At A Glance

25 August 2000 at a glance

Day of the week
25 August 2000 was a Friday.
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 25 August is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 August 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for August is Peridot.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 August 2000 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 25 August

  • 1991 Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 1991 The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
  • 2003 NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
  • 2005 Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
  • 2006 Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.

Famous people born on 25 August

  • Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor (born 1976)
  • Kimi Antonelli, Italian race car driver (born 2006)
  • Blake Lively, American model and actress (born 1987)
  • Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (1930–2020)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2000 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2000 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 11 February – The British government suspended devolution in Northern Ireland.
  • 10 April – The ambulance service regulator, the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, was established.
  • 10 April – The Dublin Area Rapid Transit rail system was extended southwards from Bray to Greystones and northwards from Howth Junction to Malahide.

Life in Ireland in 2000

Taoiseach

Bertie Ahern

Petrol (per litre)

€0.82/L

Loaf of Bread

€0.95

Average House

€169,000

Weekly Wage

€260

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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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