At A Glance
13 January 2000 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 January 2000 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun” by Westlife.
- Top Film of 2000
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2000 was Mission: Impossible 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 January 2000 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 January 2000 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 13 January
- 1993 Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
- 1993 The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed.
- 1993 Operation Southern Watch: U.S.A.F., U.S.N., R.A.F. and French Air Force jets attack AAA and SAM sites in Southern Iraq.
- 1998 Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
- 2003 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory.
Famous people born on 13 January
- Orlando Bloom, English actor (born 1977)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, comedian, and producer (born 1961)
- Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor (born 1990)
- Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver (born 1966)
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.
Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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