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13 December 2000 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 December 2000 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Independent Women” by Destiny's Child.
- 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 13 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 December 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 December 2000 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 13 December
- 1981 General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.
- 1988 PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
- 2002 European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
- 2003 Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
- 2007 The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009.
Famous people born on December 13
- Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
- Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1925)
- Steve Buscemi, American actor and director (born 1957)
- Jamie Foxx, American actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian (born 1967)
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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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Famous Faces Born in the 2000s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
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