June 2000

Thursday 01:

The multilateral Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.

Tuesday 13:

President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, ruler of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.

Monday 19:

Datapoint, the company that commissioned the Intel 8008 microprocessor, sells its European operations and changes its name to Dynacore.

Wednesday 21:

Section 28 repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.