2000 34548 225989686 2008-07-16T10:13:08Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[ee:2000]] {{seealso|2000 (number)|2000 (disambiguation)}} {{Year nav|2000}} {{C21YearInTopic}} Year '''2000''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MM]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Saturday]]. <!-- {{ShowYear|2000|leap|Saturday|Dragon|Leo|Lion}} ???--> In the [[Chinese Calendar]], it was the [[Dragon (zodiac)|Year of the Dragon]]. {{C20YearTOCawards|2000}} Year 2000 was the target of [[Y2K]] concerns, fearing computers could not shift from 2-digit "99" to "2000"; however, many companies had already converted their software, even obtaining ''Y2K certification'', and relatively few problems occurred. Popular culture also holds the year 2000 as the first year of the [[21st century]] and the [[3rd millennium|third millennium]]. In the Gregorian Calendar, however, this distinction falls to the year [[2001]], because the first century began with year [[AD 1]] (there was no [[year zero]]), and the thousand years spanned to years 2-1001 (see more at: ''[[millennium]]''). The year 2000 was also marked as: * ''The International Year for a Culture of Peace''. * ''The World [[Mathematics|Mathematical]] Year''. See also [[Current events#Past events by month|Wikipedia's almanac]] of events for this year. ==Events of 2000== ===[[January 2000|January]]=== <!--Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not to use second-level bullet points.--> <!-- The calendar article is: [[leap year starting on Saturday]]. -- Remove month-calendars after first novelty: {{Month3|1|5|1}}, -- showing how year starts. Extra calendars spawn 350 wikilinks. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Millennium]] celebrations take place throughout the world. * [[January 1]] - [[Y2K]] passes without serious, widespread computer failures, despite fears to the contrary. * [[January 3]]-[[January 10]] - [[Israel]] and [[Syria]] hold inconclusive peace talks. * [[January 4]] - [[Alan Greenspan]] is nominated for a fourth term as U.S. [[Federal Reserve]] Chairman. * [[January 5]]-[[January 8]] - The [[2000 al-Qaeda Summit]] of several high-level al-Qaeda members (including 2 [[9/11]] [[American Airlines]] hijackers) is held in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]. * [[January 10]] - [[America Online]] announces an agreement to be bought by [[Time Warner]] for $162 billion. This is the largest-ever corporate merger. {{Month3|1|5|1}} * [[January 11]] - The armed wing of [[Islamic Salvation Front]] concludes its negotiations with the government for an amnesty and disbands in [[Algeria]]. (See [[Algerian Civil War#GIA destroyed, GSPC continues|Algerian Civil War]].) * [[January 11]] - The trawler Solway Harvester sinks off the [[Isle of Man]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/603558.stm BBC News | SCOTLAND | Solway Harvester: A tale of tragedy]. Retrieved 19 November 2007.</ref> * [[January 14]] - [[United Nations]] tribunal sentences 5 [[Bosnian Croats]] to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of over 100 [[Bosnian Muslims]] in a [[Bosnia-Herzegovina|Bosnian]] village.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/03/03/war.crimes.bosnia.02 CNN.com - World - War crimes tribunal hands Croat general lengthy sentence - March 3, 2000]. Retrieved 19 November 2007.</ref> * [[January 14]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes at 11,722.98, its highest ever (the peak of the [[Dot-com bubble]]). * [[January 16]] - In [[Sacramento, California]], a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the State Capitol building, killing the driver. * [[January 18]] - The [[Tagish Lake meteorite]] impacts the Earth. * [[January 24]] - [[God's Army (revolutionary group)|God's Army]], a [[Karen people|Karen]] militia group led by twins [[Johnny and Luther Htoo]], take 700 hostages at a [[Thailand|Thai]] hospital near the [[Myanmar|Burmese]] border. * [[January 26]] - Rap-metal band [[Rage Against the Machine]] plays in front of Wall Street, prompting an early closing of trading due to the crowds. * [[January 30]] - The [[St. Louis Rams]] win the [[NFL Championship]] for the first time since [[1951]], defeating the [[Tennessee Titans]] 23-16 in [[Super Bowl XXXIV]]. * [[January 30]] - [[Kenya Airways Flight 431]] crashes off the coast of [[Côte d'Ivoire]] into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169. * [[January 31]] - [[Alaska Airlines Flight 261]] crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88. * [[January 31]] - Dr. [[Harold Shipman]] is found guilty of murdering 15 patients between 1995 and 1998 and sentenced to life imprisonment. ===[[February 2000|February]]=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[February 4]] - German [[extortion]]ist [[Klaus-Peter Sabotta]] is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion, in connection with the [[sabotage]] of German [[railway]] lines. * [[February 6]] - [[Tarja Halonen]] is elected the first female president of [[Finland]]. * [[February 7]] - [[Stipe Mesic]] is elected president of [[Croatia]]. * [[February 11]] - A blast from an [[improvised explosive device]] in front of a [[Barclay's Bank]] across from the [[New York Stock Exchange]] on [[Wall Street]] wounds dozens but kills none. * [[February 13]] - The final original ''[[Peanuts]]'' [[comic strip]] is published, following the death of its creator, [[Charles Schulz]]. * [[February 17]] - [[Microsoft]] releases [[Windows 2000]]. * [[February 21]] - [[UNESCO]] holds the inaugural celebration of [[International Mother Language Day]] ===[[March 2000|March]]=== * [[March 1]] - The [[Constitution of Finland]] is rewritten. * [[March 2]] - [[Hans Blix]] assumes the position of Executive Chairman of [[UNMOVIC]]. * [[March 7]] - [[George W. Bush]] and [[Al Gore]] emerge victorious in the Republican and Democratic caucuses and primaries of the [[United States presidential election, 2000|United States presidential election]] * [[March 8]] - [[Tokyo train disaster]]: A sideswipe collision of 2 [[Tokyo Metro]] trains kills 5 people. * [[March 9]] - The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] arrests [[art forgery]] suspect [[Ely Sakhai]] in [[New York City]]. * March 9 - [[Nupedia]], predecessor to [[Wikipedia]], is created. * [[March 10]] - The [[NASDAQ]] Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5048.<ref>[http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_1000766.shtml Fifth Anniversary: Nasdaq's record all-time closing high 5,048.62]. Retrieved 19 November 2007.</ref> * [[March 18]] - [[ROC presidential election, 2000]]: [[Chen Shui-bian]] is elected [[President of the Republic of China]] (Taiwan). [[Democratic Progressive Party]] ends [[Kuomintang]] rule for the first time. * [[March 20]] - [[Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin]] ([[H. Rap Brown]]), a former [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]], is captured after a gun battle in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], that leaves a sheriff's deputy dead. * [[March 21]] - [[Pope John Paul II]] begins the first official visit by a [[Roman Catholic]] [[pontiff]] to [[Israel]]. * [[March 21]] - The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules the government lacks authority to regulate [[tobacco]] as an [[addictive]] [[recreational drug use|drug]], throwing out the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton administration]]'s main anti-smoking [[initiative]]. * [[March 26]] - [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected President of [[Russia]]. * [[March 26]] - The [[72nd Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Billy Crystal]] are held at the [[Shrine Auditorium]] in [[Los Angeles, California]], with ''[[American Beauty (film)|American Beauty]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. * [[March 27]] - [[Phillips explosion of 2000]] kills 1 and injured 71 in [[Pasadena, Texas]]. * [[March 31]] - [[Myra Hindley]] loses a [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] appeal against her [[Whole life tariff|life imprisonment sentence]]. ===[[April 2000|April]]=== * [[April 1]] - [[Japan]]ese prime minister [[Keizo Obuchi]] suffers a [[stroke]] and falls into a [[coma]]. * [[April 3]] - ''[[United States v. Microsoft]]'': [[Microsoft]] is ruled to have violated [[United States]] [[antitrust]] laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors. * [[April 5]] - [[Yoshiro Mori]] replaces [[Keizo Obuchi]] as prime minister of [[Japan]]. * [[April 16]] - [[Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah]], [[Sultan]] of [[Selangor]], dies after a reign of 55 years. He was the longest-reigning [[monarch]] in the world since the death of Prince [[Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Franz Joseph II]] of [[Liechtenstein]]. * [[April 17]] - [[Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin]] becomes [[Raja]] of [[Perlis]]. * [[April 22]] - [[Brazil]] officially celebrates the 500th anniversary, not without protests, especially from native and black populations. * [[April 22]] - In a predawn raid, federal agents seize six-year old [[Elián González]] from his relatives' home in [[Miami, Florida]] and fly him to his [[Cuba]]n father in [[Washington, DC]], ending one of the most publicized custody battles in US history. * [[April 25]] - The State of [[Vermont]] passes HB847, legalizing [[civil union]]s for same-sex couples. * [[April 28]] - [[Richard Baumhammers]] begins a two-hour, racially-motivated shooting spree