At A Glance

5 February 2000 at a glance

Day of the week
5 February 2000 was a Saturday.
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 5 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 5 February 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 5 February 2000 was New Moon.

On this day: 5 February

  • 1985 Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
  • 1988 Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
  • 1997 The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
  • 2004 Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
  • 2016 New Zealand politician Steven Joyce is hit by a flung rubber dildo in a Waitangi Day protest.

Famous people born on February 5

  • Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
  • Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director (born 1969)
  • Neymar, Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
  • Laura Linney, American actress (born 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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