The Merge Agreement
Time: Thursday Feb 3, 2000
Place: Düsseldorf, Germany
Details: On 3 February 2000, the Mannesmann board agreed to merge with Vodafone with an increased offer of £112 billion, then the largest corporate merger ever.
‹ Earlier in historyRussian army seized the cityWednesday Feb 2, 2000 Later in history ›Russian tactical missile hit a crowd of people who had come to the local administration building in ShaliWednesday Feb 9, 2000
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1849 - Central Europe (Present-Day Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Eleonore Magdalene Birth
Wednesday Jan 6, 1655 - Düsseldorf
Maria Sophia of Neuburg Birth
Friday Aug 6, 1666 - Düsseldorf
Adolf Hitler-Industry Club speech
Wednesday Jan 27, 1932 - Düsseldorf, Germany
Vodafone-Acquiring Mannesmann
Nov, 1999 - Düsseldorf, Germany
German revolutions of 1848–1849-Uprisings occurred in the Rhenish
Wednesday May 9, 1849 - Central Europe (Present-Day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Treaty of Versailles-French and Belgian troops occupied Duisburg
Mar, 1921 - Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Michael Ballack-Moving to Bayer Leverkusen
Thursday Jul 1, 1999 - Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Michael Ballack-Returning back to Bayer Leverkusen
Friday Jun 25, 2010 - Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
FIFA World Cup-A New Trophy
Monday Jul 13, 1970 - West Germany
Joseph Goebbels-The German city of Cologne was bombed
May, 1942 - Cologne, Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels was dismissed from the bank
Aug, 1923 - Cologne, Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Bank clerk in Cologne
1923 - Cologne, Germany
Garry Kasparov-Kasparov visited Frederic Friedel
Dec, 1992 - Cologne, Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Joseph Goebbels's Birth
Friday Oct 29, 1897 - Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels was educated at a Gymnasium
1917 - Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Diary entries of mid-December 1923 forward show Goebbels was moving towards the Völkisch nationalist movement
Dec, 1923 - Rheydt, Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Hitler was released
Saturday Dec 20, 1924 - Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels first took an interest in Adolf Hitler and Nazism
1924 - Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels began his diaries
1923 - Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels met and began a love affair with Else Janke
1922 - Germany
Garry Kasparov-Played against fifteen chess players in a simultaneous exhibition
Thursday Jun 2, 2016 - Mönchengladbach, Germany
Weimar Republic-French and Belgian occupied the Ruhr region
1923 - Germany
German revolutions of 1848–1849-The Elberfeld uprising
1849 - Central Europe (Present-Day Elberfeld, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
German revolutions of 1848–1849-Uprisings started in Elberfeld
Sunday May 6, 1849 - Central Europe (Present-Day Elberfeld, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Germany)
German revolutions of 1848–1849-Frederick Engels was active in the uprising
Friday May 11, 1849 - Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
World War II-Ruhr Pocket
Wednesday Apr 18, 1945 - Ruhr Area, Germany
Martin Bormann-The West German Government Declared That Its Hunt For Bormann Was Over
1971 - West Germany
World War II-Re-militarization of the Rhineland
Mar, 1936 - Germany
Vodafone-Titanic Struggle
2000 - Germany
World War II-Operation Queen
Saturday Dec 16, 1944 - Rur valley, Germany
Beethoven-First Three Piano Sonatas
1783 - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-Began Working as an Assistant Organist
1782 - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-First Printed Reference
1783 - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-Father's Forced Retirment
1789 - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-Origin and Birth
Dec, 1770 - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-The Beethoven Monument
Aug, 1845 - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-Beethoven and Von Waldstein
