At A Glance

28 May 2000 at a glance

Day of the week
28 May 2000 was a Sunday.
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 28 May is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 28 May 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 28 May 2000 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 28 May

  • 1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
  • 1998 Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
  • 1999 In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
  • 2002 The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
  • 2004 The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.

Famous people born on 28 May

  • Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1968)
  • Carey Mulligan, English actress (born 1985)
  • Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician (born 1971)
  • Cameron Boyce, American actor (1999–2019)

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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.
More events of 2000 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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