May 2000

the éphéméride | All on May and 2000 ----

Wednesday May 3rd 2000

  • France: Adoption of the law on the parity Data-processing man/woman
  • : the company Datapoint, pionière of data processing, was put in compulsory liquidation.

Sunday, May 7, 2000

Vladimir Poutine enters officially her functions of President of the Fédération of Russia.

Friday May 12th 2000

Saturday May 13rd 2000

  • Netherlands: explosion of a warehouse of the company of Fireworks fireworks in Enschende. It is the worst catastrophe of the decade in the Netherlands which made a score of deaths, of which several firemen, and nearly 1000 wounded. Some 2.000 people have being evacuated of the district disaster victim. Fire took outside a warehouse of the company of Fireworks and was propagated with the storage section which contained some 100 tons of fireworks.

Thursday May 18th 2000

  • the United States of America: The company Boo.com makes bankruptcy after a lack of funds and six months of existence.

Thursday May 25th 2000

  • Lebanon: the Israeli troops leave the south of Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.

Sunday May 28th 2000

  • Cameroun: The volcano Mont Cameroun entered in phase of eruption.

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