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{{About year|2000}}  
{{About year|2000}}  
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[[File:2000 Events montage 16-grid version.jpg|right|From top to bottom, left to right: [[Kenya Airways Flight 431]] before it crashed off the Ivory Coast; an [[Air France]] [[Concorde]] similar to the one that [[Air France Flight 4590|crashed]] after takeoff from [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]] in [[Paris]]; a monument commemorating the [[Kursk submarine disaster]]; the aftermath of the [[USS Cole bombing]]; a [[Russian Armed Forces|Russian]] [[BTR-80]] destroyed by [[Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria|Chechen fighters]] during the [[Second Chechen War]]; heads of state meet for the [[Millennium Summit]]; people of the world, as seen here in [[Times Square]], celebrate the [[Millennium celebrations|New Millennium]]; the International Space Station in its infant form as seen from STS-97; the [[PlayStation 2]] releases, later becoming [[List of best-selling game consoles|the best-selling video game console of all time]]; supporters of [[Al Gore]] protesting for a recount of the [[2000 United States presidential election]]; the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] are held in Sydney, Australia; Israeli troops respond to the [[Second Intifada]]; a [[United States Air Force]] [[MH-53]] flies over the [[2000 Mozambique flood|Mozambique flood]] which killed 700–800 people; the Yugoslavian House of the Federal Assembly on fire during the [[overthrow of Slobodan Milošević]]; a rendering of the [[Nasdaq Composite]] Index showing the [[dot-com bubble]]; a memorial for the [[Kaprun disaster]].|300x300px|thumb]]
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*A [[Kaprun disaster|tunnel fire]] in [[Kaprun]], Austria, kills 155;
*the [[Kursk submarine disaster]], a Russian naval accident in the Barents Sea, where its Oscar II-class nuclear submarine, K-141, sank during exercises, killing all 118 crew members;
*the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Sydney]], Australia;
*[[Air France Flight 4590]], a scheduled Concorde supersonic jet flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from [[Paris]], France following a fire on the back of the aircraft, killing all 109 people aboard and four on the ground;
*the [[2000 Mozambique flood]], the worst in the country's recorded history, caused by prolonged heavy rainfall and the devastating impact of [[Cyclone Eline]];
*the [[PlayStation 2]] is released;
*the [[millennium celebrations]] refer to the worldwide festivities at the end of 1999 and the start of 2000.
*the [[Second Chechen War]]. Russian counter-insurgency and military conflict with the invasion of Dagestan by Chechen fighters, leading to Russian military incursions into Chechnya after apartment bombings in [[Russia]]n cities;
*the [[Second Intifada]] civilian uprising in [[Jerusalem]] and [[Israel]] proper. Israeli security responded with extreme violence, killing over 100 [[Palestinian]] protesters within the first few weeks
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2000 was designated as the [[International Year for the Culture of Peace]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.unesco.org/iycp/ |title=2000: International Year for the Culture of Peace |website=UNESCO |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124051400/http://www3.unesco.org/iycp/ |archive-date=January 24, 2001}}</ref> and the World [[Mathematics|Mathematical]] Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newton.ac.uk/wmy2kposters/ |title=Isaac Newton Maths posters in the London Underground |access-date=July 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010060459/http://www.newton.ac.uk/wmy2kposters/ |archive-date=October 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
2000 was designated as the [[International Year for the Culture of Peace]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.unesco.org/iycp/ |title=2000: International Year for the Culture of Peace |website=UNESCO |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124051400/http://www3.unesco.org/iycp/ |archive-date=January 24, 2001}}</ref> and the World [[Mathematics|Mathematical]] Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newton.ac.uk/wmy2kposters/ |title=Isaac Newton Maths posters in the London Underground |access-date=July 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010060459/http://www.newton.ac.uk/wmy2kposters/ |archive-date=October 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


