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''This page is about the year 2000 AD. For information about the
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This year is a
leap_year_starting_on_Saturday (see link for calendar), and also
the ''International Year for a Culture of Peace''
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See also:
2000_in_architecture
2000_in_aviation
2000_in_film
2000_in_literature
2000_in_music
2000_in_sports
2000_in_television
2000_in_Canada
2000_in_India
2000_in_the_Netherlands
Events
Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures that had been predicted.
Mexico - Vicente_Fox becomes the first opposition President to take power since Francisco_I._Madero in 1911. He won the Presidency as candidate of the rightist PAN (National Action Party).
January
January_5-8 - The 2000_al-Qaida_Summit
January_10 - America_On-line announces an agreement to buy Time_Warner for $162 billion. This is the largest-ever corporate merger.
January_14 - A United_Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
January_16 - In Sacramento,_California a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the state capitol building killing the driver.
February
February_13 - Final original ''Peanuts'' comic_strip is published
February_21 - David_Letterman returns to the ''Late Show'', over a month after having an emergency quintuple heart_bypass surgery.
February_29 - This leap_year day is the last in a turn of the century year until February 29, 2400.
March
March_20 - Jamil_Abdullah_Al-Amin, a former Black Panther, is captured after gun battle that left a sheriff's deputy dead.
March_26 - Presidential elections in Russia, Vladimir_Putin elected President.
April
April_1 - Japanese prime minister Obuchi_Keizo suffers a stroke and falls into a coma.
is ruled to have violated United_States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
April_5 - Mori_Yoshiro replaces Obuchi as prime minister of Japan.
April_7 - Mars_Odyssey is launched.
April_16 - Tuanku_Syed_Putra_ibni_Almarhum_Syed_Hassan_Jamalullail, Raja of Perlis dies after a reign of 55 years. He was the longest reigning monarch in the world since the death of Hirohito, Emperor_of_Japan.
April_17 - Tuanku_Syed_Sirajuddin becomes Raja of Perlis.
April_22 - In a predawn raid, federal agents seize six-year old Elian_Gonzalez from his relatives' home in Miami,_Florida and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington,_DC ending one of the most publicized custody battles in US history.
April_23 Easter (very late this year).
April_25 - The State of Vermont passes HB847, legalizing Civil_unions for same-sex couples.
May
May_3 - Computer pioneer Datapoint Corporation files for Chapter_11 bankruptcy.
May_12 - The Tate_Modern opens in London
May_25 - Liberation of Lebanese land after 22 years of Israeli occupation.
June
June_21 - Section_28 repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
July
July_10 - In southern Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline.
July_25 - A Concorde supersonic passenger jet crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 5 on the ground.
August
August_8 - Confederate submarine ''H.L._Hunley'' is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
August_12 - Russian Submarine ''Kursk'' sunk.
September
September_6 - In New_York_City, the United_Nations_Millennium_Summit begins with more than 180 world leaders present.
September_28 - Ariel_Sharon leads several hundred armed Israelis in a visit to the Temple Mount, provoking an increase in Palestinian civil disorder which developed into the Al-Aqsa_Intifada.
October
October_11 - 250 million gallons of coal sludge spill in Martin_County,_Kentucky. Considered a greater environmental disaster then the Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill.
October_12 - In Aden, Yemen, the USS ''Cole'' is badly damaged by two suicide_bombers who placed a small boat laden with explosives along-side the United_States_Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
October_31 - The last Multics machine was shut down.
November
rejects new U.N. Security Council weapons inspections proposals.
challenger George_W._Bush defeats Democrat Vice President Al_Gore, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in Florida.
November 7 - Hillary_Rodham_Clinton is elected to the United_States_Senate, becoming the first First_Lady_of_the_United_States to win public office.
November_11 - In Kaprun, Austria, 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel.
November_14 - Netscape_Navigator version 6.0 is launched following two years of open_source development creating a stable Mozilla browser upon which it is based.
November_16 - Bill_Clinton becomes the first sitting US President to visit Vietnam.
November_17 - Alberto_Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru
November_27 - Canada - Parliamentary elections - Jean_Chrétien re-elected as Prime Minister as Liberal Party increases majority in House of Commons
December
December_13 - The Texas_7 escape from their prison unit in Kenedy,_Texas and start a crime spree.
December_14 - The Texas 7 rob a Radio_Shack in Pearland,_Texas. They would use the police scanners they stole in their ensuing heist.
December_24 - The Texas 7 robs a sports store in Irving,_Texas. Police officer Aubrey_Hawkins is shot dead.
, Philippines within a span of a few hours killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
December_31 - the last day of the 20th Century.
The last wholly Swedish-owned arms manufacturer, Bofors, is sold to American arms manufacturer United_Defense.
Limited reintroduction of routinely armed police in the UK for the first time since 1936.
Year in topic
2000_in_film
''Gladiator''
The latest Joel_and_Ethan_Coen film, ''O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou??'' was released to much critical acclaim.
''Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon'' breaks records for mass-Western popularity of martial_arts movies
2000_in_literature
2000_in_music
The soundtrack to ''O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou??'', consisting of bluegrass and country_music, is a surprise success
2000_in_science
2000_in_sports
2000_Summer_Olympics in Sydney, Australia
January_30 - Super_Bowl_XXXIV Saint_Louis_Rams (23) defeat Tennessee_Titans (16)
March_26 - The Seattle_Kingdome is imploded to make room for a new stadium.
2000_in_television
''Survivor'' premieres on CBS sparking a trend of "reality_TV". Many copy-cat programs follow. The show was based on the Swedish game show, ''Operation_Robinson''.
Historical Relic and Ancient Remain
Gardens in Suzhou, China were added to the list of the World_Heritage_Sites.
The Longmen_Grottoes in Luoyang, China were listed by the UNESCO among the World_Heritage_Sites.
Births
April_20 - Funny_Cide, winner of the 2003 Kentucky_Derby and Preakness_Stakes
May_20 - Leo_Blair, son of the Rt Hon Tony_Blair, Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom and Cherie_Booth QC.
Deaths
January_4 - Tom_Fears, American_football star
January_8 - Fritz_Thiedemann, German equestrianist
January_10 - Sam_Jaffe, actor
January_18 - Margarete_Schütte-Lihotzky, 102, Austrian architect
January_19 - Bettino_Craxi, 65, Italian prime minister (1983-1987)
January 19 - Hedy_Lamarr, actress
January_26 - A.E._van_Vogt, science_fiction author
January 26 - Don_Budge, tennis player
January_31 - Gil_Kane, comic_book writer
February_7 - Big_Pun, singer
February 7 - Doug_Henning, magician
February_11 - Roger_Vadim, 72, French movie director
February_12 - Charles_Schulz, 77, creator of the ''Peanuts'' comic_strip
February 12 - Screamin'_Jay_Hawkins, 70, American rock musician
February 12 - Tom_Landry, American_football coach
February_19 - Friedensreich_Hundertwasser, 71, Austrian artist
February_22 - Fernando_Buesa, Basque politician (born 1946)
March_20 - Gene "Eugene" Andrusco, actor, singer
March_26 - Alex_Comfort, author (''The_Joy_of_Sex'')
March_27 - Ian_Dury, 57, English rock musician
March_28 - Anthony_Powell, British novelist
April_6 - Habib_Bourguiba, president of Tunisia (1957-1997)
April_13 - Giorgio_Bassani, 84, Italian writer (The_Garden_of_the_Finzi-Continis)
April_16 - Tuanku_Syed_Putra_ibni_Almarhum_Syed_Hassan_Jamalullail, Raja of Perlis and former 3rd Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong of Malaysia.
April_25 - David_Merrick, producer
May_7 - Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr., actor
May_14 - Obuchi_Keizo, Japanese prime minister
May_19 - Yevgeny_Khrunov, cosmonaut
May_20 - Jean_Pierre_Rampal, flutist
May_21 - Sir John_Gielgud, 96, British actor
May 21 - Barbara_Cartland, romance_novel author
May_27 - Maurice_Richard, ice hockey player (born 1921)
June_10 - Hafez_al-Assad, 69, president of Syria (1971-2000)
June_26 - Lucien_Laurin, Secretariat's Hall of Fame trainer
June_29 - Vittorio_Gassmann, 78, Italian actor
July_1 - Walter_Matthau, 79, American actor
July_30 - Bertil Karlberg, 58, Swedish politician
August_5 - Sir Alec_Guinness, 86, British actor
August_25 - Carl_Barks, 99, illustrator of Donald_Duck
September_20 - Gherman_Titov, 65, Cosmonaut
September_25 - R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (born 1913)
September_28 - Pierre_Trudeau, 80, prime minister of Canada (1968-1979 and 1980-1984)
October_11 - Donald_Dewar, main author of the Scotland_Act and initial First Minister of the Scottish_Parliament
October_30 - Steve_Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author
November_6 - David_R._Brower, founder of many environmentalist organizations
November_11 - Hugh_Paddick, British actor
humorist and pianist
December_24 - Aubrey_Hawkins, Irving,_Texas police officer.
December_25 - Willard Van Orman Quine, 92, American philosopher
Computing
The New_Year, people, companies, countries and much of the world was fearing the worst, planes falling out of the sky, electricity grids and essential services collapsing. What people feared was not the apocalypse but the Y2K bug - a computer problem that many feared would result in many computers not recognising the new year. The more important problem for computer-related companies this year, however, was the dotcom collapse that started in February and lasted well into 2001.
Physics - Zhores_Ivanovich_Alferov, Herbert_Kroemer, Jack_Kilby
Chemistry - Alan_J_Heeger, Alan_G_MacDiarmid, Hideki_Shirakawa
Medicine - Arvid_Carlsson, Paul_Greengard, Eric_R._Kandel
Literature - Gao_Xingjian
Peace - Kim_Dae_Jung
Economics - James_Heckman, Daniel_McFadden
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