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The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands") was a 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 nearly the whole decade. It is also benefited from an economic boom, which saw ...
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 ...
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 .
Image credits: Strategy_Fanatic #5. I miss sitting around at lunch with my discman and burnt cd. The internet hadn’t fully kicked off the way it is now yet. But there were communities on ...
In the early 2000s, there were also multiple moments in US politics that captured the world's attention. George W. Bush was sworn in as president in 2001. George W. Bush is sworn in on January 20 ...
2002 — 10 people are killed and 3 are injured in the Beltway sniper attacks around the Washington D.C. area. 2003 — Republicans retake narrow control of the Senate following 2002 elections. 2003 — Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts and resulting in a 29-month ...
The world’s first $1.7 trillion online retailer has become a part of the daily lives of millions of people all over the world, especially now that a pandemic has left many house-bound.
January 5–8 – The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit of several high-level al-Qaeda members (including two 9/11 American Airlines hijackers) is held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] January 10 – America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).