Editing 2000 (section)

===October===
* [[October 3]] &ndash; Approximate start of [[Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods]] (particularly affecting the UK), precipitated by days of heavy rain.
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević|Mass demonstrations]] in [[Belgrade]] lead to resignation of [[Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslavia]]'s president [[Slobodan Milošević]].
* [[October 11]] &ndash; {{convert|250|e6USgal|m3}} of coal sludge [[Martin County coal slurry spill|spill]] in [[Martin County, Kentucky]], United States (considered a greater environmental disaster than the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]]).
* [[October 12]] &ndash; In [[Aden]], [[Yemen]], [[USS Cole (DDG-67)|USS ''Cole'']] is [[USS Cole bombing|badly damaged]] by two [[Al-Qaeda]] [[suicide attack|suicide bombers]], who place 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]]: A [[Great North Eastern Railway]] [[Intercity 225]] express train is derailed, killing four people and injuring many others, in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire]], England.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4216830.stm |title=How Hatfield changed the railways |publisher=BBC News |date=September 6, 2005 |access-date=August 23, 2016 |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112000142/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4216830.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 22]] 
** The ''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]'' newspaper exposes Japanese archaeologist [[Shinichi Fujimura]] as a fraud; Japanese archaeologists had based their treatises on his findings.
**Japanese Prime Minister [[Yoshiro Mori]] and Singaporean Prime Minister [[Goh Chok Tong]] formally negotiate a Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New Age Partnership (JSEPA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/evolution-of-japans-policy-toward-economic-integration/ |title=Evolution of Japan's Policy Toward Economic Integration |date=December 1, 2001 |last=Munakata |first=Naoko |website=[[Brookings Institution|Brookings]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210024233/https://www.brookings.edu/articles/evolution-of-japans-policy-toward-economic-integration/amp/ |archive-date=February 10, 2022}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – Pakistani authorities announce that their police have found an apparent mummy of an alleged [[Persian Princess]] in the province of [[Balochistan, Pakistan]]. The governments of Iran, Pakistan as well as the [[Taliban]] of Afghanistan all claim the mummy until Pakistan announces it is a modern-day forgery in April 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/nov/26/pakistan.iran |title=Pakistan and Iran fight over mummified princess |date=November 26, 2000 |last=Harding |first=Luke |website=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217203513/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/nov/26/pakistan.iran |archive-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
* [[October 31]] 
** [[Soyuz TM-31]] is launched, carrying [[Expedition 1|the first resident crew]] to the [[International Space Station]]. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2000/11/06/207767.htm?site=science_dev&topic=latest |title=Let the new space era begin |date=November 6, 2000 |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |access-date=August 5, 2010 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917103602/http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2000/11/06/207767.htm?site=science_dev&topic=latest |url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Singapore Airlines Flight 006]] collides with construction equipment in the [[Chiang Kai Shek International Airport]], resulting in 83 deaths.