What Happened In September 2000 In History

Historical Events for September, 2000

• 10th » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
• 11th » Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 (protest) e.g S11 protests also take place.
• 14th » Microsoft releases Windows ME.
• 26th » Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
• 26th » The MS or Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
• 28th » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Famous Birthdays on September in 2000

• 26th » Princess Salma bint Abdullah of Jordan
• 28th » Frankie Jonas, American actor

Famous Deaths for September 2000

• 2nd » Elvera Sanchez, American dancer (b. 1905)
• 2nd » Curt Siodmak, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 3rd » Edward Anhalt, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 5th » Roy Fredericks, Guyanese cricketer (b. 1942)
• 5th » Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician (b. 1918)
• 7th » Bruce Gyngell, Australian-English broadcaster (b. 1929)
• 9th » Julian Critchley, English politician (b. 1930)
• 10th » Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 13th » Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse (b. 1908)
• 14th » Beah Richards, American actress, playwright, and poet (b. 1920)
• 14th » Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (b. 1906)
• 16th » Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
• 17th » Paula Yates, Welsh television host and author (b. 1959)
• 19th » Pastor Coronel, Paraguayan politician (b. 1919)
• 19th » Anthony Robert Klitz, English painter (b. 1917)
• 20th » Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)
• 21st » Jacques Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1915)
• 21st » Leonid Rogozov, Russian physician and surgeon (b. 1934)
• 22nd » Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1916)
• 23rd » Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947)
• 23rd » Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 25th » R. S. Thomas, Welsh priest and poet (b. 1913)
• 26th » Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
• 26th » Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
• 28th » Pierre Trudeau, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
• 29th » John Grant (British politician) called John Grant, English politician (b. 1932)

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