What are some important events of the 2000s?

Answer 1

2000s events

January 1, 2000 - People around the world celebrate the start of the year 2000.

August 4, 2000 - Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother turns 100.

September 15 - October 1, 2000 - Sydney Olympics

November 7, 2000 - US Presidential election runs into controversy over votes cast in Florida.

December 13, 2000 - George W. Bush is declared as the winner of the US election over Al Gore

January 1, 2001 - Official start of the new millennium

January 13, 2001 - Strong earthquake hits El Salvador.

January 20, 2001 - George W. Bush is inaugurated as 43rd President of the United States

January 20, 2001 - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo becomes President of the Philippines.

January 26, 2001 - Strong earthquake hits the state of Gujarat in Northwestern India.

February 13, 2001 - El Salvador is hit by a second strong earthquake.

February 19, 2001 - The British Foot and Mouth crisis begins.

June 1, 2001 - The Nepalese royal family is massacred.

June 7, 2001 - The British Labour Party is elected to a second term in office.

September 11, 2001 - Tragic events of 9/11- The twin towers of New York's world trade center and Washington's Pentagon are hit by devastating terrorist attacks. A fourth hijacked plane is crashed into a field in Pennsylvania

September 17, 2001 - George W. Bush launches his 'War on Terror'.

December 13, 2001 - The Indian Parliament Building is attacked.

January 1, 2002 - The Euro currency is introduced in 12 EU countries.

January 29, 2002 - George W. Bush speaks of an 'Axis of Evil'.

March 30, 2002 - Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother dies aged 101.

April 26, 2002 - School shooting at the Gutenberg Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany

May 2002 - Jacques Chirac is reelected as President of France.

June 1, 2002 - Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Golden Jubilee.

June 22, 2002 - Devastating earthquake hits Iran.

June 30, 2002 - Brazil wins FIFA World Cup for a record fifth time.

September 22, 2002 - Gerhard Schroeder is reelected as chancellor of Germany.

October 31/November 1, 2002 - Two devastating earthquakes hit central Italy.

February 1, 2003 - Space shuttle Columbia blows up over Texas killing all 7 astronauts on board.

March 2003 - SARS pandemic

March 20, 2003 - The US led invasion of Iraq begins.

April 9, 2003 - Fall of Baghdad

August 2003 - Europe is hit by a strong heatwave.

September 10, 2003 - Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh is fatally stabbed.

October 2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor of California.

November 15/20, 2003 - Two devastating terrorist bombings hit Istanbul.

December 13, 2003 - Saddam Hussein is captured.

December 26, 2003 - The Iranian city of Bam is hit by a devastating earthquake.

March 11, 2004 - More than 190 people are killed as devastating terrorist bombings occur on commuter trains in Madrid.

March 14, 2004 - Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is elected as Prime Minister of Spain, succeeding Jose Maria Aznar.

May 1, 2004 - The EU undergoes its biggest enlargement as 10 new member states join.

May 22, 2004 - Manmohan Singh becomes Prime Minister of India.

June 5, 2004 - Ronald Raegan dies aged 93.

August 13 -29, 2004 - Athens Olympics

September 3, 2004 - School massacre in Beslan, southern Russia

November 2, 2004 - George W. Bush is reelected as US President

November 21, 2004 - A Disputed election result leads to the Orange Revolution in Ukraine.

December 26, 2004 - The south Asian tsunami disaster occurs, killing more than 300,000 people, after an under sea quake off Sumatra, Indonesia.

January 20, 2005 - George W. Bush is inaugurated for a second term as US President.

March 28, 2005 - Devastating earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia

April 2, 2005 - Pope John Paul II dies aged 84.

April 6, 2005 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco dies aged 81.

April 8, 2005 - Worldwide dignitaries attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

April 9, 2005 - Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles.

April 19, 2005 - Joseph Ratzinger is elected as Pope Benedict XVI.

May 29, 2005 - French voters reject the new EU constitution.

June 1, 2005 - Dutch voters reject the new EU constitution.

July 1, 2005 - German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder loses a vote of confidence.

July 2, 2005 - Live8 concerts take place worldwide.