[[Popular culture]] holds the year 2000 as the first year of the [[21st century]] and the [[3rd millennium]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2024|reason=}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1095427.html|title=World: Which Is The True Third Millennium Year, 2000 Or 2001?|first=Eugen|last=Tomiuc|work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=April 9, 2008|via=www.rferl.org}}</ref> because of a tendency to group the years according to [[decimal]] values, as if non-existent [[year zero]] was counted. According to the [[Gregorian calendar]], these distinctions fall to the year [[2001]], because the [[1st century]] was retroactively said to start with the year [[AD 1]]. Since the Gregorian calendar does not have year zero, its first millennium spanned from years 1 to 1000 inclusively and its second millennium from years 1001 to 2000. (For further information, see [[century]] and [[millennium]].)
[[Popular culture]] holds the year 2000 as the first year of the [[21st century]] and the [[3rd millennium]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1095427.html|title=World: Which Is The True Third Millennium Year, 2000 Or 2001?|first=Eugen|last=Tomiuc|work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=April 9, 2008|via=www.rferl.org}}</ref> because of a tendency to group the years according to [[decimal]] values, as if non-existent [[year zero]] was counted. According to the [[Gregorian calendar]], these distinctions fall to the year [[2001]], because the [[1st century]] was retroactively said to start with the year [[AD 1]]. Since the Gregorian calendar does not have year zero, its first millennium spanned from years 1 to 1000 inclusively and its second millennium from years 1001 to 2000. (For further information, see [[century]] and [[millennium]].)


The year 2000 is sometimes abbreviated as "Y2K" (the "Y" stands for "year", and the "K" stands for "[[kilo-|kilo]]" which means "thousand").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calendarhome.com/clink/y2000.html |title=Y2K, After the Hype |publisher=CalendarHome.com |access-date=September 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831075015/http://calendarhome.com/clink/y2000.html |archive-date=August 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Tina |last=Kelley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/27/nyregion/y2k-stands-for-the-year-2000-now-that-wasn-t-really-difficult-was-it.html |title='Y2K' Stands for the Year 2000. Now That Wasn't Really Difficult, Was It? |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 27, 1999 |access-date=September 15, 2013 |archive-date=October 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002222719/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/27/nyregion/y2k-stands-for-the-year-2000-now-that-wasn-t-really-difficult-was-it.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The year 2000 was the subject of [[Year 2000 problem|Y2K concerns]], which were fears that computers would not shift from 1999 to 2000 correctly. However, by the end of 1999, many companies had already converted to new, or upgraded existing, software. Some even obtained "Y2K certification". As a result of massive effort, relatively few problems occurred.
The year 2000 is sometimes abbreviated as "Y2K" (the "Y" stands for "year", and the "K" stands for "[[kilo-|kilo]]" which means "thousand").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calendarhome.com/clink/y2000.html |title=Y2K, After the Hype |publisher=CalendarHome.com |access-date=September 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831075015/http://calendarhome.com/clink/y2000.html |archive-date=August 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Tina |last=Kelley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/27/nyregion/y2k-stands-for-the-year-2000-now-that-wasn-t-really-difficult-was-it.html |title='Y2K' Stands for the Year 2000. Now That Wasn't Really Difficult, Was It? |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 27, 1999 |access-date=September 15, 2013 |archive-date=October 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002222719/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/27/nyregion/y2k-stands-for-the-year-2000-now-that-wasn-t-really-difficult-was-it.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The year 2000 was the subject of [[Year 2000 problem|Y2K concerns]], which were fears that computers would not shift from 1999 to 2000 correctly. However, by the end of 1999, many companies had already converted to new, or upgraded existing, software. Some even obtained "Y2K certification". As a result of massive effort, relatively few problems occurred.
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* [[March 13]] &ndash; The [[United States dollar]] becomes the official currency of [[Ecuador]], replacing the [[Ecuadorian sucre]].
* [[March 13]] &ndash; The [[United States dollar]] becomes the official currency of [[Ecuador]], replacing the [[Ecuadorian sucre]].
* [[March 17]] &ndash; Uganda mass suicide: 778 members of the [[Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God]] die in [[Uganda]].
* [[March 17]] &ndash; Uganda mass suicide: 778 members of the [[Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God]] die in [[Uganda]].
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[2000 Russian presidential election]]: [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected [[President of Russia]].
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[2000 Russian presidential election]]: [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected [[President of Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=REPORT ON THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - MARCH 26, 2000 |url=https://www.csce.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/russianelections2000.pdf}}</ref>


