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| Al Qaeda Laden, Osama bin |  |
| 12th Oct Two suicide attackers ram a boat carrying explosives into the USS Cole in Aden port killing 17 American sailors |
| Arrest Raduyev, Salman |  |
| 12th Feb Chechnya Russian agents capture Salman Raduyev, a Chechen warlord |
| Arrest Terre'Blanche, Eugene |  |
| 27th Mar Sentenced to 1 yr in prison |
| Award Sports Person of the Century Ali, Muhammad |  |
| Named sports person of the century by the BBC |
| Bankruptcy De Lorean De Lorean, John | |
| New Jersey Evicted from his 434-acre (175 hectare) estate in New Jersey |
| Bombing of Grozny Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 7th Jan Grozny Russia announces a suspension of aerial bombardment in Grozny to allow civilians to escape |
| Bombing of Israel Arafat, Yasser |  |
| Sep An outbreak of prolonged Palestinian violence against Israel |
| Bombing of USS Cole Laden, Osama bin | |
| 12th Oct Two suicide attackers ram a boat carrying explosives into the USS Cole in Aden port killing 17 American sailors |
| Budget Brown, Gordon |  |
| 8th Nov Announces state pensions will rise 5 pounds for a single person & for a couple |
| Canonization More, Thomas |  |
| John Paul II declares More "absolute priority of God in the heart of public affairs" |
| Chairman BSP Parvanov, Georgi |  |
| Appointed Chairman of the BSP Supreme Council, 2nd term |
| Chairman FPO Riess-Passer, Susanne |  |
| Vienna Appointed Chairman of the FPO |
| Chairman SPO Gusenbauer, Alfred | |
| Vienna Appointed Chairman of the SPO |
| Chairwoman CDU Merkel, Angela Dorothea |  |
| 9th April Appointed Chairwoman of the Chris tian Democratic Union |
| Chancellor Schussel, Wolfgang | |
| 4th Feb Vienna Appointed Chancellor of Austria |
| Composition Anderson, Ian | |
| Releases, "The Secret Language Of Birds", solo |
| Composition Gabriel, Peter | |
| After five years of not releasing any new music, Gabriel re-emergedswith OVO, a soundtrack for the live Millennium Dome Show in London in 2000 |
| Composition Gallagher, Liam | |
| "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants", first song written by Liam rather than Noel, "Little James ", a childlike melody written for Kensit's son James Kerr |
| Composition Gallagher, Noel | |
| "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants", first song written by Liam rather than Noel, "Little James ", a childlike melody written for Kensit's son James Kerr |
| Composition Weller, Paul | |
| The release of Weller's fifth solo studio album, and seventh solo effort overall, called "Heliocentric" |
| Composition Williams, Robert Peter "Robbie" | |
| "Sing When You're Winning", is released, the album contains the controversial single Rock DJ, which reaches number 1 in the UK |
| Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 28th May Putin signs the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, it will not be effective until the USAand other nations also approve |
| Concept on National Security Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 14th Jan Russia publishes the 21-page "Concept on National Security" that details the scenarios under which it would useNuclear weapons |
| Constitution Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| The Freedom of Information Act is passed, introduces a public "right to know" in relation to public bodies |
| Constitution Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Putin divides Russia's 89 regions into 7 federal districts headed by a Kremlin representative |
| 8th July Putin makes his first state of the nation address and calls for increased power to the central Government to overcome a bleak diagnosis of the country's ills |
| 19th July The Duma passes Legislation giving Putin the right to fire provincial governors and takes away the governor's automatic immunity and membership in the Federation Council |
| Constitution Mugabe, Robert Gabriel |  |
| President Mugabe suffers defeat in referendum on draft constitution |
| Zanu-PF narrowly fights off a challenge from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Morgan Tsvangirai, but loses its power to change the constitution |
| Constitution Tsvangirai, Morgan | |
| Zanu-PF narrowly fights off a challenge from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Morgan Tsvangirai, but loses its power to change the constitution |
| Death Mladenov, Petur | |
| 31st May Sofia Death of Petur Mladenov |
| Death Trudeau, Pierre Elliot |  |
| 28th Sep Death of Pierre Elliot Trudeau |
| Death Bradbury, Malcolm | |
| 27th Nov Death of Malcolm Bradbury |
| Death Day, Robin | |
| 6th Aug Death of Robin Day |
| Death Dewar, Donald | |
| 11th Oct Death of Donald Dewar |
| Death Dury, Ian | |
| 27th Mar Hampstead Death of Ian Dury |
| Death Gielgud, John | |
| 21st May Aylesbury Death of John Gielgud |
| Death Guinness, Alec | |
| 5th Aug Death of Alec Guinness |
| Death MacColl, Kirsty | |
| 18th Dec Death of Kirsty MacColl |
| Death Matthews, Stanley | |
| 23rd Feb Death of Stanley Matthews |
| Death Androutsopoulos, Adamantios |  |
| 10th Nov Death of Adamantios Androutsopoulos |
| Death Deutsch, Andre |  |
| 11th April London Death of Andre Deutsch |
| Death Assad, Hafez Al |  |
| 10th June Death of Hafez Al Assad |
| Death Matthau, Walter | |
| 1st July Death of Walter Matthau |
| De Lorean Time De Lorean, John | |
| De Lorean founds De Lorean Time, selling expensive watches over the Internet |
| Demonstrations Barak, Ehud |  |
| 28th Sep Temple Mount Palestinians initiate riots after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount, which is also the location of the Haram as Sharif holy to Muslims |
| Diplomacy Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| 17th April Putin meets Tony Blair and promises to implement economic reforms and root out corruption |
| Diplomacy Kharrazi, Kamal |  |
| Sep New York Mrs Albright meets Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi at UN in New York - the first such talks since diplomatic ties were severed in 1979 |
