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2 November 2000 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 November 2000 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Holler / Let Love Lead the Way” by Spice Girls.
- Top Film of 2000
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2000 was Mission: Impossible 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 November 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 November 2000 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 2 November
- 1988 The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
- 1990 British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
- 2000 Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.
- 2008 Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race.
- 2016 The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
Famous people born on 2 November
- Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (1755–1793)
- Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host (born 1965)
- David Schwimmer, American actor (born 1966)
- Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (1865–1923)
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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
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