2000 in History

Yemeni authorities cooperate with international investigators.

Two suicide attackers ram a boat carrying explosives into the USS Cole in Aden port killing 17 American sailors

Leaders of Georgia and Ukraine called for an alliance that would champion democracy in the former Soviet lands

Leaders of Georgia and Ukraine called for an alliance that would champion democracy in the former Soviet lands

The nomination follows Security Council consultations on inspection leadership.

Pinochet returns to Chile

After having been placed under house arrest in Britain and initiating a judicial battle, he is eventually released on medical grounds by the then Home Secretary Jack Straw without facing trial

Pinochet is indicted for "kidnapping" 75 opponents in the Caravan of Death case - Guzman advanced the charge of "kidnapping" as they were officially "disappeared:"

Sentenced to 1 yr in prison

A complaint is submitted in Dakar, Senegal, against former Chad dictator Hissene Habre, it details 97 allegations of political killings, 142 cases of torture and 100 disappearances

Habre is indicted

A Senegalese court indicts Hissene Habre, the former autocrat of Chad

Russian agents capture Salman Raduyev, a Chechen warlord

Sankoh is captured and detained after the RUF hostage crisis

Manages Aston Villa in the last FA Cup final staged at the original Wembley Stadium.

Wins the Ballon d'Or after performances for Barcelona and Portugal.

Becomes Benfica head coach, beginning his senior managerial career.

Takes charge of Benfica for his first competitive match as a senior head coach.

Resigns as Benfica manager after the club declines to extend his contract.

Chirac hosted European leaders as they endorsed the draft Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Russia announces a suspension of aerial bombardment in Grozny to allow civilians to escape

An outbreak of prolonged Palestinian violence against Israel

Two suicide attackers ram a boat carrying explosives into the USS Cole in Aden port killing 17 American sailors

Kabbah government seeks British support as RUF advances threaten Freetown

Attends final-status talks with Ehud Barak and President Clinton.

Opens final-status talks with Arafat under US mediation.

Convenes Barak and Arafat for final-status negotiations.

Following Kevin Keegans resignation as England manager in October, Beckham is promoted to team captain by the caretaker manager Peter Taylor, and then keeps the role under new manager Sven-Goran Eriksson

Cassini makes its closest approach to Jupiter while using the planet for a gravity assist to Saturn.

Appointed Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union

Martin Raguz becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Spasoje Tusevljak becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Keeps goal as Real Madrid defeat Valencia in Paris.

Guides Real Madrid to victory over Valencia in Paris.

Appointed Chancellor of Austria

The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act takes effect, creating Chhattisgarh with Raipur as its capital.

Becomes the central signing of Real Madrid's new project.

Presents bridging ideas on borders, Jerusalem, refugees and security.

Banzer's government cancels the water concession after sustained protests in Cochabamba.

Olivera becomes a leading figure in protests against water privatisation in Cochabamba

Consults as sixteen UNMOVIC Commissioners are appointed.

Condemns fighting between Rwandan and Ugandan forces in Kisangani during the Second Congo War.

Putin makes his first state of the nation address and calls for increased power to the central Government to overcome a bleak diagnosis of the countrys ills

The Duma passes legislation giving Putin the right to fire provincial governors and takes away the governors automatic immunity and membership in the Federation Council

Parliament authorises compulsory acquisition of agricultural land without government compensation.

The amendment changes compensation obligations for compulsorily acquired agricultural land.

Voters reject the draft constitution supported by the government.

Voters reject the government's proposed new constitution.

Survives an attempted coup during a period of political instability.

Alistair Darling suggests the Government is planning a 100,000 pounds guarantee to cover all savers

Gerrard makes his international debut against the Ukraine

Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches

Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches

Palestinians initiate riots after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount, which is also the location of the Haram as Sharif holy to Muslims

Palestinians initiate riots after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount, which is also the location of the Haram as Sharif holy to Muslims

Hatfield train crash, leads to very restrictive speed limits

Putin fires Tatyana Dyachenko, daughter of Boris Yeltsin and Kremlin image adviser from her post in one of his first official acts, moving quickly to distance himself from Yeltsins scandal-tinged administration

Putin fires Tatyana Dyachenko, daughter of Boris Yeltsin and Kremlin image adviser from her post in one of his first official acts, moving quickly to distance himself from Yeltsins scandal-tinged administration

