[United States presidential election, 2000]]: [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] candidate Texas Governor [[George W. Bush]] defeats [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] Vice President [[Al Gore]] in the closest election in history, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in [[Florida]].
* [[November 7]] – In [[London]], a criminal gang [[Millennium Dome raid|raids the Millennium Dome]] to steal The [[Millennium Star]] diamond, but police surveillance catches them in the act.
* [[November 7]] – [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] is elected to the [[United States Senate]], becoming the first [[First Lady of the United States]] to win public office.
* [[November 11]] – [[Kaprun disaster]], [[Austria]]: A cable car fire in an Alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.
* [[November 15]] – A new Indian state called [[Jharkhand]] is formed, carving out the South [[Chhota Nagpur]] area from [[Bihar]] in [[India]].
* [[November 16]] – [[Bill Clinton]] becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit [[Vietnam]].
* [[November 17]] – A catastrophic [[landslide]] in Log pod Mangartom, [[Slovenia]], kills 7, and causes millions of [[Slovenian tolar|SIT]] of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in [[Slovenia]] in the past 100 years.
* [[November 17]] – [[Alberto Fujimori]] is removed from office as president of [[Peru]].
* [[November 25]] – The Rugby League World Cup in England is ended, with Australia winning 40–12 over the New Zealand Kiwis.
* [[November 27]] – [[Jean Chrétien]] is [[Canadian federal election, 2000|re-elected]] as [[Prime Minister of Canada]], as the Liberal Party increases its majority in the House of Commons.
* [[November 28]] – [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] politician [[Oleksander Moroz]] touches off the [[Cassette Scandal]] by publicly accusing [[President of Ukraine|President]] [[Leonid Kuchma]] of involvement in the murder of journalist [[Georgiy Gongadze]].

=== December ===
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* [[December 1]] – [[Vicente Fox]] takes office as [[President of Mexico]].
* [[December 13]] – ''[[Bush v. Gore]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] stops the [[Florida]] presidential recount, effectively giving the state, and the Presidency, to [[George W. Bush]].
* [[December 13]] – The [[Texas 7]] escape from their prison unit in [[Kenedy, Texas]], and start a crime spree.
* [[December 15]] – The third and final reactor at the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]] is shut down and the station is shut down completely.
* [[December 24]] – The [[Texas 7]] rob a sports store in [[Irving, Texas]]; police officer [[Aubrey Hawkins]] is shot dead.
* [[December 24]] – [[Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings]]: 18 people are killed in multiple [[Islamist]] bomb attacks on churches across [[Indonesia]].
* [[December 25]] – A shopping center fire at [[Luoyang]], [[Henan]], [[China]] kills 309.
* [[December 28]] – U.S. [[retail]] giant [[Montgomery Ward]] announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
* [[December 30]] – [[Rizal Day bombings]]: A series of bombs explode in various places in [[Metro Manila]], [[Philippines]], within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about 100.
* [[December 31]] – The [[Millennium Dome]] closes its doors one year to the day of its opening.
* [[December 31]] – Strictly speaking, it was the last day of the [[2nd millennium]] and [[20th century]] in the Gregorian calendar, but according to Popular Culture, the last day of these two distinctions was December 31, 1999.

== Births ==
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* [[January 8]] – [[Noah Cyrus]], American actress
* [[June 1]] – [[Willow Shields]], American actress
* [[November 20]] – [[Connie Talbot]], English singer

== Deaths ==
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=== January ===

* [[January 2]] – [[Patrick O'Brian]], English writer (b. [[1914]])
* [[January 7]] – [[Makhmud Esambayev]], Chechen dancer (b. [[1924]])
* [[January 15]] – [[Željko Ražnatović]], Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (b. [[1952]])
* [[January 18]] – [[Frances Drake (actor)|Frances Drake]], American actress (b. [[1912]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Bettino Craxi]], [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. [[1934]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Hedy Lamarr]], Austrian actress (b. [[1913]])
* [[January 26]] – [[Don Budge]], American tennis champion (b. [[1915]])
* [[January 26]] – [[Don Ralke]], American music arranger (b. [[1920]])

