At A Glance

5 July 2000 at a glance

Day of the week
5 July 2000 was a Wednesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “The Real Slim Shady” by Eminem.
Top Film of 2000
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2000 was Mission: Impossible 2.
Star sign
The star sign for 5 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 5 July 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 5 July 2000 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 5 July

  • 1995 Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 1996 Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
  • 1999 U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
  • 2003 The World Health Organization announces that the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak has been contained.
  • 2004 The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.

Famous people born on 5 July

  • Sombr, American singer and songwriter (born 2005)
  • Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player (born 1994)
  • Edie Falco, American actress (born 1963)
  • Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor[citation needed] (born 1987)

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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