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August R. Lindt
2000Apr, 14

August R. Lindt

August R. Lindt, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
August Rudolf Lindt (5 August 1905 – 14 April 2000), also known as Auguste R. Lindt, was a Swiss lawyer and diplomat. He served as Chairman of UNICEF from 1953 to 1954 and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1956 to 1960.

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Events on 2000

  • 14Jan

    Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina

    A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
  • 3Apr

    United States antitrust law

    United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
  • 2May

    Global Positioning System

    President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
  • 22May

    Sri Lankan Tamil people

    In Sri Lanka, over 150 Tamil rebels are killed over two days of fighting for control in Jaffna.
  • 26Nov

    United States presidential election, 2000

    George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.