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2000 (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 2000s decade. 2000 was designated as the International Year for the ...
April – The employment-population ratio reaches an all-time high of 64.8%. April 1. The 2000 United States Census determines the resident population of the United States to be 281,421,906. Boomerang, a secondary digital Cartoon Network channel, debuts.
From top left, clockwise: The World Trade Center on fire and the Statue of Liberty during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; the euro enters into European currency in 2002; a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled during the Iraq War in 2003, and in 2006, Hussein would be executed for crimes against humanity; U.S. troops heading toward an army helicopter in Afghanistan during the war ...
March 2, 2023 at 11:48 AM. It was just after 6 p.m. on a Tuesday — March 28, 2000 — when the darkened storm clouds started to rotate over River Oaks and west Fort Worth. A nasty F2 tornado ...
Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. In the 2000s, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were the power couple no one could get enough of. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston at the premiere of "Rock ...
January 20, 1993 — Clinton becomes the 42nd president; Gore becomes the 45th vice president. 1993 — A truck bomb explodes in the parking garage under the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six people and injuring over a thousand. 1993 — Branch Davidians standoff and fire near Waco, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 81 people ...
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.
December 24 – Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings: At least 18 people are killed in multiple Islamist bomb attacks on churches across Indonesia. 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.