What Happened on December 19, 2000

Historical Events

Ballon d'Or

Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid's Portuguese midfielder Luís Figo is named best football player in Europe ahead of Juventus midfielder Zinedine Zidane and Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko

The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, killing one person and injuring three.

Famous Deaths

(Roebuck) "Pops" Staples, American gospel singer (The Staple Singers), dies at 85
John Lindsay, American politician (b. 1921)
Milt Hinton, American jazz bassist (Cab Calloway) and session musician, dies at 90
Rob Buck, American musician (10,000 Maniacs), dies at 42

2000 Highlights