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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 monumemt 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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'''2000''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MM]]''') is a [[century leap year|century]] [[leap year]] [[leap year starting on Saturday|starting on a Saturday]], in accordance with the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was the 100th and final year of the [[20th Century]], 2000th year of the [[Anno Domini]] or the [[Common Era]], the 1st year of the [[2000s (decade)|2000s]], the 25th and final leap year of the [[20th century]], and the 1000th and final year of the [[2nd millennium]].-->

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]].)

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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==Events==
===January===
* [[January 1]] 
** The [[Longplayer]] starts playing for 1,000 years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wallace |first1=Helen |title=Reaching into the future: Longplayer |url=https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/magazine/features/reaching-into-the-future-longplayer/ |website=Kings Place |date=January 5, 2018 |accessdate=19 February 2025}}</ref>
** [[Millennium celebrations]] are held around the world to celebrate the beginning of the [[3rd millennium]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-01-01 |title=2000: World celebrates New Millennium |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/1/newsid_2478000/2478173.stm |access-date=2025-01-11 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
** The [[year 2000 problem]], a [[time formatting and storage bug]], takes effect, but is successfully mitigated in many cases.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Loeb |first1=Zachary |title=The lessons of Y2K, 20 years later |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=30 December 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/ |access-date=7 June 2021 |archive-date=2020-12-02  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202183008/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 6]] – The last naturally conceived [[Pyrenean ibex]] is found dead, apparently killed by a falling tree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2021/01/23/the-species-that-went-extinct-twice |title=The Species That Went Extinct Twice |last=Smith |first=Kiona N. |date=January 23, 2021 |website=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131073011/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2021/01/23/the-species-that-went-extinct-twice/ |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 8]] – In [[Soria]] (Spain) a large chunk of ice is reported to have fallen from the sky. Over the following months, a [[social panic]] about this phenomenon is unleashed, with reports of a multitude of similar cases of falling ice chunks (incorrectly named as ''aerolites'') all over Spain, attracting great attention from the Spanish media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-10 |title=20 AÑOS DE "AEROLITOS" EN ESPAÑA |url=http://esmadridnomadriz.es/blog/20-a%C3%B1os-de-aerolitos-en-espa%C3%B1a |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Es Madrid no Madriz |language=es-ES}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=H |first=R. S. / A. L. |date=2020-02-02 |title=El enigma sobre los aerolitos se mantiene dos décadas después |url=https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/comunidad/2020/02/02/enigma-aerolitos-mantiene-decadas-despues-33942740.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=La Opinión de Murcia |language=es}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[AOL|America Online]] announces an agreement to purchase [[Time Warner]] for $162&nbsp;billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/business/media/11merger.html |title=How the AOL-Time Warner Merger Went So Wrong |last=Arango |first=Tim |date=January 10, 2010 |work=The New York Times |url-status=live |archive-date=January 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124024239/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/business/media/11merger.html}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] 
**The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the [[Dot-com bubble]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357298/000035729801500016/dowjones.html |title=Dow Jones |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission |access-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-date=July 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726071917/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357298/000035729801500016/dowjones.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
**The United Nations' [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] sentences five [[Bosnian Croats]] to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
* [[January 30]] – [[Kenya Airways Flight 431]] crashes off the [[Ivory Coast]] into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169 people.<ref name="BEA">{{cite web|date=25 January 2002|title=REPORT – Accident which occurred on 30 January 2000 in the sea near Abidjan Airport to the Airbus 310–304 registered 5Y-BEN operated by Kenya Airways|url=https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2000/5y-n000130a/pdf/5y-n000130a.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130053439/https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2000/5y-n000130a/pdf/5y-n000130a.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2019|publisher=Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety}}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – [[Alaska Airlines Flight 261]] crashes off the [[California]] coast into the Pacific Ocean; all 88 passengers and crew are killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alaskaair.com/E_latest.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010212073412/http://www.alaskaair.com/E_latest.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2001|title=Flight 261 Special Report: Alaska Airlines Names Aviation Experts To Conduct Safety Audit|publisher=[[Alaska Airlines]]|date=March 24, 2000|access-date=May 29, 2018}} Latest version of rolling report (originally retrieved May 31, 2009)</ref>