=== February ===
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* [[February 5]] – [[Claude Autant-Lara]], French movie director (b. [[1901]])
* [[February 5]] – [[Ward Cornell]], Canadian radio/TV broadcaster & educator (b. [[1924]])
* [[February 7]] – [[Doug Henning]], Canadian magician (b. [[1947]])
* [[February 7]] – [[Big Pun]], American rapper (b. [[1971]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Beau Jack]], American boxer (b. [[1921]])
* [[February 10]] – [[Jim Varney]], American actor noted for his character, [[Ernest P. Worrell]]. (b. [[1949]])
* [[February 12]] – [[Tom Landry]], American football coach (b. [[1924]])
* [[February 12]] – [[Charles M. Schulz]], American comic strip artist (''[[Peanuts]]'') (b. [[1922]])
* [[February 13]] – [[Anders Aalborg]], Canadian politician (b. [[1914]])
* [[February 19]] – [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]], artist (b. [[1928]])
* [[February 23]] – Sir [[Stanley Matthews]], English footballer (b. [[1915]])
* [[February 23]] – [[Ofra Haza]], Israeli singer (b. [[1957]])

=== March ===
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* [[March 3]] – [[Toni Ortelli]], Italian composer and alpinist (b. [[1904]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Charles Gray (actor)|Charles Gray]], English actor (b. [[1928]])
* [[March 11]] – [[Alfred Schwarzmann]], German Olympic gymnast (b. [[1912]])
* [[March 27]] – [[Ian Dury]], English singer, songwriter (b. [[1942]])
* [[March 28]] – [[Anthony Powell]], British writer (b. [[1905]])

=== April ===
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* [[April 3]] – [[Terence McKenna]], Writer, Philosopher, [[Ethnobotanist]] and [[Shaman]] (b. [[1946]])
* [[April 4]] – [[Derek Allhusen]], British equestrian (b. [[1914]])
* [[April 5]] – [[Lee Petty]], American race car driver (b. [[1914]])
* [[April 6]] – [[Habib Bourguiba]], Tunisian politician, [[List of Presidents of Tunisia|1st President of Tunisia]] (b. [[1903]])
* [[April 11]] – [[Diana Darvey]], British actress, singer and dancer (b. [[1945]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Phil Katz]], American computer programmer (b. [[1962]])
* [[April 15]] – [[Edward Gorey]], American writer and illustrator (b. [[1925]])
* [[April 25]] – [[David Merrick]], American stage producer (b. [[1911]])
* [[April 29]] – [[Phạm Văn Đồng]], Vietnamese politician, [[Prime Minister of Vietnam]] (b. [[1906]])

=== May ===
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* [[May 1]] – [[Steve Reeves]], American actor and bodybuilder (b. [[1926]])
* [[May 3]] – [[John Cardinal O'Connor]], [[Archbishop of New York]] (b. [[1920]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.]], American actor (b. [[1909]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Craig Stevens (actor)|Craig Stevens]], American actor (b. [[1918]])
* [[May 11]] – [[René Muñoz]], Cuban actor, screenwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico (b. [[1938]])
* [[May 13]] – [[Jumbo Tsuruta|Tomomi Tsuruta]], Japanese professional wrestler, better known as Jumbo Tsuruta (b. [[1951]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Keizō Obuchi]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1937]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Edward Bernds]], American director (b. [[1905]])
* [[May 21]] – Dame [[Barbara Cartland]], English novelist (b. [[1901]])
* [[May 21]] – Sir [[John Gielgud]], English actor (b. [[1904]])
* [[May 25]] – [[Francis Lederer]], American actor (b. [[1899]])
* [[May 27]] – [[Maurice Richard]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1921]])
* [[May 27]] – [[Kazimierz Leski]], Polish engineer, fighter pilot, and Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. [[1912]])
* [[May 30]] – [[Doris Hare]], English actress, well known for her role in the 1970s comedy, [[On the Buses]] (b. [[1905]])
* [[May 31]] – [[Tito Puente]], American jazz musician (b. [[1923]])

