The year 2000! For those old enough to remember, the changing to a new millenial was going to crash all computers using a 2-digit year code. Fortunately, the year did not come as a surprise, and lots of effort went into "fixing" the systems that were at risk.
What else happened in 2000? Well, for one, the first geocache was published, not long after the end of "selective availability". Here are more than a few other things which happened in 2000:
- "O Brother, Where Art Thou" soundtrack to the film of the same name released
- 34th Country Music Association Award: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win
- Aaliyah wins Best Female Video and Eminem wins Best Male Video at the 17th MTV Video Music Awards.
- Actor, screenwriter and director Jon Favreau (34) weds physician Joya Tillem (30) in Sonoma, California
- Actress Patsy Kensit (32) divorces Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (28) due to unreasonable behaviour after 3 years of marriage
- After 136 years on the floor of the ocean, H. L. Hunley, the confederate submarine, is raised to the surface.
- After 22 years, Israel officially complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425, calling on the country to withdraw completely from Lebanon. Except the disputed Sheba Farms, Israel completely withdraws its forces.
- After being crushed by a tree, the last remaining Pyrenean ibex is found
- After spending 34 years in prison for her involvement in the Moors Murders, serial killer Myra Hindley loses her third High Court appeal against a Home Office ruling that her life sentence should mean life.
- After taking off from Luana, a chartered Antonov AN-24 crashes, resulting in the deaths of over 40 people.
- Alan Chambers and Charlie Paton, Royal Marines, are the first people from Britain to reach the Geographic North Pole without aid.
- American inventor Alfred J. Gross, who invented the walkie-talkie, passes away at the age of 82.
- An agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion is announced by America Online, becoming the biggest-ever corporate merger.
- Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (Mayor of Saint Petersburg), dies of a suspected poisoning at 62
- As part of the Human Genome Project, a preliminary draft of genomes is finished. President Clinton announces this at the White House.
- As part of the Northern Ireland peace process, the last eighty prisoners leave Maze Prison in Northern Ireland.
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- At the 31st NAACP Image Awards, the Outstanding Motion Picture award is won by The Best Man.
- At the 35th Academy of Country Awards, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Shania Twain all win awards.
- At the University of Helsinki, the first Argon compound ever known, Argon fluorohydride, is discovered by Finnish scientists.
- Baby Ariel, American social media personality and YouTuber, born in Pembroke Pines, Florida
- Bailey Zimmerman, American country music singer-songwriter ("Rock and a Hard Place"; "Fall in Love"), born in Louisville, Illinois
- Basketball star Michael Jordan returns to the NBA after leading the Chicago Bulls to 6 NBA championships. He joins the Washington Wizards as a part owner, and also becomes the President of Basketball Operations.
- Bernhard Wicki, Austrian director and actor (Morituri, Crime & Passion), dies at 80
- Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft steps aside as chief executive of the company and Steve Ballmer is promoted from company president to this position.
- Bobby Duncum, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1965) died.
- Bodacious the Bull Famous rodeo bull (b. 1988)
- Boxing Day (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom)
- Brian Boydell, Irish composer, dies at 83
- Britain experiences Arctic weather conditions, with heavy snow and temperatures as low as -13 degrees plaguing the country. The conditions cause extensive gridlocking on railways and roads.
- Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II, dies at 98
- Claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, Eminem’s mother goes to court. This is after she takes exception to the line from her son’s single, My Name Is, “My mother smokes more dope than I do.”
- Danish-American comedian and pianist, Victor Borge, passes away at the age of 91.
- Domas Žeromskas, Lithuanian jazz pianist, born in Vilnius, Lithuania
- During the performance of the rock group Pearl Jam at the Roskilde Festival near Copenhagen, 26 people are injured and 9 others lose their lives on a set.
- During the Second Chechen War, the Battle of Grozny comes to an end when Russian forces conclude their capture of the Chechen capital Grozny.
- Erling Haaland, Norwegian soccer striker (EPL season scoring record Manchester City [35] 2023; Molde FK, Red Bull Salzburg, Borussia Dortmund), born in Leeds, England
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- Faouzia [Faouzia Ouihya], Moroccan-Canadian singer (Tears of Gold), born in Casablanca, Morocco
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- Following a Supreme Court order, the Cuban exile, Elián González, returns to Cuba.
