At A Glance
30 October 2000 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 October 2000 was a Monday.
- 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 30 October is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 October 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 October 2000 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 30 October
- 1983 The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
- 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
- 1991 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
- 1995 Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
- 2014 Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.
Famous people born on 30 October
- Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer (born 1945)
- John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (1735–1826)
- Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman (born 1981)
- Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (1960–2020)
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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