A Look Back At
Born in 2000
What Was Life Like in 2000?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Monarch
Elizabeth II
What Things Cost
Pint of Beer
£1.80
Loaf of Bread
72p
Petrol (per litre)
80p
Average House
£89,597
Weekly Wage
£458.00
Value of Money
£1 in 2000 would be worth approximately £1.80 in today's money.
Events of 2000 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2000 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 4 May – London mayoral election: Ken Livingstone, standing as an independent, becomes the first directly elected Mayor of London defeating Steve Norris, the Conservative Party candidate in second place; and Frank Dobson, the Labour Party candidate in third place.
- 12 May – The Tate Modern art museum is opened to the public in London.
- 10 June – The much-anticipated Millennium Bridge across the Thames in London opens to the public, but has to close after it starts swaying.
- 14 July – Reality television game show Big Brother first airs in the UK.
- 10 September – Operation Barras, a British military operation to free five soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment who have been held captive for over two weeks during the Sierra Leone Civil War, rescues all of them.
- 20 September – A missile is fired from a rocket launcher at the MI6 headquarters building in central London, striking the eighth floor.
- 4 October – After 41 years, production of the Mini ends at the Longbridge plant owned by MG Rover in Birmingham. The new model will go into production next Spring at the Cowley plant in Oxford that is owned by German carmaker BMW.
- 31 December – The Millennium Dome closes as planned after one year. It will be repurposed in 2007 when it becomes The O2 and the O2 Arena.
Popular Toys & Games
- Razor Scooter
- PlayStation 2
- Pokémon
UK No. 1 on 1 January 2000
I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun
Westlife