The Russian Duma (lower house of Parliament) overwhelmingly approves the START II ratification legislation 288-131 with four abstentions. The Duma finally raties the Treaty, in a largely symbolic move since the ratification was made contingent on preserving the ABM Treaty, which it was clear the US was not prepared to do

The Duma finally raties the Treaty, in a largely symbolic move since the ratification was made contingent on preserving the ABM Treaty, which it was clear the US was not prepared to do

The Duma passes legislation giving Putin the right to fire provincial governors and takes away the governors automatic immunity and membership in the Federation Council

Plans continue for a Khmer Rouge tribunal

The World Bank approves a $3.7 billion oil well and pipeline project led by Exxon and Mobile to link oil fields in Chad across 663 miles to the Atlantic coast of Cameroon

The World Bank endorses a $3.5 billion oil project with 80% of the revenues to go to development

It is reported that $4 million of a $25 million bonus payment from the new oil project was used by the Chad Government to buy weapons

Putin announces a 20% increase in pensions ahead of the Mar 26 elections

The Government announces that it will raise the minimum price for a bottle of vodka by 30% at the end of the month

Russias food supply is threatened with a virulent strain of potato blight and livestock feed shortages were forecast

Putin abolishes the chief agency for environmental protection and transferred its powers to a ministry that hands out oil and gas leases

Putin unveils a new plan to revive the economy that includes a flat 13% income tax

Putin makes his first state of the nation address and calls for increased power to the central Government to overcome a bleak diagnosis of the countrys ills

Releases Ecstasy, continuing his late-career focus on long-form guitar-based songwriting.

Al Gore admits defeat to George Bush

The campaigns of Clinton and Lazio, along with Giulianis initial effort, spends a record combined $90 million, Clinton won the election with 55 percent of the vote to Lazios 43 percent. First time an American First Lady runs for public office, also the first female senator to represent New York

Calls for a 2nd recount in Florida

Al Gore admits defeat to George Bush

Iranian reformists win landslide victory in the general election

Putin announces a 20% increase in pensions ahead of the Mar 26 elections

Presidential elections are held, Putin wins in the first round, becomes the 2nd post-Communist President with 52.5% vote

Putin wins the election

Shevardnadze wins re-election with some 82% of the vote

Elected President of Taiwan, ends the 50 yr Kuomingtang monoploy

The First Kjell Magne Bondevik Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.

Sees Greece's convergence programme accepted as sufficient for euro adoption from January 2001.

Produces one of Portugal's most memorable European Championship performances.

Galileo begins the Millennium Mission with another close flyby of Europa.

Becomes the second Portuguese player receiving the award.

Begins building the new Iraq inspection organization.

Brown sets substantial three-year increases for health and education budgets.

The government accelerates compulsory redistribution of commercial agricultural land.

Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor

Scores his first Arsenal hat-trick as the club defeat Leicester City 6-1 at Highbury.

Chairs the first session of the UNMOVIC College of Commissioners.

Begins an international career spanning three major tournament victories.

Begins the First Jens Stoltenberg Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.

Arif participates in foreign policy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

British forces help stabilize Freetown and support Sierra Leonean government authority

Putin signs a decree to re-establish the "special departments" (FSB) to seek out political disloyalty in the military

Galileo flies about 198 kilometres above Io, obtaining close measurements of its active volcanic environment.

Galileo makes another close Ganymede pass, extending measurements of its surface and magnetic environment.

Galileo and Cassini conduct complementary observations while Cassini passes through the Jupiter system.

Galileo performs a distant Ganymede encounter while coordinating broader Jupiter-system observations with Cassini.

Completes Real Madrid's victory by rounding the goalkeeper and scoring the third goal.

Represents Greece as the Council confirms that the country meets the conditions to adopt the euro.

Leads Greece as it requests removal of its monetary-union derogation and seeks entry into the euro area.

Makes his senior debut for Groningen and quickly emerges as an outstanding young winger.

Israelin peace negotiations fail when Hafez Assad rejects an Israeli offer relayed by US President Clinton in Geneva

Palestinians initiate riots after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount, which is also the location of the Haram as Sharif holy to Muslims

Palestinians initiate riots after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount, which is also the location of the Haram as Sharif holy to Muslims

Palestinians initiate riots after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount, which is also the location of the Haram as Sharif holy to Muslims

Palestinians initiate riots after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount, which is also the location of the Haram as Sharif holy to Muslims

Scores all three goals as Portugal defeats Germany.

Obuchi is hospitalized & forced to rest

UNESCO inscribes Bruges historic centre as a World Heritage Site.