- For his “services for entrepreneurship,” Richard Branson is knighted by Charles, Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace, London.
- For the first time since 1969, the English cricket team claims its first series over the West Indies, winning by 158 runs in the 5th Test.
- For the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, the 800-plus deaths of the Ugandan cult movement members is regarded to be a mass murder and suicide organized by cult leaders.
- Frédéric Dard, French writer (San-Antonio), dies at 78
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- Gable Steveson, American wrestler (Olympic Gold freestyle 2020), born in Apple Valley, Minnesota
- George L. Street III, American Navy Submariner and Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 86
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- Harold Nicholas, American dancer known as one of the world's greatest dancers (Nicholas Brothers), dies of heart failure at 79
- Helmut Coing, German legal historian (Max Planck institute), dies at 88
- Henry Nicols, American AIDS activist, dies as the result of a car accident at 26
- In baseball, Greg Maddux achieves his 387th putout, breaking the career record of Jack Morris.
- In basketball, American player Vince Carter jumps above Frédéric Weis, who is 7 foot 2, in the Summer Olympics of 2000. This is known in France as “le dunk de la mort” (the dunk of death).
- In basketball, Pat Riley is just the second coach in the history of the NBA to accumulate 1,000 regular season victories. This is achieved when Miami Heat win 105-79 against Orlando Magic.
- In basketball, the NBA Finals take place, with the Indiana Pacers being defeated by the Los Angeles Lakers. The team won 116-111 in Game 6, winning the franchise its first title in 12 years.
- In Belgrade, mass demonstrations take place, which lead to the resignation of Slobodan Milošević, Serbian strongman. The demonstrations are often referred to as the Bulldozer Revolution.
- In Croatia, Stjepan Mesić begins his position as the second President.
- In English soccer, Ledley King, defender for Tottenham, scores the fastest goal in English Premier League history. He nets after 9.82 seconds in a 3-3 draw at Bradford City.
- In Finland, the constitution is rewritten.
- In Istanbul, a Nationalist Movement Party office is attacked by the Leninist Guerilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey, injuring three people and killing one.
- In Melbourne, Australia, activists protest against the meeting of the World Economic Forum.
- In Northern Ireland, the HM Prison Maze is closed.
- In one of the most important events of 2000, the Jarvik 2000 is first received by a patient, which is the first completely artificial heart that maintains a blood flow as well as generating a pulse
- In one of the worst disasters in Slovenia in the past century, a catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, results in the deaths of 7 people and causes millions of SIT of damage.
- In Scotland, Section 28, which outlaws the promotion of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed with a 99 to 17 vote. Section 28 would not be repealed in the rest of the UK until 2003.
- In Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the Kadisoka temple is discovered.
- In Sydney, Australia, the 27th Olympic Games open.
- In the 104th Boston Marathon, Catherine Ndereba wins the women’s title with a time of 2:26:11, and Elijah Lagat wins the men’s race in 2:09:47.
- In West Sussex, England, a six-year-old girl named Sarah Payne is found dead after disappearing sixteen days earlier in one of the most devastating events that happened in 2000. The News of the World newspaper start a campaign for Sarah’s Law, a child sex offender disclosure scheme, on July 23.
- Indicating the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom, the NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5131.52.
- It is announced by BMW that they plan to sell the Rover Group. Emerging as favorites for takeover is London-based Alchemy consortium.
- It is announced by President Bill Clinton that the United States military would no longer restrict accurate GPS access.
- Jacob Lawrence, African-American artist (Sanitarium), dies at 82
- Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, Prime Minister of France, President of the National Assembly, dies at 85
- Jeff MacNelly, American Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist (Shoe), dies at 52
- John Beck, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests; 3 x 50; top score 99; Wellington), dies at 65
- José Ángel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza), dies at 71
- Kenny Irwin, Jr., American auto racer (USAC National Midget Champion 1996; NASCAR 87 starts), dies in a crash during practice at 30
- Larry Linville, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-77 - "Major Frank Burns"), dies of pneumonia, following cancer surgery in at 60
- Later referred to as the Bastille Day event, a powerful solar flare leads to a geomagnetic storm on Earth.
