July 2000

July 2000 was the seventh month of 2000. It began on a Saturday and ended after 31 days on a Monday.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from July 2000.

Current events of July 2, 2000 (2000-07-02) (Sunday) France beat Italy 2–1 at the final of the 2000 European Football Championship. Tenchi Muyo is first shown on American Television. Current events of July 10, 2000 (2000-07-10) (Monday) In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging for gasoline. Current events of July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14) (Friday) At Pine Lake in Central Alberta, a tornado tears through the Green Acres Campground killing 12 people and critically injuring more than 60. The first series of Big Brother (UK) starts. A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth. Current events of July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17) (Monday) The 10th President of Syria, Bashar al Assad, assumed office. Current events of July 18, 2000 (2000-07-18) (Tuesday) Alex Salmond resigns as the leader of the Scottish National Party. Current events of July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25) (Tuesday) A Concorde supersonic passenger jet crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 5 on the ground.

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