2000

     

Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturay. In the Chinese Calendar, it was the Year of the Dragon.

Trivia about 2000

  • Scientists map human genome; Elian Gonzalez returned to Cuba
  • The next full census of the U.S. will be conducted in this year
  • It's the next year that will be a leap year
  • It's the year in which the last U.S. Census was taken
  • In 1988, yes, 1988, the Times reported, "For computers" this year "may prove a bit traumatic"
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a wriggling echidna at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.) Naturally, Sydney's Taronga Zoo has a distinctly Australian echidna; an echidna named Millie, short for "millennium", was a mascot in the summer Olympic games in this year
  • It's the number of the current year rounded to the nearest thousand
  • In kids' show titles, this number follows "Gladiators" & "Wheel"
  • Edward Bellamy's 1888 book "Looking Backward" sends a man to this year & doesn't mention computer bugs
  • A memorable election year: duo milia
  • According to its name, it's the number of body parts you can wash with Lever soap
  • Depicted here, Barbie first ran for president in this year; is she inside that lockbox Gore was talking about?
  • Age in years of the man being interviewed in the following:"By the way, sir, uh, are you married?""I have been married several hundred times.""I'm afraid to ask the next question. You've had many hundreds of wives.""Hundreds and hundreds of wives.""How many children do you have?""I have over forty-two thousand children. And not one comes to visit!"
  • It was the most recent year that was a leap year
  • In a recurring sketch, Conan O'Brien predicts the future "In the year" this