in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], leaving five dead and one paralyzed. ===[[May 2000|May]]=== * [[May 3]] - A rare conjunction of seven celestial bodies ([[Sun]], [[Moon]], planets [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]-[[Saturn]]) occurs on the [[New Moon]]. * [[May 3]] - In [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], computer pioneer [[Datapoint]] files for [[Chapter 11]] bankruptcy. * [[May 11]] - The billionth living person in [[India]] is born. * [[May 12]] - The [[Tate Modern]] Gallery opens in [[London]]. * [[May 13]] - [[Fireworks]] factory disaster in [[Enschede]] [[Netherlands]], killing 23 people. * [[May 17]] - A bomb in [[Glorietta|Glorietta Mall]] in Makati City, Philippines injures 13. * [[May 20]] - Chinese president [[Chen Shui-bian]] makes the [[Four Noes and One Without]] pledge to [[Taiwan]]. * [[May 25]] - [[Israel]] withdraws IDF forces from southern [[Lebanon]] after 22 years. ===[[June 2000|June]]=== * [[June 5]] - [[405 The Movie]], the first short film widely distributed on the [[Internet]], is released. * [[June 13]] - South Korean President [[Kim Dae Jung]] visits North Korea to participate in the first North-South presidential summit. * [[June 17]] - A centennial earthquake measuring 6.5 on [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] in [[Iceland]]. The 17th of June is Iceland's national day. * [[June 21]] - [[Section 28]], a law preventing the promotion of homosexuality, is repealed by the [[Scottish Parliament]]. * [[June 26]] - A preliminary draft of [[genome]]s, as part of the [[Human Genome Project]], is finished. * [[June 28]] - [[Elian Gonzalez]] returns to [[Cuba]] with his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, ending a protracted custody battle. * [[June 30]] - At the [[Roskilde Festival]] near [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]], 9 die and 26 are injured on a set while the rock group [[Pearl Jam]] performs. ===[[July 2000|July]]=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 2]] - [[France national football team|France]] beats [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 2-1 to win [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2000]] with a [[golden goal]]. * [[July 2]] - [[Vicente Fox]] is elected President of [[Mexico]], as candidate of the rightist PAN (National Action Party), ending 71 years of PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) rule. * [[July 10]] - In southern [[Nigeria]], a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging [[gasoline]]. * [[July 10]] - [[Bashar al-Assad]] is confirmed as Syria's leader in a national referendum. * [[July 11]]-[[July 25]] - Israel's prime minister [[Ehud Barak]] and PLO head [[Yasser Arafat]] meet at Camp David, but fail to reach an agreement. * [[July 18]] - [[Alex Salmond]] resigns as the leader of the [[Scottish National Party]]. * [[July 18]] - [[Sussex]] police launch a murder investigation after the body of a girl found near [[Pulborough]] is confirmed to be that of [[Sarah Payne]], who was reported missing on [[July 1]]. * [[July 21]]-[[July 23]] - G-8 Nations hold their 26th Annual Summit. Issues include AIDS, the 'digital divide', and halving world poverty by 2015. * [[July 22]] - ''[[News of the World]]'' urges its readers to sign a petition for [[Sarah's Law]] - new legislation in response to the murder of Sarah Payne, which would give parents the right to know whether a convicted [[paedophile]] was living in their area. * [[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 30]] - Venezuela's president [[Hugo Chávez]] is reelected with 59% of the vote. * [[July 31]]-[[August 3]] - The [[Republican National Convention]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] nominates [[George W. Bush]] for U.S. President and [[Dick Cheney]] for Vice President. ===[[August 2000|August]]=== * [[August 3]] - Rioting erupts on the [[Paulsgrove]] estate in [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]], [[England]], after more than 100 people besieged the home of a block of flats allegedly housing a convicted paedophile. This is the latest vigilante violence against suspected sex offenders since the beginning of the "naming and shaming" anti-paedophile campaign by the [[tabloid]] [[newspaper]] ''[[News of the World]]''. * [[August 8]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] submarine ''[[H.L. Hunley]]'' is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor. * [[August 12]] - The ''[[Russian submarine K-141 Kursk]]'' sinks in the [[Barents Sea]], resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board. * [[August 14]] - [[Tsar Nicholas II]] and his family are canonized by the synod of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. * [[August 14]]-[[August 