What Happened in 2000
80 historical events, 18 notable births, and 9 notable deaths in 2000.
Major Events
January 2000
2000 — calendar year
20th century — time period between January 1, 1901, and ended on December 31, 2000
2000s — decade from 2000 to 2009
2nd millennium — millennium spanning the years 1001 to 2000
2000 Summer Olympics — Games of the XXVII Olympiad, in Sydney, Australia
UEFA Euro 2000 — 11th European association football championship
Great Recession — 2007–2009 international economic decline
Eurovision Song Contest 2000 — 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
Year 2000 problem — class of computer bugs related to dates beginning in the year 2000
2000 Formula One World Championship — sports season
jubilee — special year of remission of sins in the Catholic Church
2000 Summer Olympics medal table — Wikimedia list article
basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics — international basketball tournament
2000 African Cup of Nations — football tournament
2000 AFC Asian Cup — football tournament
athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics — sports events in Sydney, Australia
Jewish exodus from the Muslim world — departure of Jews from Arab countries from 1948 to the 1970s
2000 in film — overview of the events of the year 2000 in film
2000 FIFA Club World Championship — inaugural FIFA Club World Cup
2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup — 2000 edition of the association football competition CONCACAF Gold Cup
handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics — overview of handball practiced at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games
2000–01 UEFA Cup — 30th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation
football at the 2000 Summer Olympics — 2000 edition of the association football torunaments during the Olympic Summer Games
swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics — swimming events at the Olympics
volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics — Competition
deaths in 2000 — Wikimedia list article
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup — international football competition
rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics — rowing regatta
water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics — water polo at the Olympics
International Indian Film Academy Awards — Indian Film Academy Awards
tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics — tennis tournament
wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics — competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 OFC Nations Cup — international football competition
2000 UEFA Super Cup — football match
Carlos Tartiere Stadium — football stadium in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
2000 European Men's Handball Championship — 2000 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics — triathlon events at the Olympics
34th Chess Olympiad — FIDE chess tournament for national teams
itai-itai disease — Japanese epidemic of cadmium poisoning
India at the 2000 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation
J2000.0 — epoch in astronomy
badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics — Badminton events during the 2000 Summer Olympics
fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Estonia at the 2000 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation
2000 Intercontinental Cup — football tournament edition
judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics — judo competition
2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship — international football competition
canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics — canoeing events at the Olympics
Austria at the 2000 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation
2000 in music — overview of music-related events during the year of 2000
November 2000
2000 United States presidential election — 54th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
March 2000
dot-com bubble — historic speculative bubble covering roughly 1997–2000
72nd Academy Awards — Academy Awards ceremony honoring the best films of 1999
2000 Russian presidential election — presidential election in Russia
2000 Australian Grand Prix — 647th Formula 1 Championship Grand Prix
2000 Brazilian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
July 2000
Air France Flight 4590 — 2000 plane crash of Concorde in Paris
UEFA Euro 2000 Final — final game of the UEFA Euro 2000
2000 Austrian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held 2000 ion Austria
2000 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
2000 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
June 2000
Eritrean–Ethiopian War — 1998–2000 war between Ethiopia and Eritrea
2000 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
2000 Canadian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
April 2000
2000 United States Census — 22nd census, which determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000
2000 San Marino Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
2000 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
October 2000
2000 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Sydney, Australia
Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević — 2000 overthrow of Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milošević
2000 Japanese Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
2000 Malaysian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
May 2000
2000 UEFA Champions League Final — association football match
2000 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
2000 European Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
September 2000
2000 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah — 2000 shooting of a Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip
2000 United States Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
August 2000
2000 Hungarian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2000
2000 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race