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October 26, 2000

On October 26, 2000, a wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election. 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 October 26, 2000

  1. 2000 A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.

    1999–2000 military president of Côte d'Ivoire

    Robert Guéï was an Ivorian politician who served as the third president of the Ivory Coast from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. He succeeded President Henri Konan Bédié after the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état and lost to Laurent Gbagbo in the ensuing 2000 Ivorian presidential election. Guéï, his wife Rose Doudou Guéï, and his children were killed on 19 September 2002 on the first day of the First Ivorian Civil War.

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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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