July 6 - 9, 2005 - G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland

July 6, 2005 - London is awarded the 2012 Olympics.

July 7, 2005 - Devastating terrorist bombings hit London, killing 52 people.

July 21, 2005 - Attempted terrorist bombings are foiled in London.

July 22, 2005 - Innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes is shot dead by London Metropolitan Police.

July 23, 2005 - Terrorist bombings in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt

August 14, 2005 - Plane crash in Greece kills all on board.

August 29, 2005 - Hurricane hits the Gulf coast of the United States, and floods New Orleans.

September 18, 2005 - German chancellor's election ends in stalemate.

October 27 - November 9, 2005 - Riots occur in cities across France.

November 22, 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes Chancellor of Germany.

March 11, 2006 - Michelle Bachelet becomes Chile's first female President.

March 11, 2006 - Slobodan Milosevic dies aged 64.

June 3, 2006 - Montenegro becomes independent.

July 9, 2006 - Italy wins the FIFA World Cup.

July 9, 2006 - Devastating plane crash occurs in Siberia.

July 12 - August 14, 2006 - War between Israel and Lebanon.

November 5, 2006 - Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death.

November 23, 2006 - Former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko dies in London aged 46. This leads to a trail of Polonium 210 across Europe.

December 2006 - Five women are murdered in Ipswich in one of the UK's worst killing sprees.

December 26, 2006 - Gerald Ford dies aged 93.

December 30, 2006 - Saddam Hussein is executed.

January 1, 2007 - Romania and Bulgaria join the EU. Slovenia adopts the Euro.

April 16, 2007 - The worst mass shooting in US history occurs at Virginia Tech.

April 23, 2007 - Boris Yeltsin dies aged 76.

May 3, 2007 - The disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal sparks a worldwide search.

May 16, 2007 - Nicolas Sarkozy becomes President of France.

June 27, 2007 - Gordon Brown replaces Tony Blair as British Prime Minister.

June 30, 2007 - An attempted attack on Glasgow Airport puts the UK on high terrorism alert.

July 17, 2007 - Brazil's deadliest plane crash occurs.

July 2007 - Anglo-Russian diplomatic crisis

July 25, 2007 - Pratibha Patil becomes India's first female President.

September 16, 2007 - Deadly plane crash occurs at Phuket, Thailand.

September 23 - 30, 2007 - Anti-regime demonstrations in Burma

December 10, 2007 - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner becomes Argentina's first female President.

December 27, 2007 - Benazir Bhutto is killed in a bomb attack, aged 54.

December 27, 2007 - Disputed election result in Kenya results in massive unrest.

January 1, 2008 - Cyprus and Malta adopt the Euro.

February 17, 2008 - Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.

February 19, 2008 - Fidel Castro steps down as President of Cuba. He is replaced by his brother, Raul.

March 16, 2008 - Anti-China protests are brutally crushed in Tibet.

April 26, 2008 - 73 year old Austrian Josef Fritzl is revealed to have imprisoned his daughter, Elisabeth in a cellar for 24 years, fathering seven children with her.

May 3, 2008 - Cyclone Nargis devastates southern Burma.

May 12, 2008 - China's Sichuan province is hit by a massive earthquake.

June 27, 2008 - Zimbabwe's 'election' re-run is marred by intimidation and fraud.

August 8 - 24, 2008 - Beijing Olympics

September 11, 2008 - New power sharing deal reached in Zimbabwe.

September 15, 2008 - Economic Crisis: Meltdown Monday, as Lehman Brothers collapses.

September 29, 2008 - Meltdown Monday nr. 2

November 4, 2008 - Barack Obama is elected President of the United States.

December 27, 2008 - January 18, 2009 - Conflict in the Gaza Strip

January 1, 2009 - Slovakia adopts the Euro.

January 20, 2009 - Barack Obama is inaugurated as 44th President of the United States.

January 26, 2009 - Icelandic financial system collapses.

March 2, 2009 - Guinea Bissau's President Joao Bernardo Vieira is killed in a coup.

April 2, 2009 - G20 summit in London

June 12 - 22, 2009 - Disputed Iranian election result leads to widespread protests.

Ongoing events - Darfur crisis, North Korean nuclear tests