| Events of 6 February 2000 (2000-02-06) (Sunday) |
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- Tarja Halonen is elected the first Finnish female president.
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| Events of 12 February 2000 (2000-02-12) (Saturday) |
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- Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Tom Landry, Charles M. Schulz, and Oliver die, of unrelated causes.
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| Events of 13 February 2000 (2000-02-13) (Sunday) |
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- Final original Peanuts comic strip is published.
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| Events of 16 February 2000 (2000-02-16) (Wednesday) |
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- Archbishop Desmond Tutu makes an address at the University of Toronto. (University of Toronto)
- UMBC's Poetry Symposium takes place, with the participation of poets Linda Pastan, Michael Harper, Ray Gonzalez, Leo Connellan, Forrest Gander, Derrick Gilbert, Terence Winch, and Michael Fallon. (UMBC)
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| Events of 29 February 2000 (2000-02-29) (Tuesday) |
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- This leap day is the last in a turn-of-the-century leap year until February 29, 2400.
- Six-year-old Dedrick Owens shoots and kills Kayla Rolland, also six years old, at Theo J. Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, Michigan. Rolland is currently the youngest victim of a school shooting. (CNN)
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