1791 - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-First Public Performance
Mar, 1778 - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-Christian Gottlob Neefe
1780s - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-Mother's Death
1787 - Bonn, Germany
NATO Establishment-West Germany Joined NATO
May, 1955 - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-Appointed Court Organist
1792 - Bonn, Germany
Johann Peter Salomon Birth
Saturday Feb 20, 1745 - Bonn
Beethoven-First Published Word
Mar, 1783 - Bonn, Germany
Beethoven-Beethovenfest
Saturday Feb 1, 1845 at 12:00:00 PM - Bonn, Germany
Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens Birth
Monday Jun 24, 1619 - Rees
Ciro Immobile-Bundesliga debut
Saturday Aug 23, 2014 - Dortmund, Germany
Ciro Immobile-Dortmund's first goal
Tuesday Sep 16, 2014 - Dortmund, Germany
Ciro Immobile-Dortmund move
Monday Jun 2, 2014 - Dortmund, Germany
Holy Roman Empire-Charlemagne died
Sunday Mar 9, 814 at 11:34:00 PM - Aachen, Francia (Present Day Germany)
Holy Roman Empire-The Holy Roman Empire capital
794 - Aachen, Germany, Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire-Otto I king of Aachen (Germany (East Francia))
Monday Jul 2, 936 - Aachen, East Francia
Mobile Phones-A-Netz
1952 - West Germany
Martin Bormann-The West German Government offered a reward for information leading to Bormann's Capture
1964 - West Germany
Disasters with highest death tolls-St. Lucia's Flood
Sunday Dec 14, 1287 - Holy Roman Empire
Martin Bormann-Facial Reconstruction was Undertaken on both Skulls
1973 - West Germany
Disasters with highest death tolls-North Sea Flood
1212 - Holy Roman Empire
On This Day - 3 February
Elizabeth Blackwell-Birth
Saturday Feb 3, 1821 - Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Frederick Douglass-15th Amendment
Thursday Feb 3, 1870 - U.S.
Incandescent light bulb-The First Street in the world to be lit by an Incandescent Lightbulb
Monday Feb 3, 1879 - Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
X-ray-Collecting the results of X-rays of fractured wrist
Monday Feb 3, 1896 - U.S.
Xinhai Revolution-Giving Yuan Full Permission To Negotiate The abdication Terms of The Qing Emperor
Saturday Feb 3, 1912 - China
Francisco Franco-Promoted to brigadier general
Wednesday Feb 3, 1926 - Morocco
Anna May Wong-Death
Friday Feb 3, 1961 - Santa Monica, California, U.S.
1973 oil crisis-" a complete and total embargo "
Wednesday Feb 3, 1971 - Vienna, Austria
Ruhollah Khomeini-First president of Iran
Sunday Feb 3, 1980 - Iran
Elizabeth Holmes-Holmes birth
Friday Feb 3, 1984 - Washington, D.C., U.S
Kevin Hart-Kevin Hart: I'm a Grown Little Man
Tuesday Feb 3, 2009 - U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-The Company Celebrated Its 10th anniversary
Monday Feb 3, 2014 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Uber-Uber opens robotics research facility In Pittsburgh to build self-driving cars
Tuesday Feb 3, 2015 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Sofia Kenin-Entering the top ten
Monday Feb 3, 2020 - Australia
Murad II's death
Monday Feb 3, 1451 - Turkey
Invitation Jews to return to Sicily
Wednesday Feb 3, 1740 - Sicily
February 2000
Adidas-Crédit Lyonnais Sold Adidas To Louis-Dreyfus
Feb, 2000 - Herzogenaurach, Germany
Second Chechen War-Russian army seized the city
Wednesday Feb 2, 2000 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Second Chechen War-Russian tactical missile hit a crowd of people who had come to the local administration building in Shali
Wednesday Feb 9, 2000 - Shali, Chechnya, Russia
Disasters with highest death tolls-2000 Mozambique Flood
Feb, 2000 - Mozambique
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Bangkok Conference
Saturday Feb 12, 2000 - Bangkok, Thailand
Second Chechen War-Russian army transport helicopter was shot down in the south
Friday Feb 18, 2000 - Chechnya, Russia
Second Chechen War-The counter-terrorism operation in Chechnya is over
Tuesday Feb 29, 2000 - Russia
2000
Assyria-Shalim-ahum
2000 BC - Mesopotamia (Present-Day Iraq)
Mobile Phones-Advertising on The mobile Phone
2000 - Finland
Garry Kasparov-The Kasparov-Kramnik match
2000 - London, England
Best Buy-Two Florida consumers brought a lawsuit against the company
2000 - U.S.