17]] - The [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Los Angeles]] nominates U.S. Vice President [[Al Gore]] for President and Senator [[Joe Lieberman]] for Vice President. * [[August 23]] - [[John Anthony Kaiser]] a Roman Catholic priest was murdered in Morendat, Kenya. * [[August 27]] - The [[Ostankino Tower]] in [[Moscow]] catches fire; three people are killed. ===[[September 2000|September]]=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[September 5]] - [[Tuvalu]] joins the [[United Nations]]. * [[September 6]] - In [[Paragould, Arkansas]], [[Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart]] is [[stillbirth|stillborn]] to Scott Stewart and Lisa Bartlett. Breanna Lynn's stillbirth is notable for being the first stillbirth to be resolved by means of the [[Kleihauer-Betke test]]. * [[September 6]] - The last wholly [[List of Swedish companies|Swedish-owned]] [[arms trade|arms manufacturer]], [[Bofors]], is sold to American arms manufacturer [[United Defense]]. * [[September 6]]-[[September 8]] - World leaders attend the [[Millennium Summit]] at UN Headquarters. * [[September 7]]-[[September 14]] - The [[UK fuel protest]]s take place, with refineries blockaded, and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted. * [[September 8]] - [[Albania]] officially joins the [[World Trade Organization]]. * [[September 14]] - [[Microsoft]] releases [[Windows Me]]. * [[September 15]]-[[October 1]] - The [[2000 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. * [[September 16]] - [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] journalist [[Georgiy Gongadze]] is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death. * [[September 16]] - Peru's president [[Alberto Fujimori]] calls for new elections in which he will not run. * [[September 26]] - The Greek [[Express Samina]] ferry 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]] - [[Anti-globalization]] protests in [[Prague]] (some 15,000 protesters) turn violent during the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] summits. * [[September 28]] - Israeli opposition leader [[Ariel Sharon]] visits the [[Temple Mount]], protected by a several-hundred-strong Israeli police force. Palestinian riots erupt, leading into a full-fledged armed uprising (called the [[Al-Aqsa Intifada]] by sympathizers and the [[Oslo War]] by opponents). * [[September 29]] - The [[Maze (HM Prison)|Long Kesh]] [[Her Majesty's Prison Service|prison]] in Northern Ireland is closed. ===[[October 2000|October]]=== [[Image:Milosevic-1.jpg|thumb|[[Slobodan Milošević]].]] * [[October 1]] - Closing ceremony of [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. * [[October 5]] - President [[Slobodan Milošević]] leaves office after widespread demonstrations throughout [[Serbia]]. * [[October 6]] - The last [[Mini]] is produced in [[Longbridge]]. * [[October 11]] - 250 million gallons of coal sludge spill in [[Martin County, Kentucky]]. Considered a greater environmental disaster than the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]]. * [[October 12]] - In [[Aden]], [[Yemen]], the [[USS Cole (DDG 67)|''USS Cole'']] is badly damaged by two [[suicide bomber]]s, who placed a small boat laden with [[explosive]]s alongside the [[United States Navy]] destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39. * [[October 21]] - Fifteen [[Arab]] leaders convene in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], for their first summit in 4 years; the [[Libyan]] delegation walks out, angry over signs the summit will stop short of calling for breaking ties with [[Israel]]. * [[October 22]] - The ''[[Mainichi Shinbun]]'' newspaper exposes Japanese archeologist [[Shinichi Fujimura]] as a fraud; Japanese archaeologists had based their treatises on his findings. * [[October 23]] - [[Madeleine Albright]] holds talks with North Korean dictator [[Kim Jong Il]]. * [[October 26]] - [[Pakistan]]i authorities announce that their police have found an apparently ancient mummy of a [[Forged Persian princess|Persian princess]] in the province of [[Balochistan (Iran)|Balochistan]]. [[Iran]], Pakistan and the [[Taliban]] all claim the mummy until Pakistan announces it is a forgery on [[April 17]], [[2001]]. * [[October 26]] - The [[New York Yankees]] defeat the [[New York Mets]] in Game 5 of the [[2000 World Series]], 4-1, to win their 26th World Series title (and latest to date). This was the first [[Subway Series]] matchup between the two crosstown rivals. It was their 4th World Series win in the last 5 years under Manager Joe Torre. * [[October 31]] - [[Singapore Airlines Flight 006]] collides with construction equipment in the [[Chiang Kai Shek International Airport]] - 83 dead. ===[[November 2000|November]]=== * [[November]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[Iraq]] rejects