===April===
===April===
* [[April]] – [[Webcomic]] [[Diesel Sweeties]] launches<ref name="Creasy">{{cite news|title=Comics lineup gets new guest|last=Creasy|first=Cindy|date=27 January 2007|work=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]|pages=E.3|quote=... will run through Feb. 24. ... Stevens started Diesel Sweeties in April 2000 and has built a thriving Web merchandising site He's one of the few Web cartoonists to make the jump to print|location=[[Richmond, Virginia]]}}</ref>
* [[April 19]] – [[Air Philippines Flight 541]], a [[Boeing 737 Original|Boeing 737-200]], crashes during approach at [[Davao City]], Philippines, killing 131 people. making it the deadliest air disaster in [[Philippines]].
* [[April 19]] – [[Air Philippines Flight 541]], a [[Boeing 737 Original|Boeing 737-200]], crashes during approach at [[Davao City]], [[Philippines]], killing 131 people. making it the deadliest air disaster in [[Philippines]].
* [[April 30]] – [[Canonization]] of Polish Catholic sister [[Faustina Kowalska]] in the presence of 200,000 people and the first [[Divine Mercy Sunday]] celebrated worldwide.
* [[April 30]] – [[Canonization]] of Polish Catholic sister [[Faustina Kowalska]] in the presence of 200,000 people and the first [[Divine Mercy Sunday]] celebrated worldwide.


