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2000Sep, 26

Princess Salma bint Abdullah

Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess
Princess Salma bint Abdullah (Arabic: سلمى بنت عبدالله; born 26 September 2000) is the second daughter and third child of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan. Princess Salma is part of the Hashemite family. She attended the 'IAA' (International Amman Academy) as a twelfth–grade student. Princess Salma graduated from the IAA on 22 May 2018. In November 2018, Princess Salma graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. She graduated from a short commissioning course, and became the first female jet pilot in the Jordanian Armed Forces in 2020.

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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.