new U.N. Security Council weapons inspections proposals. * [[November 2]] - First resident crew enters [[International Space Station]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station] * [[November 3]] - Widespread flooding occurs throughout [[England]] and [[Wales]] after days of heavy rain. * [[November 7]] - [[United States presidential election, 2000]]: [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] candidate Texas Governor [[George W. Bush]] defeats [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] Vice President [[Al Gore]] in the closest election in history, but the final outcome is not known for over a month because of disputed votes in [[Florida]]. * [[November 7]] - In [[London]], a criminal gang raids the [[Millennium Dome]] to steal The [[Millennium Star]] diamond, but police surveillance catches them in the act. * [[November 7]] - [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] is elected to the [[United States Senate]], becoming the first [[First Lady of the United States]] to win public office. * [[November 11]] - [[Kaprun disaster]], [[Austria]]: A cable car fire in an alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders. * [[November 14]] - [[Netscape Navigator]] version 6.0 is launched following two years of [[open source]] development, creating a stable [[Mozilla]] [[web browser]] upon which it is based. * [[November 15]] - A new Indian state called [[Jharkhand]] is formed, carving out the South [[Chhota Nagpur]] area from [[Bihar]] in [[India]]. * [[November 16]] - [[Bill Clinton]] becomes the first sitting U.S. President to visit [[Vietnam]]. * [[November 17]] - A catastrophic [[landslide]] in Log pod Mangartom, [[Slovenia]], kills 7, and causes millions of [[Slovenian tolar|SIT]] of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in [[Slovenia]] in the past 100 years. * [[November 17]] - [[Alberto Fujimori]] is removed from office as president of [[Peru]]. * [[November 26]] - The [[British Columbia Lions]] win the CFL Championship for the first time since 1994, defeating the [[Montreal Alouettes]] 28-26 in the [[88th Grey Cup]] at [[McMahon Stadium]] in [[Calgary, Alberta]]. * [[November 27]] - [[Jean Chrétien]] is re-elected as [[Prime Minister of Canada]], as the Liberal Party increases its majority in the House of Commons. * [[November 28]] - [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] politician [[Oleksander Moroz]] touches off the [[Cassette Scandal]] by publicly accusing [[President of Ukraine|President]] [[Leonid Kuchma]] of involvement in the murder of journalist [[Georgiy Gongadze]]. ===[[December 2000|December]]=== * [[December 1]] - [[Vicente Fox]] takes office as [[President of Mexico]]. * [[December 13]] - ''[[Bush v. Gore]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] stops the [[Florida]] presidential recount, effectively giving the state, and the Presidency, to [[George W. Bush]]. * [[December 13]] - The [[Texas 7]] escape from their prison unit in [[Kenedy, Texas]], and start a crime spree. * [[December 24]] - The [[Texas 7]] rob a sports store in [[Irving, Texas]]; police officer [[Aubrey Hawkins]] is shot dead. * [[December 25]] - 309 killed shopping center fire at [[Luoyang]], [[Henan]], [[China]]. * [[December 28]] - U.S. [[retail]] giant [[Montgomery Ward]] announces it is going out of business after 128 years. * [[December 30]] - [[Rizal Day Bombings]]: A series of bombs explode in various places in [[Metro Manila]], [[Philippines]], within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about 100. * [[December 31]] - The [[Millennium Dome]] closes its doors one year to the day of its opening. ===Undated=== * Unconverted computer systems were fixed for [[Y2K]] to handle the year "2000" (some computers considered the year as "19100" for 19-100). ===World population=== {|class="wikitable" !colspan="7"|[[World population]]<ref>[http://esa.un.org/unpp World Population Prospects]. Retrieved 19 November 2007.</ref> |- ! !2000 !colspan="2"|[[1995]] !colspan="2"|[[2005]] |- ![[World]] |align="right"|'''6,070,581,000''' |align="right"|5,674,380,000 |align="right"|+396,201,000 |align="right"|6,453,628,000 |align="right"|+383,047,000 |- ![[Africa]] |align="right"|'''795,671,000''' |align="right"|707,462,000 |align="right"|+88,209,000 |align="right"|887,964,000 |align="right"|+92,293,000 |- ![[Asia]] |align="right"|'''3,679,737,000''' |align="right"|3,430,052,000 |align="right"|+249,685,000 |align="right"|3,917,508,000 |align="right"|+237,771,000 |- ![[Europe]] |align="right"|'''727,986,000''' |align="right"|727,405,000 |align="right"|+581,000 |align="right"|724,722,000 |align="right"|-3,264,000 |- ![[Latin-America]] |align="right"|'''520,229,000''' |align="right"|481,099,000 |align="right"|+39,130,000 |align="right"|558,281,000 |align="right"|+38,052,000 |- ![[Northern America]] |align="right"|'''315,915,000''' |align="right"|299,438,000 |align="right"|+16,477,000 |align="right"|332,156,000 |align="right"|+16,241,000 |- ![[Oceania]] |align="right"|'''31,043,000''' |align="right"|28,924,000 |align="right"|+2,119,000 |align="right"|32,998,000 |align="right"|+1,955,000 |} {{Year in other calendars}} ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[January 4]] - [[Rhiannon Leigh Wryn]], American actress * [[May 2]] - [[Angel Sy]], Filipina Child Actor * [[May 10]] - [[Shyann McClure]], American actress and model * [[August 5]] - [[Maya Bond]], Japanese-born American singer and musician * [[July 27]] - [[Kali Rodriguez]], American actress * [[September 6]] - [[Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart]], notable American stillborn baby girl (d. [[2000]]) * [[September 9]] - [[Victoria Federica de Marichalar y de Borbón]], granddaughter of [[King Juan Carlos I]] of [[Spain]]. * [[September 26]] - [[Princess Salma bint Al Abdullah II]] * [[November 20]] - [[Connie Talbot]], English singer * [[November 30]] - [[Destiny Norton]], American crime victim (d. [[2006]]) * [[December 6]] - [[Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón]], grandson of [[King Juan Carlos I]] of [[Spain]]. == Deaths== ===January-June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 2]] - [[Patrick O'Brian]], English writer (b. [[1914]]) * [[January 7]] - [[Makhmud Esambayev]], Chechen dancer (b. [[1924]]) * [[January 15]] - [[Fran Ryan]], American actress (b. [[1916]]) * [[January 15]] - [[Željko Ražnatović]], Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (b. [[1952]]) * [[January 16]] - [[The Rankins|John Morris Rankin]], musical entertainer (b. [[1959]]) * [[January 19]] - [[Bettino Craxi]], [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. [[1934]]) * [[January 19]] - [[Hedy Lamarr]], Austrian actress (b. [[1913]]) * [[January 26]] - [[Don Ralke]], American music arranger (b. [[1920]]) * [[February 4]] - [[Phil Tonken]], American radio and television announcer (b. [[1919]]) * [[February 5]] - [[Ward Cornell]], Canadian radio/TV broadcaster & educator (b. [[1924]]) * [[February 7]] - [[Big Pun]], American rapper (b. [[1971]]) * [[February 8]] - [[Derrick Thomas]], American football player (b. [[1967]]) * [[February 9]] - [[Beau Jack]], American boxer (b. [[1921]]) * [[February 10]] - [[Jim Varney]], American actor noted for his character, [[Ernest P. Worrell]]. (b. [[1949]]) * [[February 11]] - [[Roger Vadim]], French film director (b. [[1928]]) * [[February 12]] - [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins|Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins]], American musician (b. [[1929]]) * [[February 12]] - [[Tom Landry]], American football coach (b. [[1924]]) * [[February 12]] - [[Charles M. Schulz]], American comic strip artist (''[[Peanuts]]'') (b. [[1922]]) * [[February 19]] - [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]], artist (b. [[1928]]) * [[February 23]] - Sir [[Stanley Matthews]], English footballer (b. [[1915]]) * [[February 23]] - [[Ofra Haza]], Israeli singer (b. [[1957]]) * [[February 29]] - [[Dennis Danell]], American musician ([[Social Distortion]]) (b. [[1961]]) * [[March 3]] - [[Toni Ortelli]], Italian composer and alpinist (b. [[1904]]) * [[March 28]] - [[Anthony Powell]], British author (b. [[1905]]) * [[April 3]] - [[Terence McKenna]], Writer, Philosopher, [[Ethnobotanist]] and [[Shaman]] (b. [[1946]]) * [[April 4]] - [[Derek Allhusen]], British equestrian (b. [[1914]]) * [[April 5]] - [[Lee Petty]], American race car driver (b. [[1914]]) * [[April 6]] - [[Habib Bourguiba]], [[President of Tunisia]] (b. [[1903]]) * [[April 10]] - [[Larry Linville]], American actor * [[April 11]] - [[Diana Darvey]], British actress, singer and dancer (b. [[1945]]) * [[April 16]] - [[Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah]], King of Malaysia (b. [[1920]]) * [[April 25]] - [[David Merrick]], American stage producer (b. [[1911]]) * [[April 29]] - [[Phạm Văn Ðồng]], [[Prime Minister of Vietnam]] (b. [[1906]]) * [[May 11]] - [[Paula Wessely]], Austrian actress (b. [[1907]]) * [[May 12]] - [[Adam Petty]], American race car driver (b. [[1980]]) * [[May 14]] - [[Keizo Obuchi]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1937]]) * [[May 17]] - [[Donald Coggan]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1909]]) * [[May 19]] - [[Yevgeny Khrunov]], cosmonaut (b. [[1933]]) * [[May 20]] - [[Edward Bernds]], American director (b. [[1905]]) * [[May 20]] - [[Jean Pierre Rampal]], French flutist (b. [[1922]]) * [[May 20]] - [[Malik Sealy]], Minnesota Timberwolves basketball player (b. [[1970]]) * [[May 21]] - Dame [[Barbara