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October 2000: January February March April May June July August September October November December Contents 1 Events 1.1 October 1 2000 1.2 October 5 2000 1.3 October 11 2000 1.4 October 12 2000 1.5 October 17 2000 1.6 October 22 2000 1.7 October 23 2000 1.8 October 27 2000 1.9 October 30 2000 1.10 October 31 2000 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 of solidarity with Palestinians under military rule in the West Bank and Gaza. October 5 2000 President Slobodan Miloevi leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout Serbia and the withdrawal of Russian support. This political event became known as 5th October Revolution in Serbia. October 11 2000 250 million US gallons (950000 m3) of coal sludge spill in Martin County Kentucky. Considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. October 12 2000 In Aden Yemen the USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers who placed a small boat laden with explosives 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 27 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 construction equipment in the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport 83 dead. v d eList of events by month 2009: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2008: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2007: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2006: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2005: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2004: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2003: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2002: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2001: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2000: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December