Timeline September 2000

Events in September 2000 8

• 1919 – 2000 Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000) Died 28 September 2000, aged 80 Pierre Elliott Trudeau was prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984, a charismatic figure who inspired "Trudeaumania". He patriated the constitution with its Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, championed official bilingualism, and invoked emergency powers in the 1970 October Crisis. His death brought national mourning.
• 2000 Album "Light Years" and "Spinning Around" comeback Major commercial and cultural comeback Light Years, released in September 2000, relaunched Minogue as a disco-pop icon with the lead single "Spinning Around" returning her to number one in the UK. The album and its accompanying gold hotpants image marked one of the most celebrated comebacks in British pop history.
• 2000 Federer meets Mirka Vavrinec Sydney Olympics 2000 Roger Federer met fellow Swiss tennis player Mirka Vavrinec at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, where both competed for Switzerland. Mirka later retired from tennis due to a foot injury and became his constant companion and manager on tour.
• 2000 Nokia 3310 — the indestructible phone The Nokia 3310 launches in September 2000. Selling 126 million units, it becomes the most iconic mobile phone in history — renowned for its battery life, durability and the addictive Snake game. Its cultural impact is enormous: the phrase "Nokia 3310 vs. [anything]" becomes shorthand for indestructibility. When Nokia relaunches a modernised version in 2017, the announcement generates worldwide media coverage driven entirely by nostalgia.
• 2000 Pearl Jam release official bootlegs Every show They release recordings of every concert on the tour.
• 2000 2000 Summer Olympics XXVII Olympiad - Sydney Cathy Freeman lights the cauldron. Winner: USA.
• 2000 Boeing X-32 first flight The losing design Boeing's X-32, with its distinctive chin intake, flies against Lockheed Martin's X-35.
• 2000 Outbreak of the Second Intifada A Palestinian uprising follows a visit to the Temple Mount On 28 September 2000 the Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount, or Haram al-Sharif, in Jerusalem, and clashes the next day spread across the West Bank and Gaza. The uprising that followed brought years of shootings, suicide bombings and Israeli military operations, killing roughly 3,000 Palestinians and 1,000 Israelis before subsiding around 2005.