What happened in 2000

37 events　World 3, North America 9, Europe 10, USSR / Russia 5, Asia 5, Middle East 2, Africa 2, Oceania 1

Highlights of 2000

Jan 1WorldMillennium celebrations are held around the world to celebrate the beginning of the 3rd millennium.
Jul 1EuropeThe Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden is officially opened for traffic.
Sep 28Middle EastIsraeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem, sparking an uprising that becomes the Second Intifada.
Oct 31USSR / RussiaSoyuz TM-31 is launched, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.
Nov 7North America2000 United States presidential election: No winner can be declared, prompting a controversial recount in Florida.
Nov 15AsiaBihar is divided into two parts (by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000) and Jharkhand, the 28th state of India, is created. Hence, this day is celebrated as Jharkhand Foundation Day.

Jan 1Millennium celebrations are held around the world to celebrate the beginning of the 3rd millennium.
Jan 1The year 2000 problem, a time formatting and storage bug, takes effect, but is successfully mitigated in many cases.
Nov 2Expedition 1 to the International Space Station begins.

Jan 31Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 passengers and crew.
Feb 13Final Peanuts comic is printed in newspapers, preceded by author Charles M. Schulz's death the night before. It is the most popular comic strip in history, running for 50 years.
Feb 17Microsoft releases Windows 2000.
Apr 19Air Philippines Flight 541, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach at Davao City, Philippines, killing 131 people, making it the deadliest air disaster in the Philippines.
May 13Millennium Force opens at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster.
Jul 11A summit meeting takes place at Camp David between United States president Bill Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat, ending without an agreement.
Sep 6World leaders attend the Millennium Summit at U.N. Headquarters.
Nov 72000 United States presidential election: No winner can be declared, prompting a controversial recount in Florida.
Dec 122000 United States presidential election: The United States Supreme Court rules that the Florida recount between Texas governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore should be halted and the original results be certified, thus making Bush the winner of the presidential election.

Feb 21UNESCO holds the inaugural celebration of International Mother Language Day.
May 13A fireworks factory disaster in Enschede, Netherlands, kills 23.
Jun 10Belgium and the Netherlands jointly host the UEFA Euro 2000 football tournament, which is won by France.
Jul 1The Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden is officially opened for traffic.
Jul 2France defeats Italy 2–1 after extra time in the final of the UEFA Euro 2000 Championship in Association football, becoming the first team to win the World Cup and European Championship consecutively.
Jul 25Air 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.
Sep 16Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death.
Oct 5Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milošević.
Oct 17Hatfield rail crash: A Great North Eastern Railway Intercity 225 express train is derailed, killing four people and injuring many others, in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
Nov 11Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular fire in an Alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.

Feb 5Second Chechen War: Novye Aldi massacre – Russian forces summarily execute 56–60 civilians in a suburb of Grozny.
Feb 6Second Chechen War: Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) ends as Russian forces conclude capture of the Chechen capital Grozny.
Mar 262000 Russian presidential election: Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.
Aug 12The Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea during one of the largest Russian naval exercises since the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
Oct 31Soyuz TM-31 is launched, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.

May 5After originating in the Philippines, the ILOVEYOU computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
Jun 4The 7.9 Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra, killing 103 people and injuring at least 2,174.
Oct 31Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, resulting in 83 deaths.
Nov 15Bihar is divided into two parts (by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000) and Jharkhand, the 28th state of India, is created. Hence, this day is celebrated as Jharkhand Foundation Day.
Dec 24The Christmas Eve bombings in several churches in Indonesia kill 18 people.

Sep 28Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem, sparking an uprising that becomes the Second Intifada.
Oct 12In Aden, Yemen, USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.

Jan 30Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the Ivory Coast into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169 people.
Feb 9Torrential rains in Africa led to the worst flooding in Mozambique in 50 years, which lasts until March and kills 800 people.

Sep 15The 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney, Australia, is the first Olympic Games of the 2000s.