=== June ===

* [[June 10]] – [[Hafez al-Assad]], [[List of heads of state of Syria|President of Syria]] (b. [[1930]])
* [[June 10]] – [[Frank Patterson]], Irish tenor (b. [[1938]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Robert Trent Jones]], English-born golf course designer (b. [[1906]])
* [[June 16]] – [[Empress Kōjun]] of Japan (b. [[1903]])
* [[June 17]] – [[Ismail Mahomed]], South African and Namibian [[Chief Justice]] (b. [[1931]])
* [[June 21]] – [[Alan Hovhaness]], American composer (b. [[1911]])
* [[June 24]] – [[David Tomlinson]], English actor (b. [[1917]])
* [[June 29]] – [[Vittorio Gassman]], Italian actor (b. [[1922]])

=== July ===
[[File:Walter Matthau in Charade 2.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Walter Matthau]]]]

* [[July 1]] – [[Walter Matthau]], American actor (b. [[1920]])
* [[July 7]] – [[James C. Quayle]], American newspaper publisher (b. [[1921]])
* [[July 8]] – [[FM-2030]], Transhumanist philosopher (b. [[1930]])
* [[July 10]] – [[Vakkom Majeed]], Indian [[Freedom fighter]], [[Travancore-Cochin]] Legislative member (b. [[1909]])
* [[July 10]] – [[Denis O'Conor Don]], hereditary chief of the O'Conor Don sept of Ireland (b. [[1912]])
* [[July 11]] – [[Robert Runcie]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1921]])
* [[July 12]] – [[Charles Merritt]], Canadian Army officer and recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] during [[World War II]] (b. [[1908]])
* [[July 28]] – [[Abraham Pais]], Dutch-born American physicist (b. [[1918]])
* [[July 29]] – [[René Favaloro]], Argentinian cardiologist who created the technique for coronary bypass surgery (b. [[1923]])

=== August ===
[[File:Carl barks.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Carl Barks]]]]

* [[August 5]] – Sir [[Alec Guinness]], English actor and writer (b. [[1914]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Otto Buchsbaum]], writer and ecological activist (b. [[1920]])
* [[August 6]] – Sir [[Robin Day]], British political broadcaster (b. [[1923]])
* [[August 9]] – [[John Harsanyi]], Hungarian-born economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1920]])
* [[August 12]] – [[Loretta Young]], American actress (b. [[1913]])
* [[August 12]] – [[Dave Edwards (musician)|Dave Edwards]], American musician (b. [[1941]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Bineshwar Brahma]], [[Bodo people|Bodo activist and leader]] (b. [[1946]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Daniel Lisulo]], Zambian politician (b. [[1930]])
* [[August 25]] – [[Carl Barks]], American cartoonist (b. [[1901]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Bunny Austin]], English tennis player (b. [[1906]])

=== September ===
[[File:Pierre Elliot Trudeau.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Pierre Trudeau]]]]

* [[September 2]] – [[Elvera Sanchez]], American dancer (b. [[1905]])
* [[September 2]] – [[Curt Siodmak]], American novelist and screenwriter (b. [[1902]])
* [[September 14]] – [[Beah Richards]], American actress (b. [[1920]])
* [[September 16]] – [[Georgiy Gongadze]], Ukrainian journalist (b. [[1969]])
* [[September 19]] – [[Anthony Robert Klitz]], British artist (b [[1917]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Ronald Stuart Thomas|R. S. Thomas]], Welsh poet (b. [[1913]])
* [[September 26]] – [[Richard Mulligan]], American actor (b. [[1932]])
* [[September 27]] – [[Sammy Luftspring]], Canadian boxer (b. [[1916]])
* [[September 28]] – [[Peter Gennaro]], American dancer and choreographer (b. [[1919]])
* [[September 28]] – [[Pierre Trudeau]], [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1919]])

=== October ===
[[File:Jayne Meadows Steve Allen.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Steve Allen]]]]

