The year in history
2000
Someone born in 2000 turns 26 in 2026
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 Culture of Peace and the World Mathematical Year.
What happened in 2000
Millennium celebrations are held around the world to celebrate the beginning of the 3rd millennium.
Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the Ivory Coast into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169 people.
Microsoft releases Windows 2000.
The United States dollar becomes the official currency of Ecuador, replacing the Ecuadorian sucre.
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.
The 7.9 Mw Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra, killing 103 people and injuring at least 2,174.
Vicente Fox of the National Action Party (PAN) is elected President of Mexico, becoming the first president not from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929.
Tsar Nicholas II and his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Microsoft releases Windows Me.
Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milošević.
Soyuz TM-31 is launched, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.
Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru, faxes his resignation from a hotel room in Japan, having fled Peru after facing corruption charges. Fujimori would be officially removed from office by Congress on the 22nd.