- Marvin Leath, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 11th district), dies at 69
- Montgomery Ward, the U.S. retail giant, declares it’s going out of business after 128 years.
- MV Treasure, the bulk ore carrier, sinks off the western coast of South Africa. 19,000 penguins are soiled in the process, resulting in the world’s largest bird rescue from an oiling event.
- On the Paulsgrove estate in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, rioting breaks out when over one hundred people surround a block of flats that supposedly house a convicted pedophile. The event is the most recent vigilante violence against suspected sex offenders since the “naming and shaming” anti-pedophile campaign was started by the newspaper News of the World.
- Parachutes, the debut album by Coldplay, is released. The album would go on to win the Grammy Award for the Best Alternative Album in 2002.
- Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (The Fly), dies at 75
- Pierre Pflimlin, French politician (briefly French Prime Minister 1958), dies at 93
- Pittsburgh Penguins center and part-owner Mario Lemieux scores a goal and 2 assists in his return to the NHL after more than 3 years out with injury problems and lingering cancer issues; Penguins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-0
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- President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milošević resigns
- Ralph Louis Wain, British agricultural scientist, dies at 89
- Richard Kleindienst, American lawyer and civil servant (Attorney General during Watergate scandal, 1972-73), dies of lung cancer at 76
- Robert Gilruth, American aviation and space pioneer (NASA Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, 1961-74), dies at 86
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- Selemon Barega, Ethiopian athlete (Olympic gold 10,000m 2020), born in Gurage zone, Ethiopia
- Seven sailors lose their lives when Scottish trawler, the Solway Harvester, sinks in the Irish Sea.
- Shane Dylan, American jazz-hip-hop pianist composer, and record producer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Shania Twain and Will Smith win awards at the 27th American Music Awards
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- Thanksgiving (United States)
- The 12th Wednesday of that year was March 22nd.
- The 8th UEFA Champions League Final takes place, with Valencia being beaten by Real Madrid 3-0 at Saint-Denis.
- The American rock band Lifehouse releases their single Hanging By A Moment, which would later become Billboard Song of the Year 2001.
- The film Dayerah, directed by Jafar Panahi, wins a Golden Lion at the 57th Venice Film Festival.
- The film Gladiator starring Joaquin Phoenix and Russell Crowe, and directed by Ridley Scott, premieres in Los Angeles. The film would go on to win an award for Best Picture in 2001.
- The first crew reaches the International Space Station.
- The first short film distributed widely on the Internet, 405 The Movie, is released.
- The Ford Escort car, one of Britain’s most iconic and successful motoring nameplates, finishes production after 32 years.
- The maiden voyage of the Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry takes place.
- The Millennium Summit is opened by world leaders at the United Nations Headquarters.
- The patent on the RSA cryptograph algorithm comes to an end.
- The Prime Minister of the UK, Tony Blair, gives a speech at the Women’s Institute. He is met with a hostile response, and is heckled and slow-hand clapped by angry members.
- The Rizal Day Bombings occur in Metro Manila, Philippines, with a series of bombs exploding in various places within a few hours, injuring about a hundred people and killing 22.
- The St. Louis Blues hockey team becomes the second team in the history of the NHL to win 10 consecutive games on the road. They reach this record when they achieve a victory of 5-2 in Atlanta.
- The US Supreme Court announces its decision regarding the US presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, settling the recount dispute in Florida. The Supreme Court concludes in Bush’s favor, handing him the presidency.
- The Windows 2000 computer software is released.
- Thomas Ferebee, Enola Gay bombardier over Hiroshima, dies at 81
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- Toni Ortelli, Italian composer ("La Montanara" (The Song of the Mountains), conductor, and alpinist, dies at 95
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- United States antitrust laws are ruled to be violated by Microsoft in United States v. Microsoft Corp. by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on its competitors.
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- While robbing Bus #174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sandro Rosa do Nascimento takes hostages. The standoff, which was highly publicized, becomes a media circus and ends with the death of do Nascimento and one hostage.
- With the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet, the sport of geocaching begins.
- Wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (35) weds WWE Diva Debra Marshall (40) at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas
- Yara Shahidi, American actress (Black-ish), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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