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Such an event is said to be tragic. Traditionally, the event would require "some element of moral failure, some flaw in character, or some extraordinary combination of elements" [1] to be tragic. Not every death is considered a tragedy. Rather, it is a precise set of symptoms surrounding the loss that define it as such. [2]
The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands"; shortened to "the '00s" and also known as "the aughts" or "the noughties") was the decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009. The early part of the decade saw the long-predicted breakthrough of economic giants in Asia, like India and China , which had double-digit growth during ...
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The precise inclusion criteria are disputed, and there is no broadly accepted definition. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Gun Violence Archive , a nonprofit research group that tracks shootings and their characteristics in the United States, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator(s), are shot in one ...
2000 United States: USS Cole – On 12 October, the guided missile destroyer was damaged after being struck by a boat packed with explosives while she was being refueled in Aden harbor. [74] Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack, which was believed to have been aided by Sudan. 19 (including the attackers) Naval
The event became known as the Wichita massacre. December 24 – The Texas Seven rob a sports store in Irving, Texas ; police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot dead. December 26 – Wakefield Massacre : Michael McDermott kills seven coworkers at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield, Massachusetts .
2000: Cerulean Cerulean, a powdery blue, was selected as Pantone's first-ever Color of the Year, which also set the tone for the new millennium. Blue was chosen because the color is widely popular.
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