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6 October 2000 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 6 October 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 6 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 6 October 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 6 October 2000 was First Quarter.
On this day: 6 October
- 1987 Fiji becomes a republic.
- 1990 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions.
- 1995 The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
- 2007 Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
- 2010 Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.
Famous people born on 6 October
- Elisabeth Shue, American actress (born 1963)
- Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician (born 1948)
- Emily Mortimer, English actress (born 1971)
- Trevor Lawrence, American football player (born 1999)
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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.
Troy Parrott4 February 2002FootballerView their day →Kate O'Connor12 December 2000AthleteView their day →Evan Ferguson19 October 2004FootballerView their day →Rhasidat Adeleke29 August 2002AthleteView their day →Adam Idah11 February 2001FootballerView their day →Amybeth McNulty7 November 2001ActressView their day →James Abankwah16 January 2004FootballerView their day →Sophie O'Sullivan23 December 2001AthleteView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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