On this day

December 30, 2000

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 27, 2000, covering December 30, 2000.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 1 by The Beatles

    1

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Black & Blue by Backstreet Boys

    Black & Blue

    Backstreet Boys

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Now 5 by Various Artists

    Now 5

    Various Artists

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for Human Clay by Creed

    Human Clay

    Creed

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    64
  5. 5
    Album cover for Oops!...I Did It Again by Britney Spears

    Oops!...I Did It Again

    Britney Spears

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    31

Notable Deaths

Julius J. Epstein

2000Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)[†]

Julius J. Epstein was an American screenwriter, who had a long career, best remembered for his screenplay, written with his twin brother, Philip, and Howard E. Koch, of the film Casablanca (1942), for which the writers won an Academy Award. It was adapted from an unpublished play, Everybody Comes to Rick's, written by Murray Bennett and Joan Alison.

Historical Events

2000Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.[†]

The Rizal Day bombings, also referred to as the December 30 bombings, were a series of bombings that occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines on December 30, 2000. The explosions occurred within a span of a few hours, killing 22 people and injuring over 100 others.

Historical Context for December 30, 2000

In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]