Born on 13 December 2000

At A Glance

13 December 2000 at a glance

Day of the week

13 December 2000 was a Wednesday.

Irish Chart Song in 2000

The Irish chart song for 2000 was “Can We Fix It?” by Bob the Builder.

Top Film of 2000

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2000 was Mission: Impossible 2.

Star sign

The star sign for 13 December is Sagittarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 13 December 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.

Birthstone

The birthstone for December is Turquoise.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 13 December 2000 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 13 December

• 1981 General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.
• 1988 PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
• 2002 European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
• 2003 Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
• 2007 The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009.

Famous people born on 13 December

• Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
• Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1925)
• Steve Buscemi, American actor and director (born 1957)
• Jamie Foxx, American actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian (born 1967)

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