At A Glance

29 February 2000 at a glance

Day of the week
29 February 2000 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “I Knew I Loved You” by Savage Garden.
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 29 February is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 29 February 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 29 February 2000 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 29 February

  • 1996 The Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.
  • 2004 Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as president of Haiti following a coup.
  • 2004 Angelina Jolie wears a White Marc Bouwer dress to the 76th Academy Awards, which has since been placed on numerous lists for best Oscars fashion.
  • 2008 The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence withdraws Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan after news of his deployment is leaked to foreign media.
  • 2008 Misha Defonseca admits to fabricating her memoir, Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust.

Famous people born on February 29

  • Ferran Torres, Spanish footballer (born 2000)
  • Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1972)
  • Tony Robbins, American author and motivational activist (born 1960)
  • Dennis Farina, American police officer and actor (1944–2013)

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.
More events of 2000 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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