* [[October 4]] – [[Michael Smith (chemist)|Michael Smith]], English-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1932]])
* [[October 6]] – [[Richard Farnsworth]], American actor (b. [[1920]])
* [[October 8]] – [[Sheila Holland]] (Sheila Coates, Charlotte Lamb, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf, Laura Hardy), English writer (b. [[1937]])
* [[October 9]] – [[Patrick Anthony Porteous]], Scottish recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] (b. [[1918]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Jean Peters]], American actress (b. [[1926]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Tony Roper]], NASCAR driver (b. [[1964]])
* [[October 15]] – [[Konrad Emil Bloch]], German-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1912]])
* [[October 18]] – [[Julie London]], American singer and actress (b. [[1926]])
* [[October 21]] – [[Reginald Kray]], leading figure in [[organised crime]] in [[London]], [[UK]] (b. [[1933]])
* [[October 23]] – [[Rodney Anoa'i]], American wrestler known as Yokozuna (b. [[1966]])
* [[October 27]] – [[Walter Berry (opera singer)|Walter Berry]], Austrian bass-baritone (b. [[1929]])
* [[October 29]] – [[Andújar Cedeño]], Dominican [[Major League Baseball]] player for the [[Houston Astros]] (b. [[1969]])
* [[October 30]] – [[Steve Allen]], American comedian, composer, talk show host, and writer (b. [[1921]])
* [[October 31]] – [[Ring Lardner, Jr.]], American screenwriter, one of the [[Hollywood Ten]] (b. [[1915]])

=== November ===
[[File:IngridofSweden.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Ingrid of Sweden]]]]

* [[November 5]] – [[David Brower]], American environmental activist (b. [[1912]])
* [[November 5]] – [[Roger Peyrefitte]], French writer and diplomat (b. [[1907]])
* [[November 6]] – [[L. Sprague de Camp]], American writer (b. [[1907]])
* [[November 7]] – [[C Subramaniam]], Indian politician (b. [[1910]])
* [[November 7]] – [[Ingrid of Sweden]], Queen consort of [[Frederick IX of Denmark]] (b. [[1910]])
* [[November 11]] – [[Hugh Paddick]], British actor (b. [[1915]])
* [[November 22]] – [[Cyril Clarke|Sir Cyril Astley Clarke]], British physician, geneticist and entomologist, former President of the Royal College of Physicians (b. [[1907]])
* [[November 22]] – [[Christian Marquand]], French actor and director (b. [[1927]])

=== December ===

* [[December 2]] – [[Gail Fisher]], American actress (b. [[1935]])
* [[December 3]] – [[Gwendolyn Brooks]], African American writer (b. [[1917]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Paul Avery]], American journalist (b. [[1934]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Marie Windsor]], American actress (b. [[1919]])
* [[December 12]] – [[Gangodawila Soma Thero]], Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk (b. [[1948]])
* [[December 19]] – [[Pops Staples|Roebuck "Pops" Staples]], patriarch of [[The Staple Singers]] (b. [[1914]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Billy Barty]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Victor Borge]], Danish-born comedian and pianist (b. [[1909]])
* [[December 26]] – [[Jason Robards]], American actor (b. [[1922]])
* [[December 30]] – [[Julius J. Epstein]], American screenwriter (b. [[1909]])

== Nobel Prizes ==
[[File:Nobel prize medal.svg|right|100px|Nobel Prize]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Alan J. Heeger]], [[Alan MacDiarmid]], [[Hideki Shirakawa]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] – [[James Heckman]], [[Daniel McFadden]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Gao Xingjian]]
* [[Nobel Prize for Peace|Peace]] – [[Kim Dae Jung]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Zhores Ivanovich Alferov]], [[Herbert Kroemer]], [[Jack Kilby]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Arvid Carlsson]], [[Paul Greengard]], [[Eric R. Kandel]]

== Movies released ==
* ''[[Cast Away]]''
* ''[[Drowning Mona]]''
* ''[[Dr. T and the Women]]''
* ''[[Get Carter]]''
* ''[[Gladiator (movie)|Gladiator]]''
* ''[[The Gift]]''
* ''[[The Whole Nine Yards]]''
* ''[[Traffic (film)|Traffic]]''
* ''[[Miss Congeniality]]''
* ''[[Mission Impossible II]]''
* ''[[Pokemon:The First Movie]]''
* ''[[Scary Movie]]''

