What Happened In March 2000 In History

Historical Events for March, 2000

• 1st » The Constitution of Finland is rewritten.
• 1st » Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.
• 10th » The Nasdaq Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com bubble e.g dot-com boom.
• 17th » 530 members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
• 21st » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
• 24th » S&P 500 index reaches an intraday high of 1,552.87, a peak that, due to the collapse of the dot-com bubble, it will not reach again for another seven-and-a-half years.
• 27th » A Phillips explosion of 2000 or Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one and injures 71.
• 28th » Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train.

Famous Birthdays on March in 2000

• 27th » Sophie Nélisse, Canadian teen actress

Famous Deaths for March 2000

• 2nd » Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (b. 1963)
• 3rd » Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 4th » Hermann Brück, German-Scottish astronomer (b. 1905)
• 4th » Kyi Kyi Htay, Burmese actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1924)
• 4th » Michael Noonan (Australian writer) called Michael Noonan, New Zealand-Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 4th » Alphons Silbermann, German sociologist, musicologist, and publicist (b. 1909)
• 4th » Ta-You Wu, Chinese physicist (b. 1907)
• 5th » Rena Dor, Greek actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 5th » Lolo Ferrari, French porn actress and singer (b. 1962)
• 6th » John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
• 7th » Charles Gray (actor) named Charles Gray, English actor (b. 1928)
• 7th » Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
• 9th » Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and educator (b. 1908)
• 9th » Ivo Robić, Croatian singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 14th » C. Jérôme, French singer (b. 1946)
• 16th » Thomas Ferebee, American colonel (b. 1918)
• 16th » Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian writer (b. 1911)
• 16th » Michael Starr (politician) called Michael Starr, Canadian politician (b. 1910)
• 18th » Eberhard Bethge, German theologian (b. 1909)
• 19th » Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (b. 1935)
• 19th » Shafiq-ur-Rahman (humorist) or Shafiq-ur-Rahman, Pakistani physician and author (b. 1920)
• 20th » Gene Eugene, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer (Adam Again, The Swirling Eddies, and Lost Dogs) (b. 1961)
• 25th » Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
• 26th » Alex Comfort, English physician and author (b. 1920)
• 27th » Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Blockheads) (b. 1942)
• 28th » Anthony Powell, English author (b. 1905)
• 30th » Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (b. 1915)

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