At A Glance

14 November 2000 at a glance

Day of the week
14 November 2000 was a Tuesday.
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 14 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 14 November 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 14 November 2000 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 14 November

  • 1995 A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
  • 2001 War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
  • 2001 A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan Plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
  • 2003 Astronomers discover Sedna, a distant trans-Neptunian dwarf planet.
  • 2008 The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.

Famous people born on November 14

  • Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms (born 1948)
  • Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1975)
  • Josh Duhamel, American model and actor (born 1972)
  • Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (1889–1964)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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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