===February===
* [[February 5]]
** [[Second Chechen War]]: [[Novye Aldi massacre]] – Russian forces summarily execute 56–60 civilians in a suburb of Grozny.<ref>{{cite book | title = Endless brutality: war crimes in Chechnya | publisher = Physicians for Human Rights | location = Boston, Mass | year = 2001 | isbn = 9781879707320 | page=58}}</ref>
** [[2000 Six Nations Championship]] in [[rugby union]] opens, the first year in which [[Italy]] takes part.
* [[February 6]] – Second Chechen War: [[Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)]] ends as Russian forces conclude capture of the [[Chechnya|Chechen]] capital [[Grozny]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/632767.stm|title=Putin: 'Grozny liberated'|publisher=BBC News|date=7 February 2000|access-date=July 1, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818175746/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/632767.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[February 9]] – Torrential rains in Africa led to the [[2000 Mozambique flood|worst flooding]] in [[Mozambique]] in 50 years, which lasted until March and killed 800 people.
* [[February 13]] – Final ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic is printed in newspapers, preceded by author [[Charles M. Schulz]]'s death the night before. It was the most popular comic strip in history, running for 50 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Writers |first=Jonathan Curiel, Pamela J. Podger, Chronicle Staff |date=2000-02-14 |title=Farewell to Schulz, Peanuts / As comic strip ends, fans mourn... |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Farewell-to-Schulz-Peanuts-As-comic-strip-3240791.php |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>
* [[February 17]] – [[Microsoft]] releases [[Windows 2000]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/2000/02/17/gates-ushers-in-next-generation-of-pc-computing-with-launch-of-windows-2000/ |title=Gates Ushers in Next Generation of PC Computing With Launch of Windows 2000 |date=February 17, 2000|publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref>
* [[February 21]] – [[UNESCO]] holds the inaugural celebration of [[International Mother Language Day]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/mother-language-day|title=International Mother Language Day|publisher=United Nations|access-date=July 1, 2022|archive-date=July 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701183121/https://www.un.org/en/observances/mother-language-day/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 29]] – A rare [[century leap year]] date occurs. Usually, century years are common years due to not being exactly divisible by 400. 2000 is the first such year to have a February 29 since the year [[1600]], making it only the second such occasion since the [[Gregorian Calendar]] was introduced in [[1582]]. The next such leap year will occur in 2400.

===March===
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Sony]] releases the [[PlayStation 2]] in Japan to compete with the [[Dreamcast]]. It launches in other countries later in the year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-19 |title=History of PlayStation: PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5 – Launch Prices, Specs, Games |url=https://www.psu.com/news/history-of-playstation-ps1-ps2-ps3-ps4-and-ps5-launch-prices-specs-and-games/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=PlayStation Universe}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] &ndash; The [[NASDAQ]] Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048.<ref>[http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_1000766.shtml Fifth Anniversary: Nasdaq's record all-time closing high 5,048.62] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116161010/http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_1000766.shtml |date=November 16, 2020 }}. Retrieved November 19, 2007.</ref> Two weeks later, the [[NASDAQ-100]], [[S&P 500]], and [[Wilshire 5000]] reach their peaks prior to the Dot-com bubble, ending a bull market run that had lasted over 17 years.
* [[March 12]]
** [[Pope John Paul II]] [[Pope John Paul II#Apologies|apologizes]] for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman [[Catholic Church]] throughout the ages.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boudreaux |first=Richard |date=2000-03-13 |title=Pope Apologizes for Catholic Sins Past and Present |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-13-mn-8338-story.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
** A [[Zenit-3SL]] sea launch fails due to a [[software bug]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/sealaunch/ico1/000330software.html |work=Spaceflight Now |title=Sea Launch malfunction blamed on software glitch |first=Justin |last=Ray |date=March 30, 2000 |access-date=December 23, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115644/http://spaceflightnow.com/sealaunch/ico1/000330software.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[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 26]] &ndash; [[2000 Russian presidential election]]: [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected [[President of Russia]].

===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 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 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 5]]
** After originating in the [[Philippines]], the [[ILOVEYOU]] computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
** A rare conjunction of seven [[celestial bodies]] (Sun, Moon, planets [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]–[[Saturn]]) occurs during the [[new moon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/alignment.html |title=Planetary Alignment of 5 May 2000 |publisher=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |access-date=September 15, 2013 |archive-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419140559/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/alignment.html |url-status=live }}</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]]
** A [[Enschede fireworks disaster|fireworks factory disaster]] in [[Enschede]], Netherlands, kills 23.
** [[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.

