October 2000

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October 1 - 2 October 2000 events (Israel) - 12 Arab citizens of Israel are killed by Israeli security forces after a riot/violent demonstration of solidarity with Palestinians under military rule in the West Bank and Gaza.
October 5 - President Slobodan Milošević leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout Serbia and the withdrawal of Russian support. This political event became known as 5th October Revolution in Serbia.
October 11 - 250 million US gallons (950,000 m³) of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky. Considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
October 12 - In Aden, Yemen, the USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers who placed a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
October 17 - Hatfield rail crash, United Kingdom: Part of a rail shatters as a passenger train passes over it; four people are killed, 70 are injured.
October 22 – Mainichi Shinbun exposes Japanese archeologist Shinichi Fujimura as a fraud.
October 27 - Sony's Playstation 2 is released in North America.
October 31 - Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport - 83 dead.
October 31 - The last Multics machine is shut down.