What Happened In January 2000 In History

Historical Events for January, 2000

• 3rd » The last original weekday 'Peanuts' comic strip is published.
• 4th » Two trains on the Røros Line Åsta accident named collide in Åsta, Norway, resulting in an explosive fire and 19 deaths.
• 6th » Celia, the last Pyrenean Ibex was found dead after a treehad landed on her.
• 14th » A United Nations tribunal sentences five Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina known as Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
• 21st » Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-Preside
• 31st » Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.

Famous Birthdays on January in 2000

• 8th » Noah Cyrus, American actress and singer

Famous Deaths for January 2000

• 1st » Colin Vaughan, Australian journalist (b. 1931)
• 2nd » Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (b. 1920)
• 4th » Tom Fears, American football player (b. 1922)
• 4th » Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician (b. 1909)
• 6th » Don Martin (cartoonist) named Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
• 7th » Gary Albright, American wrestler (b. 1963)
• 8th » Fritz Thiedemann, German horse rider (b. 1918)
• 9th » Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer (b. 1915)
• 9th » Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
• 10th » Sam Jaffe (producer) e.g Sam Jaffe, American film producer (b. 1901)
• 12th » Marc Davis (animator) e.g Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
• 12th » Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
• 14th » Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 15th » Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
• 15th » Željko Ražnatović, Serbian commander (b. 1952)
• 15th » Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916)
• 16th » Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets (doo wop) e.g The Cadets) (b. 1928)
• 16th » Robert R. Wilson, American physicist (b. 1914)
• 17th » Philip Jones (musician) named Philip Jones, English trumpet player (b. 1928)
• 17th » Ion Rațiu, Romanian politician (b. 1917)
• 18th » Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
• 19th » Bettino Craxi, Italian politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
• 19th » Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress and mathematician (b. 1913)
• 22nd » Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1920)
• 22nd » Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (b. 1916)
• 24th » Bobby Duncum, Jr., American wrestler (b. 1965)
• 26th » Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
• 26th » Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 26th » A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (b. 1912)
• 27th » Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1930)
• 31st » Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (b. 1926)

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