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July 2000 was the seventh month of that century leap year. The month, which began on a Saturday, ended on a Monday after 31 days.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from July 2000.

July 2, 2000 (2000-07-02) (Sunday) Disasters and accidents A Philippine Air Force GAF Nomad experiences possible engine trouble after takeoff from Cagayancillo Airport on Cagayancillo off Palawan in the Philippines. Its pilot attempts to return to the airport, but the plane overshoots the runway and crashes into the Sulu Sea, killing 11 of the 12 people on board. Philippine governor Salvatore Socrates and Philippine Air Force Major General Santiago Madrid are among the dead. Politics and elections Mexican general election, 2000 Vicente Fox is elected president of Mexico, as candidate of the rightist National Action Party, ending 71 years of Institutional Revolutionary Party rule. Sports UEFA Euro 2000 France beat Italy 2–1 in extra time with a golden goal at the final of the UEFA Euro 2000. July 10, 2000 (2000-07-10) (Monday) Business and economy EADS is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, Dornier Flugzeugwerke, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA. Disasters and accidents In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging for gasoline. Politics and elections Bashar al-Assad is confirmed as Syria's leader in a national referendum following the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad. July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14) (Friday) Pine Lake tornado At Pine Lake in Central Alberta, a tornado tears through the Green Acres Campground killing 12 people and critically injuring more than 60. The first series of Big Brother UK starts. A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth. July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17) (Monday) Disasters and accidents After coming in too high to make a successful landing at Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport in Patna, India, Alliance Air Flight 7412, a Boeing 737-2A8, attempts to make a 360-degree left turn for another landing attempt but stalls and crashes, killing 55 of the 58 people on board and injuring all three survivors. On the ground, five more people die and two are injured. Politics The 10th President of Syria, Bashar al Assad, assumed office. July 18, 2000 (2000-07-18) (Tuesday) Alex Salmond resigns as the leader of the Scottish National Party. July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25) (Tuesday) Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, crashes into a hotel in Gonesse just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 5 on the ground.

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