Francesco Totti-Serie A Italian Footballer
2000 - Italy
Lacoste-Lacoste began To Take Over Control of Its Brand Name and Logo, Reining In Their Branding Arrangements
2000 - Troyes, France
Francesco Totti-Serie A Footballer of the Year Award
2000 - Italy
Adidas-Louis-Dreyfus announced His Resignation Date
2000 - Herzogenaurach, Germany
Kaká-Recovery from God
2000 - São Paulo, Brazil
World Bank-War on AIDS
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Andrew Yang-Early Career
2000 - New York, U.S.
Google LLC-Google Began Selling advertisements associated With Search Keywords
2000 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-The duo of O'Neal and Bryant
2000 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Windows-Windows Me
2000 - Redmond, Washington, United States
Computer animation-Reflectance field over the human Face
2000 - California, U.S.
George Weah-Moving To Chelsea
Tuesday Jan 11, 2000 - London, England
Microsoft-Chief Software Architect
Thursday Jan 13, 2000 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Michael Jordan-Not as a player
Wednesday Jan 19, 2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Royal Rumble (2000)
Sunday Jan 23, 2000 - New York, U.S.
Second Chechen War-Russian government announced that 1,173 servicemen had been killed in Chechnya
Wednesday Jan 26, 2000 - Chechnya, Russia
New York Stock Exchange-"Sleep Now in the Fire"
Wednesday Jan 26, 2000 - New York City, New York, U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-Hazmi and Mihdhar arrived in the United States
Jan, 2000 - San Diego, California, U.S.
Vodafone-Titanic Struggle
2000 - Germany
Adidas-Crédit Lyonnais Sold Adidas To Louis-Dreyfus
Feb, 2000 - Herzogenaurach, Germany
Second Chechen War-Russian army seized the city
Wednesday Feb 2, 2000 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Second Chechen War-Russian tactical missile hit a crowd of people who had come to the local administration building in Shali
Wednesday Feb 9, 2000 - Shali, Chechnya, Russia
Disasters with highest death tolls-2000 Mozambique Flood
Feb, 2000 - Mozambique
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Bangkok Conference
Saturday Feb 12, 2000 - Bangkok, Thailand
Second Chechen War-Russian army transport helicopter was shot down in the south
Friday Feb 18, 2000 - Chechnya, Russia
Second Chechen War-The counter-terrorism operation in Chechnya is over
Tuesday Feb 29, 2000 - Russia
Second Chechen War-Large group of more than 1,000 Chechen fighters entered the village of Komsomolskoye in the Chechen foothills
Mar, 2000 - Chechnya, Russia
Second Chechen War-OMON unit from Podolsk opened fire on a unit from Sergiyev Posad in Grozny
Thursday Mar 2, 2000 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Sony Corporation-Releasing PlayStation 2
Saturday Mar 4, 2000 - Japan
PlayStation Network-PlayStation 2
Saturday Mar 4, 2000 - Tokyo, Japan
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal scored a career-high 61 points
Monday Mar 6, 2000 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-The Right to Face the Wwf Champion, Triple H
Monday Mar 13, 2000 - East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
PlayStation-PlayStation 2
2000 - Tokyo, Japan
Elon Musk-PayPal
Mar, 2000 - California, United States
Mamie Till-Gene Mobley died
Saturday Mar 18, 2000 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Ruby Bridges-Bridges' Through My Eyes won the Carter G. Woodson Book Award
2000 - U.S.
Second Chechen War-Separatist ambush on an OMON convoy
Wednesday Mar 29, 2000 - Zhani-Vedeno, Chechnya, Russia
Richard Branson-Branson was knighted by Charles, Prince of Wales
Thursday Mar 30, 2000 - Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom
Google LLC-The First April Fools' Day Jokes
Saturday Apr 1, 2000 - Mountain View, California, U.S.
Microsoft-Judgement Handed Down The Case
Monday Apr 3, 2000 - U.S.
David Cameron-PPC for Witney
Tuesday Apr 4, 2000 - Oxfordshire, England
Vodafone-Completed Merges
Tuesday Apr 4, 2000 - New York, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal performed in a commercial for Disney
2000 - U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal appeared as himself on an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 - New York, U.S.
Sherry Dyson-Death
Friday Apr 7, 2000 - U.S.
Angela Merkel-The first female leader of a German party
Monday Apr 10, 2000 - Germany
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal was voted the 1999–2000 regular season Most Valuable Player
2000 - U.S.