== Books published ==
* ''[[The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay|The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel]]'' – [[Michael Chabon]]
* ''[[The Amber Spyglass]]'' – [[Philip Pullman]] 
* ''[[The Bear And The Dragon]]'' – [[Tom Clancy]] 
* ''[[The Beatles Anthology]]'' – [[The Beatles]]
* ''[[Blackberry Wine]]'' – [[Joanne Harris]] 
* ''[[The Blind Assassin]]'' – [[Margaret Atwood]]
* ''[[The Brethren]]'' – [[John Grisham]]
* ''[[Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace]]'' – [[Lawrence Lessig]]
* ''[[Code to Zero]]'' – [[Ken Follett]]
* ''[[Daughter Of Fortune]]'' – [[Isabel Allende]] 
* ''[[Deadly Decisions]]'' – [[Kathy Reichs]]
* ''[[Deck The Halls]]'' – [[Mary Higgins Clark]] and [[Carol Higgins Clark]]
* ''[[Doubleshot]]'' – [[Raymond Benson]]
* ''[[Drowning Ruth]]'' – [[Christina Schwarz]] 
* ''[[A Friend of the Earth]]'' – [[T. C. Boyle]]
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' – [[J. K. Rowling]]
* ''[[Hayati, My Life]]'' – [[Miriam Cooke]]
* ''[[Her Infinite Variety]]'' – [[Louis Auchincloss]]
* ''[[The Hiding Place]]'' – [[Trezza Azzopardi]]
* ''[[The House On Hope Street]]'' – [[Danielle Steel]]
* ''[[The Human Stain]]'' – [[Philip Roth]]
* ''[[The Indwelling]]'' – [[Tim LaHaye]] and [[Jerry B. Jenkins]]
* ''[[Ingrid Caven]]'' – [[Jean-Jacques Schuhl]]
* ''[[Journey (book)|Journey]]'' – [[Danielle Steel]]
* ''[[The Last Precinct]]'' – [[Patricia Cornwell]]
* ''[[Look to Windward]]'' – [[Iain M. Banks]]
* ''[[The Mark]]'' – [[Tim LaHaye]] and [[Jerry B. Jenkins]]
* ''[[The Measure Of A Man]]'' – [[Sidney Poitier]]
* ''[[Morgan's Run]]'' – [[Colleen McCullough]]
* ''[[Omertà]]'' – [[Mario Puzo]]
* ''[[The Pagan Book of Halloween]]'' – [[Gerina Dunwich]]
* ''[[The Prayer of Jabez]]'' – [[Bruce Wilkinson]] & [[David Kopp]]
* ''[[Parallel journeys]]'' – [[Eleanor Ayer]]
* ''[[Prodigal Summer]]'' – [[Barbara Kingsolver]]
* ''[[The Prometheus Deception]]'' – [[Robert Ludlum]]
* ''[[Roses Are Red]]'' – [[James Patterson]]
* ''[[Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood]]'' – [[Charles Foster]]
* ''[[True History of the Kelly Gang]]'' – [[Peter Carey]]
* ''[[The Truth (novel)|The Truth]]'' – [[Terry Pratchett]]
* ''[[When I Lived in Modern Times]]'' – [[Linda Grant]]
* ''[[White Teeth]]'' – [[Zadie Smith]]
* ''[[The Will]]'' – [[Reed Arvin]] 
* ''[[Winter Solstice (novel)|Winter Solstice]]'' – [[Rosamunde Pilcher]]
* ''[[Winter's Heart]]'' – [[Robert Jordan]]
* ''[[Your Magickal Cat]]'' – [[Gerina Dunwich]]
==Hit Songs==
*[[Try Again]] - [[Aaliyah]]
*[[Music (song)|Music]] – [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
*[[Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!... I Did It Again]] – [[Britney Spears]]
*[[Jumpin' Jumpin']] – [[Destiny's Child]]
*[[Thong Song]] – [[Sisqo]]
*[[Stan]] – [[Eminem]]
*[[Doesn't Really Matter]] – [[Janet Jackson]]
*[[I Think I'm in Love with You]] – [[Jessica Simpson]]
*[[You Sang to Me]] – [[Marc Anthony]]
*[[Back Here]] – [[BBMak]]
*[[My Way (Limp Bizkit song)|My Way]] – [[Limp Bizkit]]
*[[Otherside]] – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
*[[All the Small Things]] – [[Blink-182]]
*[[Wonderful]] – [[Everclear]]
*[[The Way You Love Me]] – [[Faith Hill]]
*[[Who I Am]] – [[Jessica Andrews]]

== References ==
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