This article is about the year 2000. For other uses of 2000, see 2000 (number) or 2000 (breakdancing move). 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Popular culture also holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, however, this distinction falls to the year 2001. This is due to the fact that the first century began with the year 1, and there does not exist a year zero. The first century ...

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2000 - January. January 1 - Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that had been predicted. January 5-January 8 - The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit was a meeting of several high-level al-Qaeda members including two 9/11 American Airlines Flight 77 hijackers. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. January 6 - The last remaining Pyrenean Ibex is found dead. January 10 - America On-line announces a ...

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This is a list of film-related events in 2000. 1999 in film 2000 in film 2001 in film 1999 in home video 2000 in home video 2001 in home video 1999 in television 2000 in television 2001 in television 2000 in film - Events. February 9 — The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin F ...

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See also: 1999 in music, other events of 2000, 2001 in music, 2000s in music and the list of 'years in music' 2000 in music - Albums released. 20th Century Masters- The Millennium Collection: The Best Of ABBA - ABBA Greatest Hits - Ace of Base Singles Of The 90s- Ace of Base ABBA Generation(US Released) - A-Teens Stiff Upper Lip - AC/DC Saints & Sinners - All Saints Mer de Noms - A Perfec ...

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2000 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 2000 2000 in music - Country Music Association Awards. 2000 in music - Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest 2000 2000 in music - Mercury Music Prize. The Hour of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy wins. ...

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April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). There are 263 days remaining. April 12 - Events. 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire 1606 - The Union Jack is adopted as the national flag of Great Britain. 1633 - The formal interrogation by the Inquisition of Galileo Galilei begins. 1861 - American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the ...

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The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for "Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. The party was first established in 1854 by Northerners who were opposed to the spread of slavery, and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the nation. In the modern political era, the GOP is usually considered the more socially conservative and economically neoliberal of the two major parties. The current President, George W. Bush, is the party lead ...

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2000 in South Africa - January. Tropical Cyclone Eline brings heavy rains to Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Madagascar The Mozambican navy begins evacuating people from low ground using rubber boats donated from last year's floods. 2000 in South Africa - February. 5 February - The first wave of floods hit Mozambique 9 February - The South African Air Force airlifts foreign tourists cut off by floodwaters in ...

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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the coast guard of the United States. One of the seven uniformed services of the United States, and the smallest armed service of the United States, it has a broad and important role in homeland security, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine environmental pollution response and the maintenance of river, intracoastal and offshore aids to navigation (ATON). It also lays claim to being the United States' oldest continuous seagoing service. The Coast ...

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June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. June 6 - Events. 1508 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice 1513 - Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.Including:

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1 - Births. Jesus, according to the anno Domini era created by Dionysius Exiguus in 525 as argued by one scholar, Georges Declercq, in Anno Domini (2000). Most scholars argue that Dionysius placed the birth of Jesus in 1 BC. 1 - Deaths. Zhao Feiyan, empress of Emperor Cheng of Han, forced to commit suicide (b. unknown) 1 - World Leaders. Areius Paianieus becomes Archon of Athens (AD 1-2) Caesar ...

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This is a list of film-related events in 1999. 1998 in film 1999 in film 2000 in film 1998 in home video 1999 in home video 2000 in home video 1998 in television 1999 in television 2000 in television 1999 in film - Events. April 7 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars, Episode I - T ...

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2000 in South Africa - Football Rugby Union. 19 November - The South Africa (Springboks) beat Ireland 28-18 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland 2000 in South Africa - Football Soccer. 7 October - South Africa (Bafana Bafana) draws with France 0-0 in the Nelson Mandela Challenge held in Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg ...

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June 6 - 1236 to 1899. 1236 - Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) 1436 - Regiomontanus, German mathematician (d. 1476) 1502 - King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) 1519 - Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d. 1603) 1542 - Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (d. 1591) 1553 - Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) 1576 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss protestant clergyman (d. 1649) 1580 - Gode ...

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June 5 - 535 to 1899. 535 - Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople 1017 - Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (b. 976) 1118 - Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester 1296 - Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245) 1316 - King Louis X of France (b. 1289) 1383 - Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324) 1568 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (b. 1522) 1625 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer ...

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March 6 - 1252 to 1899. 1252 - Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235) 1490 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458) 1531 - Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador 1627 - Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580) 1754 - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1694) 1758 - Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician 1764 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690) 1796 - Guillaume ...

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May 18 - 1450 to 1899. 1450 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) 1550 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) 1584 - Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) 1675 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. 1623) 1675 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (b. 1637) 1692 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b. 1617) 1780 - Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland 1799 ...

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April 12 - 599 BC to 1899. 599 BC - Mahavira, Indian founder of Jainism (d. 527 BC) 812 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Arabian Shia Imam (d. 835) 1484 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) 1500 - Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (d. 1574) 1526 - Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) 1550 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) 1577 - King Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) 1713 - Guillaume Thomas ...

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April 12 - 65 to 1899. 65 - Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist 238 - Gordian I, Roman Emperor (suicide) 238 - Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) 1443 - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury 1550 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (b. 1496) 1555 - Juana of Castile, queen of Philip I of Castile (b. 1479) 1687 - Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer 1704 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bi ...

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