===May===
=== May ===
 
* [[May 1]] – A new class of [[Negative index metamaterials#Physical properties never before produced in nature|composite material]] is fabricated, which has a combination of [[physical property|physical properties]] never before seen in a [[natural material|natural]] or human-made material.<ref name=comp>{{cite journal |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4184 |pmid=10990641 |title=Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity |first5=S |last5=Schultz |first4=SC |last4=Nemat-Nasser |first3=DC |last3=Vier |first2=WJ |year=2000 |last2=Padilla |last1=Smith |first1=D. R. |journal=Physical Review Letters |volume=84 |issue=18 |pages=4184–7 |bibcode=2000PhRvL..84.4184S |doi-access=free| issn=0031-9007}}</ref><ref name="UCSD-press-release">{{cite web |author=McDonald, Kim |title=UCSD Physicists Develop a New Class of Composite Material with 'Reverse' Physical Properties Never Before Seen |url=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/mccomposite.htm |publisher=UCSD Science and Engineering |date=March 21, 2000 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611235821/http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/mccomposite.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 1]] – A new class of [[Negative index metamaterials#Physical properties never before produced in nature|composite material]] is fabricated, which has a combination of [[physical property|physical properties]] never before seen in a [[natural material|natural]] or human-made material.<ref name=comp>{{cite journal |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4184 |pmid=10990641 |title=Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity |first5=S |last5=Schultz |first4=SC |last4=Nemat-Nasser |first3=DC |last3=Vier |first2=WJ |year=2000 |last2=Padilla |last1=Smith |first1=D. R. |journal=Physical Review Letters |volume=84 |issue=18 |pages=4184–7 |bibcode=2000PhRvL..84.4184S |doi-access=free| issn=0031-9007}}</ref><ref name="UCSD-press-release">{{cite web |author=McDonald, Kim |title=UCSD Physicists Develop a New Class of Composite Material with 'Reverse' Physical Properties Never Before Seen |url=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/mccomposite.htm |publisher=UCSD Science and Engineering |date=March 21, 2000 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611235821/http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/mccomposite.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 4]] – The 7.6 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2000 Banggai Islands earthquake|Central Sulawesi earthquake]] affects [[Banggai regency|Banggai]], [[Indonesia]], with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''), leaving 46 dead and 264 injured.
* [[May 2]] — The [[Selective Availability]] limiter is removed from the [[Global Positioning System]], allowing for practical general-purpose use.<ref>{{cite web |last=Marshall |first=Lucy |date=January 9, 2025 |title=Happy 25th birthday, Geocaching! |url=https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2020/05/happy-20th-birthday-geocaching/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510143827/https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2020/05/happy-20th-birthday-geocaching |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |access-date=May 8, 2021 |website=Geocaching.com |publisher=Groundspeak}}</ref>
* [[May 4]] – The 7.6 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2000 Banggai Islands earthquake|Central Sulawesi earthquake]] affects [[Banggai regency|Banggai]], Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''), leaving 46 dead and 264 injured.
* [[May 5]]
* [[May 5]]
** After originating in the [[Philippines]], the [[ILOVEYOU]] computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
** After originating in the [[Philippines]], the [[ILOVEYOU]] computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
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* [[May 11]] – India's population reaches 1&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uOsSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5551,31832&dq=india+1+billion+population|title=Lakeland Ledger – Google News Archive Search}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4bILAAAAIBAJ&pg=6004,4288407&dq=india+1+billion+population|title=Ludington Daily News – Google News Archive Search}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[May 11]] – India's population reaches 1&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uOsSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5551,31832&dq=india+1+billion+population|title=Lakeland Ledger – Google News Archive Search}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4bILAAAAIBAJ&pg=6004,4288407&dq=india+1+billion+population|title=Ludington Daily News – Google News Archive Search}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[May 13]]
* [[May 13]]
