What Happened on July 1, 2000

• The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic
• Vermont's civil unions law goes into effect.

• Michael "Cub" Koda, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brownsville Station - "Smokin' In The Boys Room'), dies of kidney disease at 50M
• Sarah Payne, British murder victim (b. 1992)
• Torbjörn Lundquist, Swedish classical and film score composer, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 79
• Walter Matthau, American actor and comedian (The Odd Couple, Bad News Bears), dies at 79

Holidays: Canada Day (Canada)

• #1 Song: Be With You - Enrique Iglesias
• #1 Song: Spinning Around - Kylie Minogue