May 2000

Tuesday 02:

Bill Clinton announces that GPS access equivalent to the U.S. military would be available for regular citizens.

Wednesday 03:

The sport of Geocaching begins with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS are posted on Usenet.

Friday 05:

Planets in the Solar System align

Friday 12:

The Tate Modern art gallery opens in London.

Saturday 13:

In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.

Sunday 21:

A chartered British Aerospace Jetstream 31 crashes near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, killing 19.

Wednesday 24:

Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.

Sunday 28:

The volcano Mount Cameroon erupts.