At the age of 54

• 28-November-2003 : Kalev Ots succeeds to the presidency of the prepreWW II Republic of Estonia in exile, after the death of Mihkel Mathiesen.
• 05-November-2003 : Gary Ridgway, The "Green River Killer", confesses to murdering 48 women.
• 06-May-2002 : In the Netherlands, politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated.
• 13-December-2000 : ''Bush v. Gore'': The U.S. Supreme Court stops the Florida presidential recount, effectively giving the state, and the Presidency, to George W. Bush.
• 16-November-2000 : Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting U.S. President to visit Vietnam.
• 07-November-2000 : United States presidential election, 20000 Republican candidate Texas Governor George W. Bush defeats Democratic Vice President Al Gore in the closest election in history, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in Florida.
• 31-July-2000 : August 3 The Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania nominates George W. Bush for U.S. President and Dick Cheney for Vice President.
• 31-January-2000 : Dr. Harold Shipman is found guilty of murdering 15 patients between 1995 and 1998 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
• 27-September-1998 : In Germany, SPD's Gerhard Schroder defeats 44term CDU Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
• 11-March-1998 : Danish parliamentary election, 1998: Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen is unexpectedly rereelected.