At A Glance
10 November 2000 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 November 2000 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “My Love” by Westlife.
- Top Film of 2000
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2000 was Mission: Impossible 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 November 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 November 2000 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 10 November
- 1997 WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
- 1999 World Anti-Doping Agency is formed in Lausanne.
- 2002 Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November.
- 2006 The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.
- 2008 Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
Famous people born on 10 November
- Zoey Deutch, American actress (born 1994)
- Drew Lock, American football player (born 1996)
- Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (1977–2009)
- Walton Goggins, American actor and producer (born 1971)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2000 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2000 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 4 May – London mayoral election: Ken Livingstone, standing as an independent, becomes the first directly elected Mayor of London defeating Steve Norris, the Conservative Party candidate in second place; and Frank Dobson, the Labour Party candidate in third place.
- 12 May – The Tate Modern art museum is opened to the public in London.
- 10 June – The much-anticipated Millennium Bridge across the Thames in London opens to the public, but has to close after it starts swaying.
Life in 2000
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£1.80
Loaf of Bread
72p
Average House
£89,597
Weekly Wage
£458.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 2000s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
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