Portal:Current events/August 2000

August 2000 was the eighth month of that century leap year. The month, which began on a Tuesday, ended on a Thursday after 31 days.

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August 8, 2000 (Tuesday)

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Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.

Law and crime

A coalition of 28 U.S. states file a lawsuit against the major record labels, accusing them of keeping the prices of CDs fixed at artificially high prices since 1995.

August 12, 2000 (Saturday)

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Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea. All 118 men aboard die.

August 27, 2000 (Sunday)

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Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.

August 28, 2000 (Monday)

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International relations

For the first time in history, religious and spiritual leaders of the world's diverse faith traditions came together in New York to discuss how to forge a partnership of peace with the United Nations. (UN Millennium Peace Summit)

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