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- January 1- Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. Events in January Holidays New Year's Day - January 1 Coptic Christmas - January 7 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. December 1999: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September March 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September June 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September September 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - October 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - December 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that had been predicted. The Year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem, the millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K) was a notable Computer bug resulting
- January 1- Unification of Szeged's universities, called University of Szeged. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Szeged ( (approximate pronunciation Seg-ed (known also by alternative names) is the fourth largest City of Hungary, the Regional centre The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary and in Central Europe.
- January 5-January 8 - The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit
- January 10 - America On-line announces an agreement to buy Time Warner for $162 billion. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit was a meeting of several high-level Al-Qaeda members held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. This is the largest-ever corporate merger.
- January 11 - The trawler Solway Harvester sinks off the Isle of Man. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Career and sinking The Solway Harvester was launched in 1992 An automated scallop dredger she was fitted with sections along the sides which would rotate out and upwards The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical
- January 14 - A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats up to 25 years for the 1993
- January 14 - Sport Club Corinthians Paulista from Brazil became the first FIFA Club World Championship winner. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Croats (Hrvati are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is a Brazilian Sports club, based in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, most known for its football |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The FIFA Club World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Club World Championship, is a football competition contested between the champion clubs from all six continental
- January 16 - In Sacramento, California, a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the state capitol building killing the driver. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate.
- January 19- Three students died and 54 were injured in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Two students were charged with murder and arson for allegedly setting the fire.
- January 30 - The Super Bowl XXXIV took place at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Super Bowl XXXIV featured the National Football Conference (NFC champion St The Georgia Dome is a domed stadium located in Atlanta Georgia that is owned and operated by the State of Georgia The half time adverts featured seventeen dot-com companies (most memorably pets.com) that each paid over $2 million for a 30-second spot. Petscom is a former dot-com enterprise that ceased operations in November 2000
- January 31 - Dr Harold Shipman is sentenced to life in prison for murder of at least 15 of his patients out of 365 suspected victims. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Harold Frederick "Fred" Shipman (14 January 1946 &ndash 13 January 2004 was an English General practitioner and convicted Serial killer
- Sweden disestablishes the Church of Sweden as the official state religion. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan Ruoŧa girkui is the largest church in Sweden. A state religion (also called an official religion, established church or state church) is a religious body or Creed officially
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