2000...
Jan 10th - America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).
Jan 14th - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the Dot-com bubble).
Feb 9th - AmericanCrafer is born unto the world; Angels rejoice for he is the Earth's problem now. Feb 13th - The final original Peanuts (Charlie Brown and gang) comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.
Mar 4th - The PlayStation 2 is released in Japan.
Mar 10th - The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048. Two weeks later, the NASDAQ-100, S&P 500, and Wilshire 5000 reach their peaks prior to the Dot-com bubble, ending a bull market run that lasted over 17 years.
Mar 12th - Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages.
Mar 1th - The U.S. dollar becomes the official currency of Ecuador, replacing the Ecuadorian sucre.
Apr 3rd - U.S. v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated U.S. antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
Apr 22nd - In a predawn raid, federal agents seize 6-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, D.C., ending one of the most publicized custody battles in U.S. history.
May 1st - A new class of composite material is fabricated, which has a combination of physical properties never before seen in a natural or man-made material.
May 3rd - In San Antonio, Texas, computer pioneer Datapoint files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
May 4th - After originating in the Philippines, the ILOVEYOU computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
May 11th - The billionth living person in India is born.
May 13th - Millennium Force opens at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster.
Jun 5th - 405 The Movie, the first short film widely distributed on the Internet, is released.
Jul 14th - A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.
Aug 7th - DeviantART is launched.
Aug 8th - The Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
Aug 14th - Dora the Explorer, one of Nickelodeon's most popular shows, debuts.
Aug 24th - The Nintendo GameCube is revealed.
Sep 13th - Steve Jobs introduces the public beta of Mac OS X for US$29.95.
Oct 11th - 250 million US gallons (950,000 m3) of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky (considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill).
Oct 30th - This is the final date during which there is no human presence in space.
Oct31st - Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.
Nov 2nd - The first resident crew enters the ISS.
Nov 7th - In London, a criminal gang raids the Millennium Dome to steal the Millennium Star diamond, but police surveillance catches them in the act.
Dec 15th - The third and final reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down and the station is shut down completely.