January 2000
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Events of the day
Saturday, January 1
- Switzerland: Adolf Ogi is President.
- Switzerland: Entry into force of the new federal constitution of Switzerland.
- Turkmenistan: Abolition of the death penalty.
Sunday, January 2
- Germany: In Bochum, the Höntroper hole.
Friday, January 7
- Belgium / Brussels: Monaco opened its own office in the EU.
Sunday, January 9th
- Uzbekistan: Islam Karimov Abduganijewitsch is reconfirmed as president in his office.
Friday, January 14th
- The Hague: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced in case IT -95 -16 T five Bosnian Croat men for the massacre of the Bosnian war Ahmici on 16 April 1993 to prison terms of up to 25 years. Another defendant is acquitted.
Tuesday, January 18th
- Germany: As a result of the CDU funding scandal occurs Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl back on the request of the party as honorary chairman of the CDU.
Friday, January 21
- Ecuador: coup and overthrow of President Jamil Mahuad.
Saturday, January 22
- Ecuador Gustavo Noboa is the new president.
Monday, January 24
- Germany: The TV station N24 takes on the transmit mode.
Sunday, January 30
- Baia Mare / Romania: The Baia -Mare, dam failure triggers a serious environmental disaster.
- Abidjan / Ivory Coast: The crash of Kenya Airways Flight 431, 169 people die.
Monday, January 31
- In the Pacific Ocean at Anacapa Iceland: the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 die 88 people.