At A Glance

30 July 2000 at a glance

Day of the week
30 July 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 30 July is Leo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 July 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 July 2000 was New Moon.

On this day: 30 July

  • 1981 As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, take to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
  • 2003 In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
  • 2006 The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
  • 2011 Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
  • 2012 A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.

Famous people born on 30 July

  • Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California (born 1947)
  • Joey King, American actress (born 1999)
  • Simon Baker, Australian actor, director, and producer (born 1969)

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.
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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