Is approved as Real Madrid's honorary president in recognition of his historic contribution.

Putin is inaugurated, he names Mikhail Kasyanof as Prime Minister and pledges to restore the country to world-power status

Putin unveils a new plan to revive the economy that includes a flat 13% income tax

Saakashvili said he is counting on US help to facedown Moscow and reassert control over Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia

Leaders of Georgia and Ukraine called for an alliance that would champion democracy in the former Soviet lands

Says will not declare independence while China does not attack

The Second Intifada begins after Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount Haram al Sharif

Sharon's visit to the disputed holy site becomes a trigger for widespread Palestinian unrest

Scores twice in the opening six minutes as Boca Juniors defeat Real Madrid 2-1 to win the Intercontinental Cup.

US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright calls for a new start in USian relations and announces lifting of sanctions on Iranian exports ranging from carpets to food products

Faces spreading clashes after the Temple Mount visit and the collapse of peace talks.

The Second Intifada begins after Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount and violence spreads across Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.

Becomes a prominent Fatah figure during the Second Intifada.

Signs a border treaty with Saudi Arabia.

The Bihar Reorganisation Act takes effect, establishing Jharkhand as a new state with Ranchi as its capital.

Becomes the Right Honourable Sir Edward Heath, KG, MBE

Guides Benfica to a 3-0 league victory over city rivals Sporting Lisbon.

Represents Ireland as leaders launch the Lisbon strategy for employment, innovation and economic reform.

Represents Italy as leaders launch the Lisbon strategy for employment, economic reform and innovation.

Represents Germany as leaders launch the Lisbon strategy for employment, economic reform and knowledge-based growth.

Represents Greece as leaders launch the Lisbon strategy for employment, innovation and economic reform.

Chirac backed the European strategy for employment, economic reform and a more competitive knowledge-based economy.

Supports the programme for making the European economy more competitive and knowledge-based.

Musharraf announces a devolution plan establishing elected district governments.

In an effort to gain acceptance of the relationship Camilla meets the Queen

Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones marry at the New York Plaza Hotel

Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit divorce

Madonna marries Guy Ritchie near Dornoch in Sutherland

Madonna marries Guy Ritchie near Dornoch in Sutherland

Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones marry at the New York Plaza Hotel

Brown marries Sarah Macaulay at their home in North Queensferry.

Scores with a low volley as Real Madrid defeat Valencia 3-0.

Mrs Albright meets Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi at United Nations in New York - the first such talks since diplomatic ties were severed in 1979

Clinton meets Putin in Moscow and begins discussions on trade, missile defense and nuclear arms control

Putin meets Tony Blair and promises to implement economic reforms and root out corruption

Putin meets Tony Blair and promises to implement economic reforms and root out corruption

The Millennium Dome opens at Greenwich for the national millennium exhibition.

Hubble quasar spectroscopy reveals extensive filaments of ionized hydrogen between galaxies, helping account for matter missing from the nearby universe.

Heads Real Madrid into the lead during the first Champions League final between clubs from one country.

Putin sanctions the change of the National Anthem of Russia to restore the music of the pre-1991 Soviet anthem, but with new words

Musharraf's government establishes the National Command Authority to oversee major decisions concerning Pakistan's nuclear forces.

Russia publishes the 21-page "Concept on National Security" that details the scenarios under which it would use nuclear weapons

Russia publishes the 21-page "Concept on National Security" that details the scenarios under which it would use nuclear weapons

Appointed to serve as National Security Adviser, earns the nickname of "Warrior Princess," reflecting strong nerve and delicate manners, the first woman to occupy the post

Represents Italy as leaders negotiate institutional reforms intended to prepare the Union for enlargement.

Chirac chaired the Nice European Council, which reached agreement on institutional reforms for future enlargement.

Represents Irish diplomacy as leaders negotiate institutional reforms for enlargement.

Participates as leaders negotiate institutional changes intended to prepare the Union for a major enlargement.

Represents Greece as leaders negotiate institutional changes intended to prepare the Union for enlargement.

Jospin represented the French government during negotiations that produced the Nice institutional settlement.

Supports the final political compromise on institutional reform reached at Nice.

Supports the political agreement on institutional reform reached at the end of the Nice European Council.

Shares the Nobel Prize for developing semiconductor heterostructures.

