February 2000

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February 2000 was the second month of 2000. It began on a Tuesday and ended after 29 days on a Tuesday.

Events

Events of 6 February 2000 (2000-02-06) (Sunday) Tarja Halonen is elected the first Finnish female president. Events of 12 February 2000 (2000-02-12) (Saturday) Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Tom Landry, Charles M. Schulz, and Oliver die, of unrelated causes. Events of 13 February 2000 (2000-02-13) (Sunday) Final original Peanuts comic strip is published. Events of 16 February 2000 (2000-02-16) (Wednesday) Archbishop Desmond Tutu makes an address at the University of Toronto. (University of Toronto) UMBC's Poetry Symposium takes place, with the participation of poets Linda Pastan, Michael Harper, Ray Gonzalez, Leo Connellan, Forrest Gander, Derrick Gilbert, Terence Winch, and Michael Fallon. (UMBC) Events of 29 February 2000 (2000-02-29) (Tuesday) This leap day is the last in a turn-of-the-century leap year until February 29, 2400. Six-year-old Dedrick Owens shoots and kills Kayla Rolland, also six years old, at Theo J. Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, Michigan. Rolland is currently the youngest victim of a school shooting. (CNN)

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