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The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands"; shortened to the '00s and known as the aughts or noughties) was a decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009.
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January 6 – The last naturally conceived Pyrenean ibexis found dead, apparently killed by a falling tree.January 10 – America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warnerfor $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).January 30 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the Ivory Coastinto the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169 people.February 5 – Second Chechen War: Novye Aldi massacre– Russian forces summarily execute 56–60 civilians in a suburb of Grozny.February 6 – Second Chechen War: Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) ends as Russian forces conclude capture of the Chechen capital Grozny.February 9 – Torrential rains in Africa lead to the worst flooding in Mozambiquein 50 years, which lasts until March and kills 800 people.February 13 – Final Peanuts comic is printed in newspapers, preceded by author Charles M. Schulz's death the night before. It was the most popular comic strip in history, running for 50 years.March 4 – Sony releases the PlayStation 2 in Japan to compete with the Sega Dreamcast. It launches in other countries later in the year.March 10 – The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048. Two weeks later, the NASDAQ-100, S&P 500, and Wilshire 5000reach their peaks prior to the Dot-com bubble, ending a bull mark...March 13 – The United States dollar becomes the official currency of Ecuador, replacing the Ecuadorian sucre.April 30 – Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sundaycelebrated worldwide.
May 1 – A new class of composite material is fabricated, which has a combination of physical properties never before seen in a naturalor human-made material.May 4 – The 7.6 Mw Central Sulawesi earthquake affects Banggai, Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), leaving 46 dead and 264 injured.June 4 – The 7.9 Mw Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra, killing 103 people and injuring at least 2,174.June 10–July 2 – Belgium and the Netherlands jointly host the UEFA Euro 2000 football tournament, which is won by France.June 17 – A centennial earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) hits Icelandon its national day.July 1 – The Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Swedenis officially opened for traffic.July 2 – France defeats Italy 2–1 after extra time in the final of the European Championship, becoming the first team to win the World Cup and European Championship consecutively.July 7 – The draft assembly of Human Genome Project is announced at the White House by US President Bill Clinton, Francis Collins, and Craig Venter.July 10 – In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline.August 8 – The Confederate submarine H. L. Hunleyis raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.August 12 – The 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...August 14 – Tsar Nicholas II and his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.September 6 – The last wholly Swedish-owned arms manufacturer, Bofors, is sold to American arms manufacturer United Defense.September 6–8 – World leaders attend the Millennium Summitat U.N. Headquarters.September 7–14 – Fuel proteststake place in the United Kingdom, with refineries blockaded, and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.September 13 – Steve Jobs introduces the public beta of Mac OS Xfor US$29.95.October 3 – Approximate start of Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods(particularly affecting the UK), precipitated by days of heavy rain.October 5 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milošević.October 11 – 250 million US gallons (950,000 m3) of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky, United States (considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill).October 12 – In 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 Navydestroyer, killing 17 crew membe...The WikiWikiWeb website approximately doubled in size every year 1995 to 2000, with disk usage rising from around 2 megabytes in 1995 to around 60 megabytes at the end of 2000. During that time, various innovations were put in place, many suggested by users, to help with navigation and editing.
Establishments – Disestablishments. The 2000s, also known as the noughties, [1] was the decade that began on January 1, 2000 and ended on December 31, 2009. It is distinct from the decade known as the 201th decade which will begin on January 1, 2001. and end on December 31, 2010.
2000年代大事，由左上至右下依序為 911事件 、 歐元 的推行、 伊拉克戰爭 、 南亞大海嘯 、 美國在阿富汗的軍事行動 、 金融海嘯 、 北京奧運 、 網際網路 崛起. 2000年代 是從 2000年 1月1日 開始，於 2009年 12月31日 結束的年代。. 嚴格地說，2000年代并不属于 21 ...
The fashion of the 2000's is often described as a global mash up, where trends saw the fusion of vintage styles, global and ethnic clothing (e.g. boho), as well as the fashions of numerous music-based subcultures.