===June===
* [[June 4]] &ndash; The 7.9 {{M|w}} [[2000 Enggano earthquake|Enggano earthquake]] shakes southwestern [[Sumatra]], killing 103 people and injuring at least 2,174.
* [[June 10]]&ndash;[[July 2]] &ndash; [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]] jointly host the [[UEFA Euro 2000]] football tournament, which is won by [[France national football team|France]].
* [[June 17]] &ndash; A [[2000 Iceland earthquakes|centennial earthquake]] (6.5 on the [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]]) hits [[Iceland]] on its national day.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-10-05 |title=Historical earthquakes in Iceland – Iceland geology |url=https://icelandgeology.net/?page_id=8039 |access-date=2023-12-15}}</ref>
* [[June 21]]  &ndash; Another earthquake hits Iceland further west than the previous quake.<ref name=":0" />
* [[June 26]] &ndash; A preliminary draft of [[genome]]s, as part of the [[Human Genome Project]], is finished. It is announced at the White House by President Clinton.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/clinton1.shtml |title=President Clinton Announces the Completion of the First Survey of the Entire Human Genome |website=web.ornl.gov |publisher=[[White House press corps|White House Briefing Room]] |type=Press release |date=June 25, 2000 |access-date=June 26, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318084434/https://web.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/clinton1.shtml}}</ref>

===July===
* [[July 1]] – The [[Øresund Bridge]] between [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]] is officially opened for traffic.
* [[July 2]] – [[France national football team|France]] defeats [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 2–1 after extra time in the final of the [[UEFA Euro 2000]] Championship in Association football, becoming the first team to win the World Cup and European Championship consecutively.
* [[July 2]] – [[Vicente Fox]] of the National Action Party (PAN) is [[2000 Mexican general election|elected]] [[President of Mexico]], becoming the first president not from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Milner |first=Kate |date=2 July 2000 |title=End of era for all-powerful party |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/815359.stm |access-date=28 November 2008 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
* [[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 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 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.

===August===
* [[August 8]] – The US [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] submarine ''[[H. L. Hunley (submarine)|H. L. Hunley]]'' is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
* [[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]].

=== September ===
* [[September 1]] &ndash; The [[Nokia 3310]] mobile phone is released.
* [[September 6]] &ndash; The last wholly Swedish-owned [[Arms industry|arms manufacturer]], [[Bofors]], is sold to American arms manufacturer [[United Defense]].
* [[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 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 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 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 28]] &ndash; [[Israel]]i opposition leader [[Ariel Sharon]] visits the [[Temple Mount]] in East Jerusalem, sparking an uprising that becomes the [[Second Intifada]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-09-29 |title=Al-Aqsa Intifada timeline|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3677206.stm |access-date=2023-11-04 |archive-date=July 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702011849/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3677206.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===October===
* [[October 3]] &ndash; Approximate start of [[Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods]] (particularly affecting the UK), precipitated by days of heavy rain.
* [[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 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 22]] 
** The ''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]'' newspaper exposes Japanese archaeologist [[Shinichi Fujimura]] as a fraud; Japanese archaeologists had based their treatises on his findings.
**Japanese Prime Minister [[Yoshiro Mori]] and Singaporean Prime Minister [[Goh Chok Tong]] formally negotiate a Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New Age Partnership (JSEPA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/evolution-of-japans-policy-toward-economic-integration/ |title=Evolution of Japan's Policy Toward Economic Integration |date=December 1, 2001 |last=Munakata |first=Naoko |website=[[Brookings Institution|Brookings]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210024233/https://www.brookings.edu/articles/evolution-of-japans-policy-toward-economic-integration/amp/ |archive-date=February 10, 2022}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – Pakistani authorities announce that their police have found an apparent mummy of an alleged [[Persian Princess]] in the province of [[Balochistan, Pakistan]]. The governments of Iran, Pakistan as well as the [[Taliban]] of Afghanistan all claim the mummy until Pakistan announces it is a modern-day forgery in April 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/nov/26/pakistan.iran |title=Pakistan and Iran fight over mummified princess |date=November 26, 2000 |last=Harding |first=Luke |website=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217203513/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/nov/26/pakistan.iran |archive-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>
* [[October 31]] 
** [[Soyuz TM-31]] is launched, carrying [[Expedition 1|the first resident crew]] to the [[International Space Station]]. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2000/11/06/207767.htm?site=science_dev&topic=latest |title=Let the new space era begin |date=November 6, 2000 |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |access-date=August 5, 2010 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917103602/http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2000/11/06/207767.htm?site=science_dev&topic=latest |url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Singapore Airlines Flight 006]] collides with construction equipment in the [[Chiang Kai Shek International Airport]], resulting in 83 deaths.

