At A Glance

5 November 2000 at a glance

Day of the week
5 November 2000 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)” by Christina Aguilera.
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 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 5 November 2000 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 5 November 2000 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 5 November

  • 1996 Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.
  • 1996 Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
  • 2007 China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
  • 2007 The Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.
  • 2013 India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.

Famous people born on November 5

  • Odell Beckham Jr., American football player (born 1992)
  • Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer (born 1988)
  • Sam Rockwell, American actor (born 1968)
  • Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

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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