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This article covers breaking news and events in August 2000.
Daily events
Tuesday August 1, 2000
- Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) is turning away from the rules of spelling in accordance with their reform from 1996 and is again using the spellings it had used until the changeover in 1999. Your editors hope for "many imitators" among the publishers of printed matter.
- Leverkusen / Germany : Bayern Munich wins the fifth edition of the DFB League Cup . After the 5: 1 in the final against Hertha BSC , the title goes to Bayern for the fourth time in four years. The number of viewers is falling for the third year in a row.
Thursday August 3, 2000
- Philadelphia / United States : Texas Governor George W. Bush is nominated by the Republican Party as a candidate for the November presidential election. There was no other candidate, as the last remaining competitor, Alan Keyes withdrew his candidacy during the nomination party convention.
Friday 4th August 2000
- Atlantic : The Atlantic hurricane season 2000 begins when the low pressure area of Alberto intensifies a few days after its formation from a tropical wave over Guinea into a tropical cyclone .
Saturday August 12, 2000
- Barents Sea : The Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk sinks after water vapor and gaseous oxygen formed on board , with a crew of 118 men 180 km northeast of Murmansk .
Tuesday 15th August 2000
- Pyongyang / North Korea , Seoul / South Korea : For the first time in half a century, selected families from North and South Korea are allowed to visit. 100 people meet each other in Pyongyang and Seoul.
Wednesday August 16, 2000
- Santo Domingo / Dominican Republic : Rafael Hipólito Mejía Domínguez becomes President.
Thursday 17th August 2000
- Bonn / Germany : The auction of licenses for mobile communications standard UMTS by the Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post delivered 98.8 billion D-Mark . The money goes into the coffers of the Confederation . The new standard offers a data transfer rate of theoretically 42 Mbit / s .
- Los Angeles / United States : The Democratic Party nominates the Vice President of the United States Al Gore as its candidate for the presidential election in November . The decision is unanimous.
Sunday August 20, 2000
- Klettwitz / Germany : In the southern Brandenburg is Euro Speedway Lausitz opened. On this occasion, 80,000 visitors come to the new race track near the city of Senftenberg .
- Moscow / Russia : After a long debate, the Russian Orthodox Church canonize the last Tsar Nicholas II, emperor and autocrat of all Russians , his wife, his children and 1,100 other people . The criterion for canonization is that the persons died for their belief.
- Wirral / United Kingdom : The Dutch- British manufacturer of cosmetics and personal care products Unilever announces that it only pays bills in the United Kingdom in euros . A few days ago, the car manufacturer Toyota took the same step. The Financial Times sees it as an attack on Tony Blair's government , which is clinging to the pound sterling .
Thursday August 24, 2000
- Berlin / Germany : Representatives from Germany and Austria sign an agreement to avoid double taxation on income and wealth tax .
Sunday August 27, 2000
Monday August 28, 2000
- New York , United States : 2,000 envoys from the world's leading faith communities gather at the invitation of the United Nations to discuss ways to peace on planet earth . The symposium will end on August 31st.
See also
- Nekrolog August 2000 for deaths that month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in August
Web links
Commons : August 2000 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The 'ß' is not a dogma". In: tagesschau.de . August 25, 2007, accessed September 16, 2018 .
- ↑ DFB-Liga-Pokal 2000. In: kicker.de . Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
- ^ George W. Bush : Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. In: ucsb.edu , The American Presidency Project. August 3, 2000, accessed July 19, 2017 .
- ^ Hurricane Alberto. In: noaa.gov . December 8, 2000, accessed May 31, 2017 .
- ↑ A big bluff. In: Der Spiegel . October 22, 2001. Retrieved February 26, 2017 .
- ^ Rafael Hipólito Mejía Domínguez. In: domreptotal.com. August 15, 2008, accessed September 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Annual Report 2000. In: bundesbank.de . 2001, accessed September 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Al Gore : Address Accepting the Presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. In: ucsb.edu , The American Presidency Project. August 17, 2000, accessed July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ In close contact with motorsport fans. In: lr-online.de . April 12, 2006, accessed September 16, 2018 .
- ↑ The Tsar's family canonized. In: br.de . August 20, 2014, accessed May 6, 2017 .
- ^ Unilever to pay bills in euros. In: dailymail.co.uk . August 21, 2000, accessed May 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Law on the agreement of August 24, 2000 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria to avoid double taxation in the area of taxes on income and property. In: bundesfinanzministerium.de . April 5, 2002, accessed May 6, 2017 .
- ↑ After the fire, there is a risk of demolition. In: spiegel.de . August 29, 2000, accessed September 18, 2016 .
- ^ About the Summit. In: millenniumpeacesummit.org, United Nations . Retrieved September 16, 2018 .