Russia and NATO announce a resumption of contacts that were broken in Mar 1999 due to NATO bombing in Yugoslavia

Russia and NATO announce a resumption of contacts that were broken in Mar 1999 due to NATO bombing in Yugoslavia

Russia and NATO announce a resumption of contacts that were broken in Mar 1999 due to NATO bombing in Yugoslavia

Putin says that Russia will consider joining NATO if it is treated as an equal partner

Putin says that Russia will consider joining NATO if it is treated as an equal partner

Putin says that Russia will consider joining NATO if it is treated as an equal partner

Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches

Putin proposes a Moscow-based early warning centre for nuclear missile launches around the world

Jiang Zemin and Putin denounce the US proposed missile defense program as a violation of the 1972 ABM Treaty, they also vow to strengthen a strategic partnership between their countries

Putin signs the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, it will not be effective until the US and other nations also approve

British forces rescue captured soldiers from the West Side Boys

Britain launches Operation Palliser to evacuate citizens and stabilize Freetown

Receives Security Council approval for UNMOVIC's organizational plan.

Submits the organizational plan for UNMOVIC.

The OVP accepts the FPO as a coalition partner, provokes political crisis

ZANU-PF narrowly retains control while the MDC becomes a major parliamentary opposition.

Israelin peace negotiations fail when Hafez Assad rejects an Israeli offer relayed by US President Clinton in Geneva

Receives Brahimi Report recommending major UN peacekeeping reforms

Brown combines the pension increase with additional support for older households.

President Clinton extends ban on US oil contracts with Iran, accusing it of continuing to support international terrorism

Russia is accused by human rights groups and refugees of brutality toward Chechens in camps

India marks the symbolic birth of its billionth citizen as its population reaches one billion.

Loum leaves office after Wade's presidential victory

Diouf leaves office after losing the presidential election

Jozo Krizanovic becomes Croat member of the Presidency

Appointed President of Armenia

Takes office as President of Chile after winning the 1999-2000 runoff election.

Appointed President of Ecuador after the removal of Jamil Mahuad

Appointed President of Russia

Appointed President of Switzerland

Appointed President of Turkey

Appointed President of Uruguay

Abdoulaye Wade becomes President after Senegal's first democratic alternation

Hugo Chavez won a new presidential election held under the 1999 Constitution.

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan due to the ill health of Obuchi

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term

Appointed Prime Minister of Norway

Nastase forms a government focused on Euro-Atlantic integration.

Putin is inaugurated, he names Mikhail Kasyanof as Prime Minister and pledges to restore the country to world-power status

Appointed Prime Minister of Russia

Moustapha Niasse becomes Prime Minister under President Wade

Putin takes personal control over Chechnya, a provisional Government is planned headed by a Kremlin-appointed official

Is elected president of Real Madrid and begins his first term leading the club.

Moves directly from Barcelona to Real Madrid.

Putin announces that federal forces had scored a major victory in Chechnya

Russian agents capture Salman Raduyev, a Chechen warlord

Russia is accused by human rights groups and refugees of brutality toward Chechens in camps. Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians

Russian agents capture Salman Raduyev, a Chechen warlord

Rebels attack Russian positions in Argun, Shali and Gudermes as Russia continues a bombing halt for the Orthodox Christmas

Putin unveils a new plan to revive the economy that includes a flat 13% income tax

Maude resigns from the Thatcherite No Turning Back group

Resigns after a 1 million pound pay off

Keegan resigned as England coach after England lost to a Dietmar Hamann goal for Germany in their first World Cup qualifier in the last game to be played at Wembley Stadium before its demolition and reconstruction.

Portillo resigns from the Thatcherite No Turning Back group

Announces retirement from the House of Commons, 50 unbroken years as Member of Parliament for Bexley

Prepares to leave the House of Commons after more than fifty years as an MP.

Returns to the presidency after election victory.

Iliescu begins a further presidential term after winning the 2000 election.

Perform benefit shows at the Royal Albert Hall.

Saakashvili said he is counting on US help to facedown Moscow and reassert control over Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia

Putin declares direct rule over Chechnya from Moscow. former Chechen cleric Akhmad Kadyrov is appointed as administrative head

Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians

Putin announces that federal forces had scored a major victory in Chechnya

Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians

Putin declares direct rule over Chechnya from Moscow. former Chechen cleric Akhmad Kadyrov is appointed as administrative head

Putin takes personal control over Chechnya, a provisional Government is planned headed by a Kremlin-appointed official

Saakashvili said he is counting on US help to facedown Moscow and reassert control over Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia

Russia and NATO announce a resumption of contacts that were broken in Mar 1999 due to NATO bombing in Yugoslavia

Russia and NATO announce a resumption of contacts that were broken in Mar 1999 due to NATO bombing in Yugoslavia

Foday Sankoh is arrested after violence near his Freetown residence

The agreement resolves a longstanding territorial dispute.