** A [[Enschede fireworks disaster|fireworks factory disaster]] in [[Enschede]], Netherlands, kills 23.
** A [[Enschede fireworks disaster|fireworks factory disaster]] in [[Enschede]], Netherlands, kills 23.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Varney |first=Clare |date=2025-05-12 |title=25 years on, Enschede remembers its firework disaster |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/05/25-years-on-enschede-remembers-its-firework-disaster/ |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=DutchNews.nl |language=en-GB}}</ref>
** [[Millennium Force]] opens at [[Cedar Point]] amusement park in [[Sandusky, Ohio]] as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster
** [[Millennium Force]] opens at [[Cedar Point]] amusement park in [[Sandusky, Ohio]] as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster
* [[May 24]] – [[Real Madrid C.F.]] defeats [[Valencia CF]] 3–0 in the [[2000 UEFA Champions League Final|UEFA Champions League Final]] at [[Stade de France]] to win their second title between 1998 and 2002, and their eighth overall.
* [[May 24]] – [[Real Madrid C.F.]] defeats [[Valencia CF]] 3–0 in the [[2000 UEFA Champions League Final|UEFA Champions League Final]] at [[Stade de France]] to win their second title between 1998 and 2002, and their eighth overall.
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* [[July 7]] – The draft assembly of [[Human Genome Project]] is announced at the White House by US President [[Bill Clinton]], [[Francis Collins]], and [[Craig Venter]].
* [[July 7]] – The draft assembly of [[Human Genome Project]] is announced at the White House by US President [[Bill Clinton]], [[Francis Collins]], and [[Craig Venter]].
* [[July 10]] – In southern [[Nigeria]], a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging [[gasoline]].
* [[July 10]] – In southern [[Nigeria]], a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging [[gasoline]].
* [[July 11|July 11]]&ndash;[[July 25|25]] – A [[2000 Camp David Summit|summit meeting]] takes place at [[Camp David]] between United States president [[Bill Clinton]], Israeli prime minister [[Ehud Barak]] and [[Palestinian Authority]] chairman [[Yasser Arafat]], ending without an agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} MIDDLE EAST {{!}} Camp David timeline |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/848968.stm |access-date=2023-10-23 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027153036/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/848968.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 11]]&ndash;[[July 25|25]] – A [[2000 Camp David Summit|summit meeting]] takes place at [[Camp David]] between United States president [[Bill Clinton]], Israeli prime minister [[Ehud Barak]] and [[Palestinian Authority]] chairman [[Yasser Arafat]], ending without an agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} MIDDLE EAST {{!}} Camp David timeline |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/848968.stm |access-date=2023-10-23 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027153036/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/848968.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 14]] – A powerful [[solar flare]], later named the [[Bastille Day solar storm|Bastille Day event]], causes a [[geomagnetic storm]] on Earth.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Bastille Day (14 July 2000) event in historical large sun-earth connection events |date=January 2001 |doi=10.1023/A:1014273227639 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226083577 |access-date=2 January 2021|last1=Watari |first1=Shinichi |last2=Kunitake |first2=Manabu |last3=Watanabe |first3=Takashi |journal=Solar Physics |volume=204 |issue=1/2 |pages=425–438 |bibcode=2001SoPh..204..425W |s2cid=117394988 }}</ref>
* [[July 14]] – A powerful [[solar flare]], later named the [[Bastille Day solar storm|Bastille Day event]], causes a [[geomagnetic storm]] on Earth.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Bastille Day (14 July 2000) event in historical large sun-earth connection events |date=January 2001 |doi=10.1023/A:1014273227639 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226083577 |access-date=2 January 2021|last1=Watari |first1=Shinichi |last2=Kunitake |first2=Manabu |last3=Watanabe |first3=Takashi |journal=Solar Physics |volume=204 |issue=1/2 |pages=425–438 |bibcode=2001SoPh..204..425W |s2cid=117394988 }}</ref>
* [[July 25]] – [[Air France Flight 4590]], a [[Concorde]] aircraft, crashes into a hotel in [[Gonesse]] just after [[takeoff]] from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and 4 in the hotel.
* [[July 25]] – [[Air France Flight 4590]], a [[Concorde]] aircraft, crashes into a hotel in [[Gonesse]] just after [[takeoff]] from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and 4 in the hotel.
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* [[August 12]] – The Russian submarine ''[[Russian submarine Kursk (K-141)|Kursk]]'' [[Kursk submarine disaster|sinks]] in the [[Barents Sea]] during one of the largest Russian naval exercises since the 1991 [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
* [[August 12]] – The Russian submarine ''[[Russian submarine Kursk (K-141)|Kursk]]'' [[Kursk submarine disaster|sinks]] in the [[Barents Sea]] during one of the largest Russian naval exercises since the 1991 [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
* [[August 14]] – [[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar Nicholas II]] and his family are canonized by the synod of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].
* [[August 14]] – [[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar Nicholas II]] and his family are canonized by the synod of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].
* [[August 23]] – The [[Death and state funeral of Abulfaz Elchibey|state funeral of Abulfaz Elchibey]], the second [[President of Azerbaijan]], took place in [[Baku]].


