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The 21st century is the current century in the Anno Domini or Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January 2001 and will end on 31 December 2100 . It is the first century of the 3rd millennium .
March 11: Madrid train bombings killed 193 people and injured around 2,000, Europe's deadliest attack since Pan Am Flight 103. September 1 – 3: On the first school day in Russia, a group of Chechen terrorists held students, parents and teachers hostage in Beslan school, in North Ossetia–Alania. During three days under attack, 334 people died.
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The start of the 21st century and 3rd millennium was celebrated worldwide at the start of the year 2000. One year later, at the start of the year 2001, the celebrations had largely returned to the usual ringing in of just another new year, [ 8 ] although some welcomed "the real millennium", including America's official timekeeper, the U.S ...
In this model, the n-th century starts with the year that ends in "00" and ends with the year ending in "99"; [3] for example, in popular culture, the years 1900 to 1999 constitute the 20th century, and the years 2000 to 2099 constitute the 21st century. [4] (This is similar to the grouping of "0-to-9 decades" which share the 'tens' digit.)
List of invasions in the 21st century Lists of battles List of wars by death toll List of events named massacres List of terrorist incidents List of active rebel groups. List of rebel groups that control territory; List of designated terrorist organizations List of number of conflicts per year. List of most lethal battles in world history; Africa
TIBCO Software CEO Vivek Ranadive thinks the 21st century started a little late. In his keynote speech at last week's TUCON 2013 conference, Ranadive said the new century really started in 2010 ...
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace [1] and the World Mathematical Year. [2] Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium [citation needed], [3] because of a tendency to group the years according to decimal values, as if non-existent year zero were counted.