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Events on Sunday 1 October 2000 2
1933 – 2000Reginald Kray (1933-2000)Died 1 October 2000, aged 66Reggie Kray and his twin Ronnie ran an organised-crime empire in London's East End in the 1950s and 1960s, mixing extortion and violence with celebrity nightclub glamour. Convicted of murder in 1969, he served more than thirty years and was freed on compassionate grounds weeks before his death from cancer. The twins became enduring figures of British true-crime lore.
20002000 Summer OlympicsXXVII Olympiad - SydneyCathy Freeman lights the cauldron. Winner: USA.