April 2000
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Events of the day
Saturday, April 1
- Senegal: Abdoulaye Wade is president.
Saturday, April 8th
- Hamburg-Altona/Deutschland: establishment of the first German baby hatch.
- Elections in Nauru.
Sunday, April 9
- Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze is re-elected as president.
Monday, April 10
- D: Angela Merkel is elected on the CDU party congress in Essen ( 897 out of 935 valid votes ) to the new CDU chairman.
Saturday, April 15
- Nuremberg: Germany: opening of the New Museum.
Thursday, April 20
- Nauru: Bernard Dowiyogo wins the presidential elections.
Saturday, April 22
- Rwanda: Paul Kagame is president.
Sunday, April 23
- Philippines: On the island of Sipadan kidnap members of the Abu Sayyaf 22 tourists and hotel employees and kidnap the südphilippinische island of Jolo.