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October 2000
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
'''October 2000''': [[January 2000|January]] – [[February 2000|February]] – [[March 2000|March]] – [[April 2000|April]] – [[May 2000|May]] – [[June 2000|June]] – [[July 2000|July]] – [[August 2000|August]] – [[September 2000|September]] – October – [[November 2000|November]] – [[December 2000|December]]

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==Events==
===October 1, 2000===
* Incorporation of [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited]] & [[Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited]] under the Indian Companies Act, 1956.
* [[October 2000 events (Israel)]] – 12 Arab citizens of Israel are killed by Israeli security forces after a riot/violent demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians under military rule in the West Bank and Gaza.

===October 5, 2000===
* President [[Slobodan Milošević]] leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout [[Serbia]] and the withdrawal of Russian support. This political event became known as [[5th October Overthrow|5th October Revolution in Serbia]].

===October 11, 2000===
* 250 million US gallons ({{Nowrap|950,000 m<sup>3</sup>)}} of coal sludge spill in [[Martin County, Kentucky]]. Considered a greater environmental disaster than the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]].Also Thomas Danile Johnson was born at 4:15 in Winnipeg MB Canada

===October 12, 2000===
* In [[Aden]], [[Yemen]], the {{USS|Cole|DDG 67|6}} is badly damaged by two [[suicide bomber]]s who placed a small boat laden with [[explosive]]s alongside the [[United States Navy]] destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.

===October 17, 2000===
* [[Hatfield rail crash]], United Kingdom: Part of a rail shatters as a passenger train passes over it; four people are killed, 70 are injured.

===October 22, 2000===
* [[Mainichi Shinbun]] exposes Japanese archeologist [[Shinichi Fujimura]] as a fraud.

===October 23, 2000===
* [[Rodney Anoa'i]] (yokozuna wrestler) died in [[Liverpool]] at the age of 34 from heart failure.

===October 26, 2000===
* [[Sony]]'s [[PlayStation 2]] is released in North America.

===October 30, 2000===
* The last [[Multics]] machine is shut down.

===October 31, 2000===
* [[Singapore Airlines Flight 006]] collides with a [[excavator]] in the [[Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport|Chiang Kai-shek International Airport]] – 83 dead.

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[[Category:October|2000]]
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