December 2000

Friday 01:

Vicente Fox is sworn-in as President of Mexico, ending the 75 year control of the PRI.

Saturday 02:

The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

Tuesday 12:

The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, deciding the presidential election of 2000.

Wednesday 13:

The Texas 7 escape from a Texas prison and go on a crime spree.

Thursday 14:

The Texas 7 rob a Radio Shack in Pearland, Texas. They stole police scanners that would be used in their following infamous heist.

Saturday 16:

NASA announces that there is an ocean beneath Jupiter moon Ganymede's icy surface.

Tuesday 19:

The Leninist Guerrilla Units attack a party office of the far-right MHP in Istanbul, Turkey. One MHP member is killed and several wounded.

Sunday 24:

The Texas 7 holds up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot during the robbery.

Thursday 28:

U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.

Saturday 30:

Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.