===November===
* [[November 2]] – [[Expedition 1]] to the [[International Space Station]] begins.<ref>{{Cite news|date=October 31, 2000|title=First crew starts living and working on the International Space Station|publisher=European Space Agency|url=https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/International_Space_Station/First_crew_starts_living_and_working_on_the_International_Space_Station|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217064333/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/International_Space_Station/First_crew_starts_living_and_working_on_the_International_Space_Station|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 7]] – [[2000 United States presidential election]]: No winner can be declared, prompting a controversial [[2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|recount in Florida]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/08/election.president/ |title=Florida recounts votes county by county as candidates wait |date=November 8, 2000 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001109023909/http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/08/election.president/ |archive-date=November 9, 2000 |access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] – [[Kaprun disaster]], Austria: A [[funicular]] fire in an Alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Vishnu Konoorayar|author2=V. S. Jaya|title=Disaster Management and Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbGbAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Indian Law Institute|page=214}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] – The United States recognizes the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/kingdom-of-yugoslavia |title=Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia |work=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776 |author=Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=July 14, 2020 |archive-date=February 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211015136/https://history.state.gov/countries/kingdom-of-yugoslavia |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 15]] – [[Bihar]] is divided into two parts (by the [[Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000]]) and [[Jharkhand]], the 28th [[state of India]], is created. Hence, this day is celebrated as Jharkhand Foundation Day.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bera |first=Gautam Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qrmTdshzKQC&q=Bihar+State+reorganization+bill&pg=PA60 |title=The Unrest Axle: Ethno-social Movements in Eastern India |date=2008 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-8324-145-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 August 2000 |title=The Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1054471/ |access-date=19 November 2023 |website=IndianKanoon.org |archive-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724073805/https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1054471/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 20]] – [[Alberto Fujimori]], [[President of Peru]], faxes his resignation from a hotel room in Japan, having fled Peru after facing corruption charges.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1032381.stm | title=Peru's Fujimori resigns | date=November 20, 2000 | access-date=May 31, 2022 | archive-date=October 6, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006224932/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1032381.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> Fujimori would be officially removed from office by [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congress]] on the 22nd.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Faiola |first=Anthony |date=2000-11-22 |title=Peruvian Lawmakers Kick Fujimori Out of Office |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/11/22/peruvian-lawmakers-kick-fujimori-out-of-office/0c6188f9-b45c-4afb-9b9d-b93ddc1c1550/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218015646/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/11/22/peruvian-lawmakers-kick-fujimori-out-of-office/0c6188f9-b45c-4afb-9b9d-b93ddc1c1550/ |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |access-date=2022-06-08 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

===December===
* [[December 7]] – [[Kadisoka]] temple is discovered in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
* [[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 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 31]] – The [[20th century]] and [[2nd millennium]] conclude.

==World population==
{{Main|List of countries by population in 2000}}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=8|[[World population]]<ref>[http://esa.un.org/unpp World Population Prospects] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216015218/http://esa.un.org/unpp/ |date=December 16, 2007 }}. Retrieved November 19, 2007.</ref>
|-
!
!2000
!colspan=3|[[1995]]
!colspan=3|[[2005]]
|-
!World
|align="right"|'''6,070,581,000'''
|align="right"|5,674,380,000
|align="right"|+396,201,000
|align="right"|+6.98%
|align="right"|6,453,628,000
|align="right"|+383,047,000
|align="right"|+6.31%
|-
!Africa
|align="right"|'''795,671,000'''
|align="right"|707,462,000
|align="right"|+88,209,000
|align="right"|+12.47%
|align="right"|887,964,000
|align="right"|+92,293,000
|align="right"|+11.60%
|-
!Asia
|align="right"|'''3,679,737,000'''
|align="right"|3,430,052,000
|align="right"|+249,685,000
|align="right"|+7.28%
|align="right"|3,917,508,000
|align="right"|+237,771,000
|align="right"|+6.46%
|-
!Europe
|align="right"|'''727,986,000'''
|align="right"|727,405,000
|align="right"|+581,000
|align="right"|+0.08%
|align="right"|724,722,000
|align="right"|−3,264,000
|align="right"|−0.45%
|-
!Latin America
|align="right"|'''520,229,000'''
|align="right"|481,099,000
|align="right"|+39,130,000
|align="right"|+8.13%
|align="right"|558,281,000
|align="right"|+38,052,000
|align="right"|+7.31%
|-
! Northern America
|align="right"|'''315,915,000'''
|align="right"|299,438,000
|align="right"|+16,477,000
|align="right"|+5.50%
|align="right"|332,156,000
|align="right"|+16,241,000
|align="right"|+5.14%
|-
!Oceania
|align="right"|'''31,043,000'''
|align="right"|28,924,000
|align="right"|+2,119,000
|align="right"|+7.33%
|align="right"|32,998,000
|align="right"|+1,955,000
|align="right"|+6.30%
|}

==Births and deaths==
{{Main|Births in 2000|Deaths in 2000}}

==Nobel Prizes==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Alan J. Heeger]], [[Alan MacDiarmid]], and [[Hideki Shirakawa]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[James Heckman]] and [[Daniel McFadden]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Gao Xingjian]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Kim Dae-jung]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Zhores Alferov]], [[Herbert Kroemer]], and [[Jack Kilby]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Arvid Carlsson]], [[Paul Greengard]], and [[Eric Kandel]]

==References==
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