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11 November 2000 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 November 2000 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “With Arms Wide Open” by Creed.
- Top Film of 2000
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2000 was Mission: Impossible 2.
- Bestselling Novel of 2000
- “The Brethren” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2000.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Survivor” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2000–01 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 November 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 November 2000 was Full Moon.
On this day: 11 November
- 1993 A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- 1999 The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
- 2002 Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work.
- 2004 New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
- 2006 Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
Famous people born on November 11
- Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer (born 1974)
- Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer (born 1962)
- Stanley Tucci, American actor and director (born 1960)
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (1821–1881)
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Events of 2000 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2000 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 14 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the Dot-com bubble).
- March 26 – The 72nd Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Sam Mendes' American Beauty wins five awards out of eight nominations, including Best Picture and Director. The telecast of the event garners over 46.5 million viewers.
- May 19 – Walt Disney Pictures' 39th feature film, Dinosaur, is released.
Life in the US in 2000
President
Bill Clinton
Gas (per gallon)
$1.51
Loaf of Bread
$1.07
Average House
$165,300
Weekly Wage
$564
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