Pop Culture Moments From the Year 2000 16 Things That Turn 15 in 2015. The world population increases to a little more than 6 billion people.Concorde crash: Air France flight 4590's tire hits a metal object during takeoff from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport. George W. Bush defeats Vice President Al Gore to be elected 43rd president of the United States. In 2000, daily weekday circulation for newspapers in the US was estimated Let's say you were starting a new job at a dotcom company in an unfamiliar area. Giving a presentation? It was the first 'Subway Series' since 1956.The U.S. population tops 282 million.
He is ordered returned to his father in Cuba, sparking an international custody controversy. There are clear problems with this strategy -- what if you mistyped your destination and were reading the wrong directions? The final official vote tally shows Bush with 537 votes more than Gore.Then 5-year-old Elián González is taken by federal authorities from his relatives in Miami after his mother drowned while fleeing Cuba. The closeness of the vote count leads to a recount in Florida and forces the Supreme Court to declare a winner more than a month after Election Day. Surprisingly the year 2,000 was just the beginning of the gamer’s line of the computer chassis. Just The mobile phone no longer resembled a brick, and you could even play "Snake" on one.Surely, flying cars and jetpacks were right around the corner.But as the following 18 years proved, innovation wasn't peaking at the start of the new millennium. "Breathe" by Faith Hill tops the U.S. charts as the most popular song.The St. Louis Rams defeat the Tennessee Titans 23-16 to win Super Bowl XXXIV played at Altanta's Georgia Dome.The New York Yankees defeat the New York Mets in five games in the 2000 World Series.
Friction ignites the supersonic jet's fuel tanks and causes the plane to crash, killing 119 people.Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists use more than 400 pounds of explosives to bomb the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen killing 17 American sailors and injuring 39 more.A rise in mad cow disease cases alarm in more than 10 European countries.Australian Swimmer Ian Thorpe, known as the Thorpedo, takes home five medals at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.Texas Gov.
(Or That's probably why you still know the entire tracklist of "And not because you dislike Karen, but because your email was years away from coming directly to your phone. The concept of the cameraphone was still a few years away from becoming mainstream -- Without a Facebook page to stalk, Google search results to study (in 2000, the company was still a growing startup), or a Tinder profile to briefly scrutinize, meeting up with a potential date was so much harder. George W. Bush defeats Vice President Al Gore to be elected 43rd president of the United States. A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2) by Richard Peck 4.11 avg rating — 27,762 ratings — published 2000 — added by 39,469 people Here's a look back at the dark ages, a.k.a. That wasn't until 2002.) Try printing something with the supposedly "high-tech" printer or sending documents via fax. You had to load up PowerPoint and pull down the projector. September 30, 2015 by Ryan Roschke. In fact, it was just getting started. "Breathe" by Faith Hill tops the U.S. charts as the most popular song.The St. Louis Rams defeat the Tennessee Titans 23-16 to win Super Bowl XXXIV played at Altanta's Georgia Dome.The New York Yankees defeat the New York Mets in five games in the 2000 World Series. Keep scrolling to find out which sweet treat was most popular the year you were born. In 2000, First of all, no Instagram.
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