July 2000 was the seventh month of that century leap year. The month, which began on a Saturday, ended on a Monday after 31 days.
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from July 2000.
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- In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging for gasoline.
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- A Concorde supersonic passenger jet crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 5 on the ground.
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