Second Chechen War-22-vehicle convoy carrying ammunition and other supplies to an airborne unit was ambushed near Serzhen-Yurt
Sunday Apr 23, 2000 - Serzhen-Yurt, Chechnya, Russia
Francesco Totti-First goal for Italy
Wednesday Apr 26, 2000 - Reggio Calabria, Italy
Vodafone-The Approved Merging
Apr, 2000 - Brussels, Belgium
Dwayne Johnson-Backlash (2000)
Sunday Apr 30, 2000 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
Second Chechen War-Direct rule of Chechnya
May, 2000 - Chechnya, Russia
International Monetary Fund-Horst Köhler
Monday May 1, 2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Johnson Successfully Defended His Title
Monday May 1, 2000 - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
James Bond-DoubleShot was published
Friday May 5, 2000 - London, England, United Kingdom
Angelina Jolie-Second Marriage
Friday May 5, 2000 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Vladimir Putin-A President
Sunday May 7, 2000 - Moscow, Russia
Java (programming language)-J2SE 1.3
Monday May 8, 2000 - California, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Judgment Day (2000)
Sunday May 21, 2000 - Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Eminem-The Marshall Mathers LP
Tuesday May 23, 2000 - California, U.S.
Kosovo War-Arms trading relations between Russia and Yugoslavia were exposed
Jun, 2000 - Serbia
1970 Ancash earthquake-Natural Disaster Education and Reflection Day
2000 - Peru
Google LLC-Google became The Default Search Engine Provider For Yahoo!
Jun, 2000 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-First NBA championship
2000 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-First Summer Blockbuster
Friday Jun 9, 2000 - United States
Amazon-Amazon's logotype
Monday Jun 19, 2000 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-King of the Ring (2000)
Sunday Jun 25, 2000 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Library of Congress-The National Book Festival
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Living Legend Awards
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Xanana Gusmão-2nd Marriage
Sunday Jul 2, 2000 - Dili, Timor-Leste
Zinedine Zidane-UEFA Euro 2000
Sunday Jul 2, 2000 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
PlayStation-PS One
Friday Jul 7, 2000 - Tokyo, Japan
Dwayne Johnson-Fully Loaded (2000)
Sunday Jul 23, 2000 - Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Elon Musk-First Marriage
2000 - Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Library of Congress-The Kluge Center
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Vodafone-The Former Name
Friday Jul 28, 2000 - Newbury, England, U.K.
Eminem-Eminem was the first white artist to appear on the cover of The Source
Jul, 2000 - New York, U.S.
Hugo Chávez-The presidential election of 2000
Sunday Jul 30, 2000 - Venezuela
Shimon Peres-2000 Israeli presidential election
Monday Jul 31, 2000 - Israel
George Weah-Moving To Manchester City
Tuesday Aug 1, 2000 - Manchester, England
Shaquille O'Neal-bachelor's degree
2000 - U.S.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-The Gap Year
2000 - Chile and Italy
Popeyes-Popeyes announced a franchise development plan/agreement that included 35 new restaurant
Tuesday Aug 8, 2000 - Australia
Netflix-Acquiring offer by Blockbuster
2000 - U.S.
Library of Congress-Open World Leadership Center
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-SummerSlam (2000)
Sunday Aug 27, 2000 - Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Lionel Messi-Catalonia
Sep, 2000 - Barcelona, Spain
Shaquille O'Neal-2000 Olympics
Sep, 2000 - Sydney, Australia
United Nations-Millennium Summit
Wednesday Sep 6, 2000 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Jeff Bezos-Blue Origin
Sep, 2000 - Kent, Washington, U.S.
Bicycle-Outstripped Sales
2000 - Worldwide
Michael Phelps-2000 Summer Olympics
Saturday Sep 16, 2000 - Sydney, Australia
Slobodan Milošević-The 2000 Presidential Election
Sunday Sep 24, 2000 - Serbia
Dwayne Johnson-Unforgiven (2000)
Sunday Sep 24, 2000 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Library of Congress-The Veterans History Project
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Ebola Most Major Outbreaks-Highest infections in a Single Country Outbreak
Oct, 2000 - Uganda