Chairs the second meeting of UNMOVIC Commissioners.

The Security Council approves Blix's appointment.

The Commission proceeds with recruitment and operational preparations.

The achievement marks semiconductor heterostructures as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Releases Sing When You're Winning, expanding his international commercial reach.

Putin fires Tatyana Dyachenko, daughter of Boris Yeltsin and Kremlin image adviser from her post in one of his first official acts, moving quickly to distance himself from Yeltsins scandal-tinged administration

A nuclear submarine sinks in the Barents Sea with a loss of all its crew

Kursk was lost during a Northern Fleet exercise after explosions in the forward torpedo compartment; all 118 people aboard died.

K-141 Kursk actually sank in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000; this supplied January record describes an unrelated Kremlin personnel decision.

Makes his senior Spain debut against the Netherlands.

Brown announces major multi-year increases for health, education and other public services.

Putin calls for a quick ratification of the START II Nuclear arms reduction Treaty and deeper cuts in nuclear missiles

Putin calls for a quick ratification of the START II Nuclear arms reduction Treaty and deeper cuts in nuclear missiles

The Russian Duma (lower house of Parliament) overwhelmingly approves the START II ratification legislation 288-131 with four abstentions. The Duma finally raties the Treaty, in a largely symbolic move since the ratification was made contingent on preserving the ABM Treaty, which it was clear the US was not prepared to do

The Duma finally raties the Treaty, in a largely symbolic move since the ratification was made contingent on preserving the ABM Treaty, which it was clear the US was not prepared to do

Putin signs the resolution of ratification for START II and its extension protocol, the legislation makes exchange of the instruments of ratification (required to bring the Treaty into force) contingent on US ratification of the 1997 extension protocol

Brown announces a five-pound weekly increase in the basic state pension.

Two suicide attackers ram a boat carrying explosives into the USS Cole in Aden port killing 17 American sailors

The Supreme Court orders Musharraf to hold national elections by October 2002.

Visits the Temple Mount Haram al Sharif before the outbreak of the Second Intifada.

Releases Things Have Changed for the film Wonder Boys.

Chairs the third session of the UNMOVIC College.

Begins the first Chilean presidency held by a Socialist since Salvador Allende.

The transfer makes Beckham the third Englishman to play for the club after Laurie Cunningham and Steve McManaman. Manchester United had been keen to sell Beckham to Barcelona but instead signs a four-year contract with Real Madrid, with the transfer fee being about œ25m

Putin signs the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, it will not be effective until the US and other nations also approve

RUF fighters seize UN peacekeepers and threaten the peace process

Receives Council condemnation of violence after the Temple Mount Haram al Sharif crisis

He is asked to take up UNMOVIC responsibilities promptly.

The College provides advice and guidance to the Executive Chairman.

Commissioners review preparations for renewed Iraq monitoring.

The College reviews recruitment, training and inspection readiness.

Commissioners assess preparations while Iraq remains closed to inspections.

Takes up his duties as Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.

Kofi Annan recommends Blix as Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.

Defines structures for inspection, analysis, training and verification.

Government responds after the USS Cole is bombed in Aden.

Uttaranchal, later renamed Uttarakhand, becomes a separate state after being carved from Uttar Pradesh.

Narrowly loses a Conservative parliamentary selection contest in Wealden.

West Side Boys militia suffers defeat during British rescue operation

Selected as Conservative candidate for Witney.

Alexei Yagudin wins his third title in the World Figure Skating Championships

Pinochet is indicted for "kidnapping" 75 opponents in the Caravan of Death case - Guzman advanced the charge of "kidnapping" as they were officially "disappeared:"

Adamantios Androutsopoulos dies in 2000.

Death of Alan James Ball Jr

Death of Alec Guinness

Death of Andre Deutsch

Death of Claire Trevor

Death of Donald Dewar

Death of Hafez Al Assad

Death of Hafez al-Assad

Death of Ian Dury

Death of John Gielgud

Death of Kirsty MacColl

Death of Malcolm Bradbury

Death of Petur Mladenov

Death of Pierre Elliot Trudeau

Death of Pierre Trudeau

Death of Robin Day

Death of Stanley Matthews

Death of Vittorio Gassman

Death of Walter Matthau