Portal:Current events/October 2000

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October 2000 was the tenth month of that century leap year. The month, which began on a Sunday, ended on a Tuesday after 31 days.

Portal:Current events[edit]

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from October 2000.

October 1, 2000 (Sunday)

Incorporation of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited & Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited under the Indian Companies Act, 1956.
October 2000 events (Israel) – 12 Arab citizens of Israel are killed by Israeli security forces after a riot/violent demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians under military rule in the West Bank and Gaza.

October 5, 2000 (Thursday)

President Slobodan Milošević leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout Serbia and the withdrawal of Russian support. This political event became known as 5th October Revolution in Serbia.

October 11, 2000 (Wednesday)

250 million US gallons (950,000 m³) of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky. Considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Sports software company Recreational Technologies ends its attempt to become the primary provider of MLB scouting software, laying off 90% of its development staff.

October 12, 2000 (Thursday)

In Aden, Yemen, the USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers who placed a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.

October 18, 2000 (Wednesday)

Hatfield rail crash, United Kingdom: Part of a rail shatters as a passenger train passes over it; four people are killed, 70 are injured.

October 22, 2000 (Sunday)

Mainichi Shinbun exposes Japanese archeologist Shinichi Fujimura as a fraud.

October 23, 2000 (Monday)

Rodney Anoa'i (professional wrestler) died in Liverpool at the age of 34.

October 26, 2000 (Thursday)

Sony's PlayStation 2 is released in North America with 27 launch titles.

October 30, 2000 (Monday)

The last Multics machine is shut down.

October 31, 2000 (Tuesday)

Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with an excavator in the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport – 83 dead.

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