3 January 2000Europa Millennium FlybyTorrence Johnson
Galileo begins the Millennium Mission with another close flyby of Europa.
Historical records for United States of America in 2000, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Galileo begins the Millennium Mission with another close flyby of Europa.
Galileo flies about 198 kilometres above Io, obtaining close measurements of its active volcanic environment.
Releases Ecstasy, continuing his late-career focus on long-form guitar-based songwriting.
Death of Claire Trevor
Releases Things Have Changed for the film Wonder Boys.
Hubble quasar spectroscopy reveals extensive filaments of ionized hydrogen between galaxies, helping account for matter missing from the nearby universe.
Galileo makes another close Ganymede pass, extending measurements of its surface and magnetic environment.
Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches
Death of Walter Matthau
Convenes Barak and Arafat for final-status negotiations.
The campaigns of Clinton and Lazio, along with Giulianis initial effort, spends a record combined $90 million, Clinton won the election with 55 percent of the vote to Lazios 43 percent. First time an American First Lady runs for public office, also the first female senator to represent New York
Calls for a 2nd recount in Florida
Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta-Jones marry at the New York Plaza Hotel
Al Gore admits defeat to George Bush
Al Gore admits defeat to George Bush
Appointed to serve as National Security Adviser, earns the nickname of "Warrior Princess," reflecting strong nerve and delicate manners, the first woman to occupy the post
Madonna marries Guy Ritchie near Dornoch in Sutherland
Madonna marries Guy Ritchie near Dornoch in Sutherland
Presents bridging ideas on borders, Jerusalem, refugees and security.
Galileo performs a distant Ganymede encounter while coordinating broader Jupiter-system observations with Cassini.
Cassini makes its closest approach to Jupiter while using the planet for a gravity assist to Saturn.
Galileo and Cassini conduct complementary observations while Cassini passes through the Jupiter system.
Stars in A Shot at Glory
Wins an Oscar for "The Last King of Scotland" as Idi Amin
Named sports person of the century by the BBC
Evicted from his 434-acre (175 hectare) estate in New Jersey
Receives the Venice Film Festival Career Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
De Lorean founds De Lorean Time, selling expensive watches over the Internet
The United States Republican Party's campaign platform in the US presidential election, 2000 called for "full implementation" of the Iraq Liberation Act and removal of Hussein
Releases Essential Rarities to wider audiences.
Galileo magnetic data support the possibility of a conductive saltwater layer beneath Ganymede's surface.
Publication of "Gertrude and Claudius"
Publishes his memoirs, "Its Not About the Bike"
Publication of "House of Leaves"
If These Walls Could Talk 2 is an Emmy Award-winning 2000 television movie in the United States, broadcast on HBO, directed by Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge
If These Walls Could Talk 2 is an Emmy Award-winning 2000 television movie in the United States, broadcast on HBO, directed by Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge
The United States Republican Party's campaign platform in the US presidential election, 2000 called for "full implementation" of the Iraq Liberation Act and removal of Hussein
The United States Republican Party's campaign platform in the US presidential election, 2000 called for "full implementation" of the Iraq Liberation Act and removal of Hussein
Publishes his memoirs, "Its Not About the Bike"
Worlds Most Outstanding Athlete Award, Jesse Owens International Trophy
Galileo and Cassini conduct coordinated measurements of Jupiter's atmosphere, magnetosphere and surrounding space during Cassini's approach.
Publishes his memoirs, "Its Not About the Bike"
Stars in Mission: Impossible II
Rubin's perspective on the history of the work on galaxy movements is presented in a review, "One Hundred Years of Rotating Galaxies," for the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
A survey led by Sheppard identifies several previously unknown irregular moons around Jupiter.
Publication of "Portrait Of The Artist As An Old Man"
Helps recover the lost Jovian moon Themisto, allowing its orbit to be established securely.
Rubin's perspective on the history of the work on galaxy movements is presented in a review, "One Hundred Years of Rotating Galaxies," for the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Stars in Rules of Engagement. Clint Eastwood directs and stars in Space Cowboys alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner
Directs and stars in Space Cowboys with Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner.
Named sports person of the century by the BBC
Publication of "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"
Winner of the Tour de France, 2nd time
Stars as comic-book theorist Elijah Price in M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable.
Winner of the womens US tennis open
Weinberg examines the cosmological constant and vacuum energy after the discovery of acceleration, emphasizing the unresolved theoretical origin of the observed energy scale.
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