Cartland]], English novelist (b. [[1901]]) * [[May 21]] - Sir [[John Gielgud]], English actor (b. [[1904]]) * [[May 21]] - [[Mark R. Hughes]], American entrepreneur and founder of [[Herbalife]] (b. [[1956]]) * [[May 27]] - [[Maurice Richard]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1921]]) * [[May 27]] - [[Kazimierz Leski]], Polish engineer, fighter pilot, and Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. [[1912]]) * [[May 31]] - [[John Coolidge]], son of American President [[Calvin Coolidge]] (b. [[1906]]) * [[June 10]] - [[Hafez al-Assad]], [[President of Syria]] (b. [[1930]]) * [[June 14]] - [[Robert Trent Jones]], English-born golf course designer (b. [[1906]]) * [[June 16]] - [[Empress Kōjun]] of Japan (b. [[1903]]) * [[June 17]] - [[Brian Statham]], English cricketer (b. [[1930]]) * [[June 18]] - [[Nancy Marchand]], American actress who starred in [[The Sopranos]] (b. [[1928]]) * [[June 21]] - [[Alan Hovhaness]], American composer (b. [[1911]]) * [[June 24]] - [[David Tomlinson]], English actor (b. [[1917]]) ===July-December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 1]] - [[Walter Matthau]], American actor (b. [[1920]]) * [[July 2]] - [[Joey Dunlop]], Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. [[1952]]) * [[July 7]] - [[James C. Quayle]], American newspaper publisher (b. [[1921]]) * [[July 7]] - [[Kenny Irwin]], NASCAR driver (b. [[1969]]) * [[July 8]] - [[FM-2030]], Transhumanist philosopher (b. [[1930]]) * [[July 10]] - [[Vakkom Majeed]], Indian [[Freedom fighter]], [[Travancore-Cochin]] Legislative member (b. [[1909]]) * [[July 10]] - [[Denis O'Conor Don]], [[O'Conor Don]] * [[July 10]] - [[Justin Pierce]], British skateboarder and actor (b. [[1975]]) * [[July 11]] - [[Robert Runcie]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1921]]) * [[July 12]] - [[Charles Merritt]], Canadian Army officer and recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] during [[World War II]] (b. [[1908]]) * [[July 14]] - [[Meredith MacRae]], American actress (b. [[1944]]) * [[July 27]] - [[Gordon Solie]], American wrestling commentator (b. [[1929]]) * [[July 28]] - [[Abraham Pais]], Dutch-born American physicist (b. [[1918]]) * [[July 29]] - [[René Favaloro]], Argentinian cardiologist who created the technique for coronary bypass surgery (b. [[1923]]) * [[August 5]] - Sir [[Alec Guinness]], English actor and writer (b. [[1914]]) * [[August 5]] - [[Otto Buchsbaum]], writer and ecological activist (b. [[1920]]) * [[August 6]] - Sir [[Robin Day]], British political broadcaster (b. [[1923]]) * [[August 9]] - [[John Harsanyi]], Hungarian-born economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1920]]) * [[August 9]] - [[Bob Lido]], American musician (b. [[1914]]) * [[August 12]] - [[Loretta Young]], American actress (b. [[1913]]) * [[August 12]] - [[Dave Edwards (musician)|Dave Edwards]], American musician (b. [[1941]]) * [[August 13]] - [[Nazia Hassan]] First South Asian Pop Singer. (b.[[1965]]) * [[August 19]] - [[Bineshwar Brahma]], [[Bodo people|Bodo activist and leader]] (b. [[1946]]) * [[August 21]] - [[Daniel Lisulo]], Zambian politician (b. [[1930]]) * [[August 25]] - [[Carl Barks]], American cartoonist (b. [[1901]]) * [[September 2]] - [[Elvera Sanchez]], American dancer (b. [[1905]]) * [[September 6]] - [[Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart]], notable American stillborn baby girl (b. 2000) * [[September 16]] - [[Georgiy Gongadze]], Ukrainian journalist (b. [[1969]]) * [[September 17]] - [[Nicole Reinhart]], American cyclist (b. [[1976]]) * [[September 17]] - [[Paula Yates]], British television presenter and journalist (b. [[1960]]) * [[September 19]] - [[Anthony Robert Klitz]], British artist (b [[1917]]) * [[September 20]] - [[Gherman Titov]], Soviet cosmonaut (b. [[1935]]) * [[September 23]] - [[Aurelio Rodríguez]], Mexican [[Major League Baseball]] player (b. [[1947]]) * [[September 25]] - [[Ronald Stuart Thomas|R. S. Thomas]], Welsh poet (b. [[1913]]) * [[September 26]] - [[Carl Sigman]], American songwriter (b. [[1909]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Sammy Luftspring]], Canadian boxer (b. [[1916]]) * [[September 28]] - [[Pierre Trudeau]], [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1919]]) * [[October 3]] - [[Benjamin Orr]], the Cars bassist and singer (b. [[1947]]) * [[October 4]] - [[Michael Smith (chemist)|Michael Smith]], English-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1932]]) * [[October 9]] - [[Patrick Anthony Porteous]], Scottish recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[October 11]] - [[Donald Dewar]], Scottish politician (b. [[1937]]) * [[October 13]] - [[Tony Roper]], NASCAR driver (b. [[1964]]) * [[October 15]] - [[Konrad Emil Bloch]], German-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1912]]) * [[October 