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August 8, 2000

On August 8, 2000, confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence. The year's #1 song was "Breathe" by Faith Hill. Rhian Brewster, Fidias Panayiotou, Calen Addison would arrive in the same year.

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2000 (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of…

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On August 8, 2000

  1. 2000 Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.

    Submarine of the Confederate States of America

    H. L. Hunley, also known as the Hunley, CSS H.

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Félix Auger-Aliassime 2000– Canadian tennis player (born 2000)

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Rhian Brewster 2000– English footballer
Fidias Panayiotou 2000– Cypriot internet celebrity and politician
Calen Addison 2000– Canadian ice hockey player
Milly Alcock 2000– Australian actress
Loïc Badé 2000– French footballer
Ken Carson 2000– American rapper and record producer

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