| Diplomacy Khatami, Muhammad | |
| Feb President Clinton extends ban on USAoil contracts with Iran, accusing it of continuing to support international terrorism |
| Mar USASecretary of State Madeleine Albright calls for a new start in US-Iranian relations and announces lifting of sanctions on Iranian exports ranging from carpets to food products |
| Diplomacy Barak, Ehud | |
| Mar Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations fail when Hafez Assad rejects an Israeli offer relayed by USAPresident Clinton in Geneva |
| Diplomacy Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 16th Feb Russia and NATO announce a resumption of contacts that were broken in Mar 1999 due to NATO bombing in Yugoslavia |
| 17th April Putin meets Tony Blair and promises to implement economic reforms and root out corruption |
| 3rd June Clinton meets Putin in Moscow and begins discussions on trade, missile defense andNuclear arms control |
| 4th June Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-gradeNuclear plutonium and to establish a military center in Moscow for USAand Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches |
| Diplomacy Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| 4th June Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-gradeNuclear plutonium and to establish a military center in Moscow for USAand Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches |
| Disaster Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| 17th Oct Hatfield Hatfield train crash, leads to very restrictive speed limits |
| Dismissal Dyachenko, Tatyana | |
| 3rd Jan Putin fires Tatyana Dyachenko, daughter of Boris Yeltsin and Kremlin image advisor from her post in one of his first official acts, moving quickly to distance himself from Yeltsin's scandal-tinged administration |
| Dismissal Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 3rd Jan Putin fires Tatyana Dyachenko, daughter of Boris Yeltsin and Kremlin image advisor from her post in one of his first official acts, moving quickly to distance himself from Yeltsin's scandal-tinged administration |
| Economy Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 11th Jan Putin announces a 20% increase in pensions ahead of the Mar 26 elections |
| 10th Feb The Government announces that it will raise the minimum price for a bottle of vodka by 30% at the end of the month |
| 23rd Mar Russia's food supply is threatened with a virulent strain of potato blight and livestock feed shortages were forecast |
| 22nd May Putin abolishes the chief agency for environmental protection and transferred its powers to a ministry that hands out oil and gas leases |
| 25th May Putin unveils a new plan to revive the economy that includes a flat 13% income tax |
| 8th July Putin makes his first state of the nation address and calls for increased power to the central Government to overcome a bleak diagnosis of the country's ills |
| Economy Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Squatters seize hundreds of white-owned farms in an ongoing and violent campaign to reclaim what they say was stolen by settlers |
| Election Khatami, Muhammad | |
| 18th Feb Iranian reformists win landslide victory in the general election |
| Election Musharraf, Pervez |  |
| 12th May The Supreme Court of Pakistan orders Musharraf to hold general elections by October 12, 2002 |
| Election Kwasniewski, Aleksander |  |
| Re-elected President of Poland |
| Election Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 11th Jan Putin announces a 20% increase in pensions ahead of the Mar 26 elections |
| 26th Mar Presidential elections are held, Putin wins in the first round, becomes the 2nd post-Communist President with 52.5% vote |
| May Putin wins the election |
| Election Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 15th May Presidential elections scheduled, by law, Yeltsin may not seek another term |
| Election Shui-bian, Chen |  |
| Mar Elected President of Taiwan, ends the 50 yr KMT monoploy |
| Election Bush, George Walker | |
| 13th Dec Al Gore admits defeat to George Bush |
| Election Tsvangirai, Morgan | |
| Zanu-PF narrowly fights off a challenge from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Morgan Tsvangirai, but loses its power to change the constitution |
| Electoral Commission Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act, creates the Electoral Commission to regulate elections and referendums and party spending to an extent |
| European Championship Keegan, Joseph Kevin | |
| Comes under fire for tactical naivety, comes to a head during the unsuccessful Euro 2000 campaign, as England beat Germany, but lost 3-2 to both Romania and Portugal |
| Federal Vice Chancellor Riess-Passer, Susanne | |
| 4th Feb Vienna Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor |
| FSB Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 13th Feb Putin signs a decree to re-establish the "special departments" (FSB) to seek out political disloyalty in the military |
| Government Haider, Jorg | |
| Jan The OVP accepts the FPO as a coalition partner, provokes political crisis |
| Government Clinton, Hillary | |
| 7th Nov Elected to the USASenate |
| Government Gore, Al | |
| 9th Nov Calls for a 2nd recount in Florida |
| 13th Dec Al Gore admits defeat to George Bush |
| Hafez Assad Barak, Ehud | |
| Mar Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations fail when Hafez Assad rejects an Israeli offer relayed by USAPresident Clinton in Geneva |
| Haram as Sharif Barak, Ehud | |
| 28th Sep Temple Mount Palestinians initiate riots after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount, which is also the location of the Haram as Sharif holy to Muslims |
| Haram as Sharif Sharon, Ariel | |
| 28th Sep Temple Mount Palestinians initiate riots after Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount, which is also the location of the Haram as Sharif holy to Muslims |
| Health Obuchi, Keizo |  |
| 4th Mar Obuchi is hospitalized & forced to rest |
| Inauguration of Putin Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 7th May |