21]] - [[Reginald Kray]], leading figure in [[organised crime]] in [[London]], [[UK]] (b. [[1933]]) * [[October 23]] - [[Rodney Anoa'i]], American wrestler known as Yokozuna (b. [[1966]]) * [[October 27]] - [[Walter Berry (opera singer)|Walter Berry]], Austrian bass-baritone (b. [[1929]]) * [[October 30]] - [[Steve Allen (comedian)|Steve Allen]], American comedian, composer, talk show host, and author (b. [[1921]]) * [[November 6]] - [[L. Sprague de Camp]], American writer (b. [[1907]]) * [[November 7]] - [[C Subramaniam]], Indian politician (b. [[1910]]) * [[November 7]] - [[Ingrid of Sweden]], Queen consort of [[Frederick IX of Denmark]] (b. [[1910]]) * [[November 11]] - [[Hugh Paddick]], British actor (b. [[1915]]) * [[November 16]] - [[DJ Screw]], American hip hop disc jockey (b. [[1971]]) * [[November 22]] - [[Cyril Clarke|Sir Cyril Astley Clarke]], British physician, geneticist and entomologist, former President of the Royal College of Physicians (b. [[1907]]) * [[November 27]] - [[Damilola Taylor]], murder victim (b. [[1989]]) * [[November 28]] - [[Liane Haid]], Austrian actress (b. [[1895]]) * [[December 6]] - [[Werner Klemperer]], German actor (b. [[1920]]) * [[December 12]] - [[Gangodawila Soma Thero]], Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk (b. [[1948]]) * [[December 18]] - [[Kirsty MacColl]], British singer-songwriter (b. [[1959]]) * [[December 19]] - [[Pops Staples|Roebuck "Pops" Staples]], patriarch of [[The Staple Singers]] (b. [[1914]]) * [[December 23]] - [[Victor Borge]], Danish-born comedian and pianist (b. [[1909]]) * [[December 23]] - [[Noor Jehan]], Pakistani actress and singer (b. [[1926]]) * [[December 24]] - [[Nick Massi]], bass singer and bass guitarist for [[The Four Seasons (group)|The Four Seasons]].(b. [[1935]]) * [[December 31]] - Rabbi [[Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane]], Israeli settler leader (b. [[1966]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Zhores Ivanovich Alferov]], [[Herbert Kroemer]], [[Jack Kilby]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Alan J. Heeger]], [[Alan MacDiarmid]], [[Hideki Shirakawa]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Arvid Carlsson]], [[Paul Greengard]], [[Eric R. Kandel]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Gao Xingjian]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Kim Dae Jung]] * [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - [[James Heckman]], [[Daniel McFadden]] ==[[Templeton Prize]]== * [[Freeman Dyson]] {{C20YearTOCright}} ==See also== * [[20th century]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.coinpage.com/2000-pictures.html 2000 Coin Pictures] {{commonscat_left|2000}} {{Events by month}} [[Category:2000| ]] [[af:2000]] [[als:2000er#2000]] [[am:2000 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:2000]] [[an:2000]] [[frp:2000]] [[ast:2000]] [[av:2000]] [[ay:2000]] [[az:2000]] [[bn:২০০০]] [[zh-min-nan:2000 nî]] [[map-bms:2000]] [[be:2000]] [[be-x-old:2000]] [[bh:२०००]] [[bs:2000]] [[br:2000]] [[bg:2000]] [[ca:2000]] [[cv:2000]] [[ceb:2000]] [[cs:2000]] [[co:2000]] [[cy:2000]] [[da:2000]] [[pdc:2000]] [[de:2000]] [[dv:2000]] [[et:2000]] [[el:2000]] [[es:2000]] [[eo:2000]] [[ext:2000]] [[eu:2000]] [[ee:2000]] [[fa:۲۰۰۰ (میلادی)]] [[fo:2000]] [[hif:2000]] [[fr:2000]] [[fy:2000]] [[fur:2000]] [[ga:2000]] [[gan:2000年]] [[gv:2000]] [[gd:2000]] [[gl:2000]] [[zh-classical:公元二千年]] [[ko:2000년]] [[haw:2000]] [[hy:2000]] [[hi:2000]] [[hr:2000.]] [[io:2000]] [[ig:2000]] [[ilo:2000]] [[bpy:মারি ২০০০]] [[id:2000]] [[ia:2000]] [[os:2000]] [[zu:2000]] [[is:2000]] [[it:2000]] [[he:2000]] [[jv:2000]] [[pam:2000]] [[kn:೨೦೦೦]] [[ka:2000]] [[csb:2000]] [[kk:2000]] [[kw:2000]] [[sw:2000]] [[ht:2000 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:2000]] [[la:2000]] [[lv:2000]] [[lb:2000]] [[lt:2000 m.]] [[lij:2000]] [[li:2000]] [[ln:2000]] [[jbo:2000moi nanca]] [[lmo:2000]] [[hu:2000]] [[mk:2000]] [[mi:2000]] [[mr:इ.स. २०००]] [[ms:2000]] [[nah:2000]] [[nl:2000]] [[nds-nl:2000]] [[cr:2000]] [[new:२०००]] [[ja:2000年]] [[nap:2000]] [[no:2000]] [[nn:2000]] [[nrm:2000]] [[nov:2000]] [[oc:2000]] [[uz:2000]] [[pi:२०००]] [[pag:2000]] [[nds:2000]] [[pl:2000]] [[pt:2000]] [[ty:2000]] [[ksh:Joohr 2000]] [[ro:2000]] [[qu:2000]] [[ru:2000 год]] [[se:2000]] [[sq:2000]] [[scn:2000]] [[simple:2000]] [[sk:2000]] [[sl:2000]] [[so:2000]] [[sr:2000]] [[sh:2000]] [[su:2000]] [[fi:2000]] [[sv:2000]] [[tl:2000]] [[ta:2000]] [[tt:2000]] [[te:2000]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2543]] [[vi:2000]] [[tg:2000]] [[tpi:2000]] [[tr:2000]] [[tk:2000]] [[uk:2000]] [[ur:2000ء]] [[vec:2000]] [[wa:2000]] [[vls:2000]] [[war:2000]] [[wuu:公元2000年]] [[yi:2000]] [[yo:2000]] [[zh-yue:2000年]] [[cbk-zam:2000]] [[bat-smg:2000]] [[zh:2000年]]