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2 April 2000 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 April 2000 was a Sunday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Bye Bye Bye” by *NSYNC.
- Top Film of 2000
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2000 was Mission: Impossible 2.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2000
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2000 was the Holden Commodore.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 April 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 April 2000 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 2 April
- 1986 Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
- 1989 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
- 1991 Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
- 2002 Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
- 2011 India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
Famous people born on 2 April
- Jesse Plemons, American actor (born 1988)
- Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor (born 1975)
- Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer (born 1977)
- Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (1939–1984)
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Events of 2000 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2000 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic releases Care Australia worker Branko Jeken from imprisonment in Serbia.
- 5 February – The Woodridge state by-election and Bundamba state by-election are held in Queensland. Labor MP Mike Kaiser wins the seat of Woodridge.
- 20 March – Queensland Premier Peter Beattie announces that State Cabinet has approved a $30 million deal to exclude trawling from 35 percent of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and reduce the fish catch from the reef by 15 percent.
Life in Australia in 2000
Prime Minister
John Howard
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.85
Loaf of Bread
$2.00
Average House
$165,000
Weekly Wage
$820.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 2000s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Milly Alcock11 April 2000ActressView their day →Joseph Zada21 July 2005ActorView their day →Robert Irwin1 December 2003Conservationist & wildlife photographerView their day →Teagan Croft23 April 2004ActressView their day →Angourie Rice1 January 2001ActressView their day →Catherine Laga'aia17 December 2006Actress & singerView their day →Oscar Piastri6 April 2001Racing driverView their day →Felix15 September 2000Rapper & singerView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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