01.Jan.2000 Computing The New Year, people, companies, countries + much of the world was fearing the worst, planes falling out of the sky, electricity grids + essential services collapsing. 01.Jan.2000 What people feared was not the apocalypse but the Y2K HUM bug - a computer problem that many feared would result in many computers not recognising the new year. 00.Feb.2001-00.000.2001 - that started in + lasted well into- the dotcom collapse The more important problem for computer-related companies this year, however, was URL: https://www.wordiq.com/definition/2000.htm 00.000.2000 -unknown date- for the first time since 1936 Limited reintroduction of routinely armed police in the UK. 17.Nov.2000 -Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru 00.Nov.2002 -Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq rejects new UN Security Council weapons inspections proposals. 07.Nov.2000 -USA presidential election, 2000: Republican challenger George W. Bush defeats Democrat Vice President Al Gore, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in Florida. 12.Oct.2000 Aden, Yemen, USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers who placed a small boat laden with explosives along-side the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members + wounding at least 39. 28.Sep.2000 Ariel Sharon leads several hundred armed Israelis in a visit to the Temple Mount, provoking an increase in Palestinian civil disorder which developed into the Al-Aqsa_Intifada. 12.Aug.2000 Russian Submarine Kursk sunk. 22.Apr.2000 In a predawn raid, federal agents seize six-year old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida + fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, DC ending one of the most publicized custody battles in USA history 26.Mar.2000 - Presidential elections in Russia, Vladimir Putin elected President. 05.Jan.2000-08.Jan.2000-8 - The 2000 al-Qaida Summit 01.Jan.2000 Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures that had been predicted. 06.Jul.1609 - Bohemia is granted Freedom of religion 06.Jul.1630 - Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Germany. 06.Jul.1939 - Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed. 06.Jul.1887 * Walter Flex, writer + 00.000.1917) 07.Sep.2004 Überblick: Hannover Rück 27,00 +0,48% M.M. Warburg senkt Hannover Re auf "Hold" von "Buy" Einstufung: Gesenkt auf "Hold" von "Buy" Die Schadenquote von Hannover Rück, die im ersten + zweiten Quartal 2004 knapp über 70% lag, werde im dritten Quartal wegen der durch die Naturkatastrophen ausgelösten höheren Schadensansprüche auf über 100% steigen und die Gesamtjahresergebnisse mindern, heißt es von M.M. Warburg zur Begründung. Es werde schwierig für Hannover Rück, ihr Nettogewinnziel von 390 Mio bis 430 Mio EUR zu erreichen, obwohl das Unternehmen dieses Ziel am Montag bekräftigt hatte. (ENDE) 07.Sep.2004 Dow Jones Newswires/ 09.Sep.2004 The war on Iraq: Conceived in Israel www.thornwalker.com/ditch/snieg_conc1.htm Table of contents. Reprint rights >/A> Reader response. 09.Sep.2004 Topthemen des Tages 09.Sep.2004 Anlagerecht: Richter reagieren zunehmend allergisch, wenn Finanzdienstleister ein falsches Spiel mit ihren Kunden treiben 08.Sep.2004 "Military action is the last resort in the fight agaisnt terrorism." URL: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/040908/1/3mzlv.html |