The 00's Thread

[wishfoot88]

November 20th 2000- the TMF was founded!!
such a proud day to all tickle fans.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2001: (January 16) US President Bill Clinton awards former US President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service during the Spanish-American War. Eleven of Roosevelt's descendants accept on his behalf.

 

[ikaiyoo]

2002 May 6 - A press release announced the official name change from World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. to World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., or WWE, and the change was publicized later that day during a telecast of Monday Night Raw, which emanated from the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

 

[wishfoot88]

2003 ^^^ ikaiyoo joined the TMF

 

[Mitchell]

2004- October 27. The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years, defeating the St Louis Cardinals, 3-0 in Game Four in St Louis, to complete a four game sweep of the Series.

Mitch

 

[Artoo]

November 2005; Artoo saw Squarepusher at Stealth, and concluded that it had been the best gig of his life up until that moment.

 

[USATKLR]

JULY 2006 --- USATKLR MOVES TO SAN DIEGO.. AND LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!!

 

[wishfoot88]

2007- Artoo Joins the TMF

 

[USATKLR]

2008 -- presidental election is going strong.

 

[wishfoot88]

2000- people were shitting themselves about the millennium bug

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2001: (February 18) NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt is killed in a crash during the Daytona 500.

 

[Mitchell]

2002-October 27. The Anaheim Angels defeat the San Francisco Giants by a score of 4-1 in the seventh game of the 2002 World Series, to win the 2002 World Series, four games to three.

Mitch

 

[Artoo]

2003; Artoo goes to see Muse at the Nottingham Arena, and concludes that it is the best gig of his life so far.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2004: (January 24) NASA's MER-B (Opportunity) lands on Mars at 05:05 UTC.

 

[Mitchell]

2005-October 26. The Chicago White Sox defeat the Houston Astros, 1-0, in Game Four of the 2005 World Series, to win the 2005 World Series, with a four game sweep.

Mitch

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2006: (January 6) The record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close as Tropical Storm Zeta dissipates.

 

[milagros317]

2007

The Boston Red Sox win the World Series again, proving that it doesn't just happen every 86 years. 😀

 

[SmileyTkls]

2008 - The first female VP candidate for the Republican Party is announced, starting a whole storm of criticism and celebration around the United States and world at large.

 

[milagros317]

2000

Not much happens to computer and electronic devices on January 1.
No apology is heard from the Y2K industry of scaremongers.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2001 (September 11) Almost 3,000 are killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania after American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 crash into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into a grassland in Pennsylvania.

 

[milagros317]

2002

October 12: Islamic terrorists murder hundreds of innocent civilians by setting off bombs in the tourist areas of Bali

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2003: (February 26) An American businessman is admitted to the Vietnam France Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam with the first identified case of SARS. WHO doctor Carlo Urbani reports the unusual highly contagious disease to WHO. Both businessman and doctor later die of the disease.

 

[wanderingpixie2112]

2004 - The Wandering Pixie was born 😉

 

[milagros317]

2005

The Chocago White Sox win win the World Series for the first time since 1917. 😱

 

[paracarl44]

2006.

January 9th: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000.