The 00's Thread

[makeUsquirm]

OK all, here's how this works:

I'll start by naming something that happened in 2000. Then the next poster states something that happened in 2001, the next will post a fact from 2002, etc. When we get to 2008, we'll start over again at 2000.


2000: Survivor debuts on CBS

 

[milagros317]

2001: In an outrageous act of war, genocidal Jihadists murder over 3,000 Americans on September 11.

 

[makeUsquirm]

2002: The LA Lakers win the NBA Finals for a third straight year, sweeping the New Jersey Nets 4 games to none.

 

[milagros317]

2003: United States invades Iraq, topples the regime of Saddam Hussein.

 

[makeUsquirm]

2004: Former President Ronald Reagan passes away at the age of 93.

 

[Tiger.Lily]

2005: YouTube. A fabulous gateway to some pretty snazzy tickling videos. 😉

 

[KrazieDog]

2006 Saddam Hussein is executed, but not by a stingray as Steve Irwin was the same year. Wow, this seems like yesterday.

 

[makeUsquirm]

2007: Ohio suffers probably its most heartbreaking sports year:

January - OSU gets throttled by Florida 41-14 in National Championship Game
April - OSU loses the Men's Basketball Final, again to Florida, 84-75
June - Cleveland Cavaliers swept by Spurs in NBA Finals
July - Columbus Destroyers lose Arena Bowl
October - Cleveland Indians lose ALCS to Red Sox after being up 3 games to 1
December - Cleveland Browns go 10-6 and still miss playoffs

 

[dalekfire]

2008: This epic thread of epicness was created. Mwawr. ^^

 

[paracarl44]

2008.

Ohio State loses to LSU in the BCS National Championship Game 38-24.
^Seems like Ohio teams are off to another losing year.^
^Maybe you need to start An Ohio Losing Thread.^

 

[milagros317]

2000: disputed presidential election ends up in U.S. Supreme Court

 

[makeUsquirm]

Ohio State loses to LSU in the BCS National Championship Game 38-24.
^Seems like Ohio teams are off to another losing year.^
^Maybe you need to start An Ohio Losing Thread.^

How about this: 2008 - Joe Paterno celebrates his 173rd birthday!

Anyway, back in sequence:

2001: Timothy McVeigh gets put to death 6 years after the Oklahoma City bombing.

 

[milagros317]

2002: The Euro becomes legal tender in many European countries on January 1.

 

[paracarl44]

2003.

This was the year that Ohio State won a major football game by beating the University of Miami in a 31-24 double overtime victory in The Fiesta Bowl.

 

[milagros317]

2004: Dodgers win the NL West but don't reach the World Series. 🙁

 

[Tick L]

2005: At least 1,836 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes coastal areas from Louisiana to Alabama, and travels up the entire state of Mississippi (flooding coast 31 feet/10 m), affecting most of eastern North America.

 

[milagros317]

2006: In midterm elections, the Democratic party retakes control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

 

[makeUsquirm]

2007: The iPhone is introduced

 

[milagros317]

2008: _____________ is elected President of the United States.
[to be filled in in November]

 

[paracarl44]

2005.

January 20th: George Bush is sworn in for his second term of President.

 

[makeUsquirm]

2000: The St. Louis Rams cap a miracle season in which they went from 4-12 to 13-3 in one year by beating the Tennessee Titans 23-16 in Super Bowl XXXIV.

 

[milagros317]

2001: In October, the U.S. begins the bombing of Afghanistan. Five weeks later, the Taliban government falls.

 

[Tick L]

2002: Layne Staley of Alice in Chains dies a mysterious death.

 

[ParanoidChant]

2003: Human Genome Project is declared completed, with 99% of the human genome mapped to 99.99% accuracy.

 

[paracarl44]

2004.

March 2nd: John Kerry clinched the Democratic Party delegate count by winning Big in Super Tuesday.