At A Glance

3 May 2000 at a glance

Day of the week
3 May 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 3 May is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 3 May 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 3 May 2000 was New Moon.

On this day: 3 May

  • 1979 The Conservative Party wins the United Kingdom general election. The following day, Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female British Prime Minister.
  • 1999 Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War.
  • 2000 The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
  • 2001 The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
  • 2016 Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.

Famous people born on 3 May

  • Ella Langley, American singer-songwriter (born 1999)
  • Pom Klementieff, French actress (born 1986)
  • Rachel Zegler, American actress and singer (born 2001)
  • James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (1933–2006)

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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