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Events on Tuesday 31 October 2000 2
2000 – presentAdeleBorn May 5, 1988 — record-breaking singerAdele Laurie Blue Adkins was born on May 5, 1988 in London. Her album 21 spent 24 weeks at number one in the UK and 24 in the US. Her single Hello sold 1 million copies in the UK in a single week.
2000First resident crew reaches the International Space StationExpedition 1 begins a continuous human presence in orbitExpedition 1, with commander Bill Shepherd and cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, launched from Baikonur on 31 October 2000 and docked with the International Space Station on 2 November. Their arrival began an unbroken human presence aboard the station that still continues. The crew stayed for over four months.