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January 2000

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[edit] International holidays

January 1 - New Year's Day
January 1 - Independence Day (Brunei) and (Haiti)
January 1 - Flag Day (Lithuania)
January 7 - Christmas (Orthodox)
January 8 - Coming of Age Day (Japan)
January 14 - Old New Year (Orthodox)
January 14 - Makar Sankranti (India)
January 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (United States)

January 20 - Islamic New Year (Islam, est.)
January 20 - Remembrance of Muharram begins (Shi'a Islam, est.)
January 26 - Australia Day (Australia)
January 26 - Republic Day (India))
January 27 - Holocaust Memorial Day (United Kingdom)
January 28 - The King's Namesday (Sweden)
January 29 - Day of Ashura (Islam, est.)

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January 1, 2000 (Saturday)

Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that had been predicted.
Unification of Szeged's universities, called University of Szeged.
Sweden disestablishes the Church of Sweden as the official state religion.

January 5, 2000 (Wednesday)

The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit on January 5th - January 8th.

January 10, 2000 (Monday)

America On-line announces an agreement to buy Time Warner for $162 billion. This is the largest-ever corporate merger.

January 11, 2000 (Tuesday)

The trawler Solway Harvester sinks off the Isle of Man.

January 14, 2000 (Friday)

A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats up to 25 years for the 1993
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista from Brazil became the first FIFA Club World Championship winner.

January 16, 2000 (Sunday)

In Sacramento, California, a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the state capitol building killing the driver.

January 19, 2000 (Wednesday)

Three students died and 54 were injured in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University. Two students were charged with murder and arson for allegedly setting the fire.

January 30, 2000 (Sunday)

The Super Bowl XXXIV took place at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The half time adverts featured seventeen dot-com companies (most memorably pets.com) that each paid over $2 million for a 30-second spot.

January 31, 2000 (Monday)

Dr Harold Shipman is sentenced to life in prison for murder of at least 15 of his patients out of 365 suspected victims.

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