At A Glance

13 September 2000 at a glance

Day of the week
13 September 2000 was a Wednesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Lady (Hear Me Tonight)” by Modjo.
Top Film of 2000
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2000 was Mission: Impossible 2.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 September 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 September 2000 was Full Moon.

On this day: 13 September

  • 1989 Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
  • 1993 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
  • 2001 Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
  • 2007 The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
  • 2007 The McLaren F1 team are found guilty of possessing confidential information from the Ferrari team, fined $100 million, and excluded from the constructors' championship standings.

Famous people born on 13 September

  • Lili Reinhart, American actress (born 1996)
  • Jean Smart, American actress (born 1951)
  • Tyler Perry, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1969)
  • Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (1916–1990)

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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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