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January 30, 2000

On January 30, 2000, kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169. The year's #1 song was "Breathe" by Faith Hill. Rhian Brewster, Fidias Panayiotou, Calen Addison would arrive in the same year.

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2000 (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of…

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On January 30, 2000

  1. 2000 Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.

    2000 aviation accident in the Atlantic Ocean

    Kenya Airways Flight 431 was an international scheduled Abidjan–Lagos–Nairobi passenger service, operated by Kenyan national airline Kenya Airways. On 30 January 2000, the Airbus A310-300 serving the flight crashed into the sea off the Ivory Coast, shortly after takeoff at night from Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, Abidjan. There were 179 people on board, of whom 169 were passengers.

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Born on January 30, 2000

Markella Kavenagh 2000– Australian actor
Bryan Woo 2000– American baseball player (born 2000)

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Rhian Brewster 2000– English footballer
Fidias Panayiotou 2000– Cypriot internet celebrity and politician
Calen Addison 2000– Canadian ice hockey player
Milly Alcock 2000– Australian actress
Loïc Badé 2000– French footballer
Ken Carson 2000– American rapper and record producer

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