=== September ===
=== September ===
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* [[September 6]]&ndash;[[September 8|8]] &ndash; World leaders attend the [[Millennium Summit]] at U.N. Headquarters.
* [[September 6]]&ndash;[[September 8|8]] &ndash; World leaders attend the [[Millennium Summit]] at U.N. Headquarters.
* [[September 7]]&ndash;[[September 14|14]] &ndash; [[Fuel protests in the United Kingdom]], with refineries blockaded and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.
* [[September 7]]&ndash;[[September 14|14]] &ndash; [[Fuel protests in the United Kingdom]], with refineries blockaded and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.
* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Steve Jobs]] introduces the [[Mac OS X Public Beta]] for US $29.95.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2000/09/13Apple-Releases-Mac-OS-X-Public-Beta/ |title=Apple Releases Mac OS X Public Beta |publisher=[[Apple Inc.]] |access-date=September 12, 2018 |date=September 13, 2000 |website=Apple.com |archive-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630033344/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2000/09/13Apple-Releases-Mac-OS-X-Public-Beta/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Steve Jobs]] introduces the [[Mac OS X Public Beta]] for US$29.95.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2000/09/13Apple-Releases-Mac-OS-X-Public-Beta/ |title=Apple Releases Mac OS X Public Beta |publisher=[[Apple Inc.]] |access-date=September 12, 2018 |date=September 13, 2000 |website=Apple.com |archive-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630033344/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2000/09/13Apple-Releases-Mac-OS-X-Public-Beta/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Microsoft]] releases [[Windows Me]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft Announces Immediate Availability of Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)|url=http://news.microsoft.com/2000/09/14/microsoft-announces-immediate-availability-of-windows-millennium-edition-windows-me/|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=September 14, 2000}}</ref>
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Microsoft]] releases [[Windows Me]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft Announces Immediate Availability of Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)|url=http://news.microsoft.com/2000/09/14/microsoft-announces-immediate-availability-of-windows-millennium-edition-windows-me/|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=September 14, 2000}}</ref>
* [[September 15]]&ndash;[[October 1]] &ndash; The [[2000 Summer Olympics]], held in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], is the first [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] of the 2000s.
* [[September 15]]&ndash;[[October 1]] &ndash; The [[2000 Summer Olympics]], held in [[Sydney]], Australia, is the first [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] of the 2000s.
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] journalist [[Georgiy Gongadze]] is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death.
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] journalist [[Georgiy Gongadze]] is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death.
* [[September 26]] &ndash; The Greek ferry ''[[MS Express Samina|Express Samina]]'' sinks off the coast of the island of [[Paros]]; 80 out of a total of over 500 passengers perish in one of Greece's worst sea disasters.
* [[September 26]] &ndash; The Greek ferry ''[[MS Express Samina|Express Samina]]'' sinks off the coast of the island of [[Paros]]; 80 out of a total of over 500 passengers perish in one of Greece's worst sea disasters.
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* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević|Mass demonstrations]] in [[Belgrade]] lead to resignation of [[Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslavia]]'s president [[Slobodan Milošević]].
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević|Mass demonstrations]] in [[Belgrade]] lead to resignation of [[Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslavia]]'s president [[Slobodan Milošević]].
* [[October 11]] &ndash; {{convert|250|e6USgal|m3}} of coal sludge [[Martin County coal slurry spill|spill]] in [[Martin County, Kentucky]], United States (considered a greater environmental disaster than the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]]).
* [[October 11]] &ndash; {{convert|250|e6USgal|m3}} of coal sludge [[Martin County coal slurry spill|spill]] in [[Martin County, Kentucky]], United States (considered a greater environmental disaster than the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]]).
* [[October 12]] &ndash; In [[Aden]], [[Yemen]], [[USS Cole (DDG-67)|USS ''Cole'']] is [[USS Cole bombing|badly damaged]] by two [[Al-Qaeda]] [[suicide attack|suicide bombers]], who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the [[United States Navy]] destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
* [[October 12]] &ndash; In [[Aden]], Yemen, [[USS Cole (DDG-67)|USS ''Cole'']] is [[USS Cole bombing|badly damaged]] by two [[Al-Qaeda]] [[suicide attack|suicide bombers]], who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the [[United States Navy]] destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
*[[October 17]] – [[Hatfield rail crash]]: A [[Great North Eastern Railway]] [[Intercity 225]] express train is derailed, killing four people and injuring many others, in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire]], England.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4216830.stm |title=How Hatfield changed the railways |publisher=BBC News |date=September 6, 2005 |access-date=August 23, 2016 |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112000142/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4216830.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[October 17]] – [[Hatfield rail crash]]: A [[Great North Eastern Railway]] [[Intercity 225]] express train is derailed, killing four people and injuring many others, in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire]], England.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4216830.stm |title=How Hatfield changed the railways |publisher=BBC News |date=September 6, 2005 |access-date=August 23, 2016 |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112000142/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4216830.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 22]]  
* [[October 22]]  
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* [[December 12]] – [[Bush v. Gore]]: The United States Supreme Court [[Bush v. Gore|rules]] that the [[2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|recount of the 2000 presidential election in Florida]] should be halted and the original results be certified, thus making [[George W. Bush]] the winner of the [[2000 United States presidential election|U.S. presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html |title=Bush v. Gore |website=Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015060335/https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 12]] – [[Bush v. Gore]]: The United States Supreme Court [[Bush v. Gore|rules]] that the [[2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|recount of the 2000 presidential election in Florida]] should be halted and the original results be certified, thus making [[George W. Bush]] the winner of the [[2000 United States presidential election|U.S. presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html |title=Bush v. Gore |website=Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015060335/https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 15]] – The third and final reactor at the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]] is shut down and the station is shut down completely.
* [[December 15]] – The third and final reactor at the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]] is shut down and the station is shut down completely.
* [[December 23]] - In the [[2000 Serbian parliamentary election]] an alliance of reformist parties achieves a landslide victory over the nationalists, paving the way for a government under [[Zoran Đinđić]].
* [[December 24]] – The [[Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings|Christmas Eve bombings]] in several churches in Indonesia kill 18 people.
* [[December 24]] – The [[Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings|Christmas Eve bombings]] in several churches in Indonesia kill 18 people.
* [[December 25]] – The [[Luoyang Christmas fire]] at a shopping center in China kills 309 people.<ref>{{cite web | last=Fackler | first=Martin | title=309 die as fire sweeps through disco in China | website=the Guardian | date=2000-12-27 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/dec/27/china | access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref>
* [[December 25]] – The [[Luoyang Christmas fire]] at a shopping center in China kills 309 people.<ref>{{cite web | last=Fackler | first=Martin | title=309 die as fire sweeps through disco in China | website=the Guardian | date=2000-12-27 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/dec/27/china | access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref>
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|align="right"|+6.98%
|align="right"|6,453,628,000
|align="right"|6,453,628,000
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|align="right"|707,462,000
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|align="right"|+12.47%
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|align="right"|887,964,000
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|align="right"|+11.60%
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|align="right"|+249,685,000
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|align="right"|+7.28%
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|align="right"|481,099,000
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|align="right"|+8.13%
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|align="right"|558,281,000
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|align="right"|299,438,000
|align="right"|+16,477,000
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|align="right"|+5.50%
|align="right"|332,156,000
|align="right"|332,156,000
|align="right"|+16,241,000
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|align="right"|28,924,000
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|align="right"|+7.33%
|align="right"|32,998,000
|align="right"|32,998,000
|align="right"|+1,955,000
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|align="right"|+6.30%
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2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace[1] and the World Mathematical Year.[2]

Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium,[3] because of a tendency to group the years according to decimal values, as if non-existent year zero was counted. According to the Gregorian calendar, these distinctions fall to the year 2001, because the 1st century was retroactively said to start with the year AD 1. Since the Gregorian calendar does not have year zero, its first millennium spanned from years 1 to 1000 inclusively and its second millennium from years 1001 to 2000. (For further information, see century and millennium.)

The year 2000 is sometimes abbreviated as "Y2K" (the "Y" stands for "year", and the "K" stands for "kilo" which means "thousand").[4][5] The year 2000 was the subject of Y2K concerns, which were fears that computers would not shift from 1999 to 2000 correctly. However, by the end of 1999, many companies had already converted to new, or upgraded existing, software. Some even obtained "Y2K certification". As a result of massive effort, relatively few problems occurred.

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World population

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World population[55]
2000 1995 2005
World 6,070,581,000 5,674,380,000 Increase 396,201,000 +6.98% 6,453,628,000 Increase 383,047,000 +6.31%
Africa 795,671,000 707,462,000 Increase 88,209,000 +12.47% 887,964,000 Increase 92,293,000 +11.60%
Asia 3,679,737,000 3,430,052,000 Increase 249,685,000 +7.28% 3,917,508,000 Increase 237,771,000 +6.46%
Europe 727,986,000 727,405,000 Increase 581,000 +0.08% 724,722,000 Decrease 3,264,000 −0.45%
Latin America 520,229,000 481,099,000 Increase 39,130,000 +8.13% 558,281,000 Increase 38,052,000 +7.31%
Northern America 315,915,000 299,438,000 Increase 16,477,000 +5.50% 332,156,000 Increase 16,241,000 +5.14%
Oceania 31,043,000 28,924,000 Increase 2,119,000 +7.33% 32,998,000 Increase 1,955,000 +6.30%

Births and deaths

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Nobel Prizes

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References

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