$2000 Stimulus Payment for 2026: no law passed, no payment scheduled after the Supreme Court tariff ruling. See the real status and scam warnings. Explore the unforgettable events of 2000, from the Y2K relief and human genome breakthrough to the Sydney Olympics and the rise of reality TV and dot-com bust. 2000 (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 2000s decade. What happened and who was famous in 2000? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 2000. The first year of the new millennium or the last year of the old? What was that rule about calculating leap years? Whatever the math, every day of 2000 was filled with events to alter and illuminate our times. A reveler welcoming in the New Year in Times Square, New York, December 31, 1999. A tsunami from the Indian Ocean earthquake kills over 230,000 in 2004, and becomes the strongest earthquake since the 1964 Alaska earthquake. The 2000s (pronounced two-thousands ; shortened to the '00s) was the decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009. 2000: Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.