December 2000

December 2000: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December

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December 2000 is notable to be last month of 2000, the 20th century, and the 2nd millennium.

Events

December 1, 2000

• President Vicente Fox took office.
• Miss World pageant held in London's Millennium Dome. Priyanka Chopra wins the title.

December 5, 2000

• Born: Alfonso Erdmann Jr.

December 12, 2000

• Bush v. Gore: The U.S. Supreme Court stops the Florida presidential recount, effectively giving the state, and the Presidency, to George W. Bush, although some sources claimed Gore had won, by many overvotes, rejected by computer, showing votes for Gore plus write-in "Gore".

December 13, 2000

• The Texas Seven escape from their prison unit in Kenedy, Texas, and start a crime spree.

December 14, 2000

• The Texas Seven rob a Radio Shack in Pearland, Texas. They would use in their ensuing heist the police scanners they stole there.

December 15, 2000

• Reactor 3, the last reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, is shut down due to Western political pressure. Disney's Emperor's New Groove is released in movie theatres.

December 16, 2000

• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus is released in Japan.

December 24, 2000

• The Texas Seven rob a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot dead.

December 28, 2000

• U.S. department store chain Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business 128 years after it was founded as the world's first mail order business.

December 30, 2000

• Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines, within a span of a few hours killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.

December 31, 2000

• The Millennium Dome closes one year to the day of its opening.