The 00's Thread

[Artoo]

2005 - 4th July; I provide support for Aphex Twin at a gig.

 

[ikaiyoo]

2006February 24 - A state of emergency is declared in the Philippines, after an alleged coup d'état against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is foiled.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2007: January 4 - Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

 

[NukeLaloosh]

2008 (January) the price for a barrel of petroleum reaches 100 dollars for the first time

 

[paracarl44]

2000.

March 21st: Pope John Paul II is the first Catholic pontiff to visit Israel.

 

[ikaiyoo]

2001 September 21 - Sports return to New York for the first time since the attacks with the New York Mets/Atlanta Braves game at Shea Stadium. Mike Piazza hit a dramatic 8th inning home run for a 3-2 Mets victory.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2002: March 12 - In Houston, Texas, Andrea Yates is found guilty of drowning her 5 children on June 20, 2001. She is later sentenced to life in prison.

 

[paracarl44]

2003.

May 3rd: New Hampshire's "Old Man On The Mountain" crumbles after a heavy rain.

 

[ikaiyoo]

2004 March 2 - John Kerry effectively clinches the 2004 U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination by winning 9 out of 10 "Super Tuesday" primaries and caucuses.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2005: March 21 - Ten are killed in the Red Lake High School massacre in Minnesota, the worst (then) school shooting since the Columbine High School massacre.

 

[ikaiyoo]

2006 January 31 - Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2007: January 4 - Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

 

[ikaiyoo]

2008 February 12 - Bridgestone, under investigation for an alleged price-fixing cartel, uncovers improper payments of at least 150 million Japanese yen to foreign governments and withdraws from the marine hose business

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2000: January 1 - Y2K passes without serious, widespread computer failures, despite fears to the contrary.

 

[ikaiyoo]

2001 May 1 - Washington, DC police declare Chandra Levy missing (her remains are discovered a year later).

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2002: January 1 - Euro notes and coins are issued in France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and in the Netherlands.

 

[ikaiyoo]

2003 h 13 - The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old upright-walking human footprints had been found in Italy.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2004: January 19 - US Senator John Kerry (D-MA) wins the Iowa Democratic caucus. Vermont Governor Howard Dean's concession speech ends with a lively but controversial scream.

 

[ikaiyoo]

2005 January 31 - The Michael Jackson trial commences in Santa Barbara, California, 14 months after Jackson was arrested with much publicity.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

2006: January 1 - Sydney, Australia, has its warmest day on record, when the city reaches 45°C (113°F).