Unix Timestamp: 958089600
Friday, May 12. 2000, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Millennium Force opens at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster.

The Tate Modern opens in London.

A fireworks factory disaster in Enschede, the Netherlands, kills 23.

The Tate Modern Gallery opens in London.