Portal:Current events/2000 January 1
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January 1, 2000 was the first day of the year 2000, the first day of a new decade, century and symbolically, a new millennium. It fell on a weekend day, Saturday. Here are some of the events happening in that day:
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Events
- Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that had been predicted.
- Big Egg City, an entertainment complex in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, changes its name to Tokyo Dome City.
- Richard Linn, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, was appointed by President Bill Clinton and was sworn in on this date.
- Baldo degli Ubaldi (Rome Metro) was inaugurated.
- WWE wrestler Chris Jericho debuts on RAW.
- The website Homestarrunner.com is launched.
- The United Nations millennium celebration, "One Day of Peace", which would eventually give birth to the Global Family Day.
- Standard date use for the equinox.
- ABC 2000 Today is on in the United States.
- Communauté de communes du Canton de Valmont is created.
- Taransay became well known following the BBC show Castaway 2000, which started right on January 1st.
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- See List of leaders of parties on January 1, 2000 in the European Council.
- Unification of Szeged's universities, called University of Szeged.
- Sweden disestablishes the Church of Sweden as the official state religion.
- Czech law # 129/2000 o krajích (about Counties) replaces older paragraph 1/1993 in the Czech Constitution o Vyšších územně správních celcích (of High geo-administrative entities)) the Czech Republic consists of thirteen kraje (usually translated as "Regions" ) and one capital city (hlavní město). The older seventy-three districts (okresy, singular okres) are still recognized and remain the seats of various branches of state administration[1]
- The second part of SOCRATES,s the European Community action programme in the field of education, officially begins.
- Bavaria looses their Senate, while the Regierungsbezirke are disolved.
- Germany: the Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff (GHK), the trade union of wood and plastics joined IGM.
- Philippe Maystadt became the President of the European Investment Bank (EIB).
- Ejup Ganić takes another term as the President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Iceland and Ireland become members of the North-South Centre, an autonomous agency of the Council of Europe.
- The O2 in London opens its exihibitions until December 31, 2000.
- Sălaj County's population was estimated at 256,177.
Music
- Egypt: The Twelve Dreams of the Sun, a New Year concert, is well under way.
- César Manhilot released his first music solo album entitled Subok Lang (Just Try) under Star Records.
- Hard Working / Escúchame EP, by Braintax, was released on Low Life Records
- Valentines EP, by Mariah Carey, is released
- Lump, a compilation by the band Presidents of the United States of America, is released and becomes one of the Greatest Hits.
Births
Deaths
- Larry Bearnarth, a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets (1963-66) and Milwaukee Brewers (1971) (b. 1941)
- Guy Livingston, an American food scientist who was responsible for founding Phi Tau Sigma at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (b. 1927).
See also
For a list of events around that date see January 2000. See also:
