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2000 Western United States drought
The 2000 Western United States drought was a severe dry episode in spring through fall 2000, driven by La Niña and fueling one of the worst western wildfire seasons in 50 years.
2000 World Series
2000 World Series: New York Yankees beat New York Mets 4-1, October 21-26, 2000, the first Subway Series since 1956. Derek Jeter was MVP; Game 1 was the longest WS game (4:51, 12 innings); Yankees three-peated.
2000 Zimbabwean constitutional referendum
The 2000 Zimbabwean constitutional referendum was a February 2000 vote in which Zimbabweans rejected the government-sponsored draft constitution by 54.7 percent to 45.3 percent, the first referendum since independence.
2000–01 California electricity crisis
The 2000–01 California electricity crisis was a breakdown of the state's restructured power market, with soaring prices, rolling blackouts, and PG&E's bankruptcy by early 2001.
2000–01 FA Premier League
2000-01 FA Premier League, the ninth Premier League season: Manchester United won a third consecutive title with 80 points, Hasselbaink top scorer with 23, Ipswich fifth, and Manchester City, Coventry, and Bradford were relegated.
2000–01 NBA season
2000–01 NBA season, 55th NBA season (2000-01). Los Angeles Lakers won their second straight title, beating Philadelphia 4-1 in the 2001 Finals after a 15-1 playoff run; Allen Iverson was MVP.
2000–01 Serie A
2000-01 Serie A, the 99th Italian top-flight season, won by AS Roma with 75 points over Juventus (73) and Lazio (69); Crespo top scored with 26; Vicenza, Napoli, Bari relegated.
2000–01 UEFA Champions League
2000–01 UEFA Champions League, won by Bayern München, who beat Valencia 5-4 on penalties after 1-1 in the Milan final; Bayern's fourth European Cup, first in 25 years, with Kahn saving three kicks.
20000 Varuna
20000 Varuna (2000 WR106) is a large classical Kuiper belt object discovered 28 November 2000 by Spacewatch, about 650-1,060 km across, rotating in 6.34 hr with an elongated, porous, low-density shape.
200069 Alastor
200069 Alastor (4322 P-L) is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid about 11.9 km across, orbiting the Sun every 12.32 years between 4.97 and 5.70 AU; not a near-Earth or hazardous object.
2000s
The 2000s, the 2000-2009 decade with no accepted popular name, spanned the dot-com bust, 9/11, mobile phone growth to 4.6 billion subscriptions, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and the iPhone, and closed with the 2007-2009 Great Recession.
2000s in fashion
The 2000s in fashion, also called the aughts or naughts, covers 2000 to 2009, when celebrity culture, low-rise jeans, and the Juicy Couture tracksuit defined the decade.
2000s in music
2000s in music (2000–2009): decade of stylistic fragmentation, garage rock and indie revival, nu metal peak, and digital disruption via Napster, the iPod, iTunes, piracy, and the shift toward streaming.
2001
2001: year of the September 11 attacks, a synchronized global slowdown (IMF growth 2.6%), China's WTO accession as 143rd member, the draft human genome, Wikipedia's launch, and euro changeover preparations.
2001 (Dr. Dre album)
2001 is Dr. Dre's second studio album, released November 16, 1999 on Aftermath/Interscope; also called Chronic 2001. 23 tracks including Still D.R.E., Forgot About Dre, and The Next Episode; over 10 million copies sold worldwide.
2001 anthrax attacks
The 2001 anthrax attacks (Amerithrax): letters containing Ames-strain Bacillus anthracis spores mailed to media offices and Senators Daschle and Leahy, killing five. FBI blamed Bruce Ivins; a 2011 NAS review said science alone could not confirm the source.
2001 Atlantic hurricane season
The 2001 Atlantic hurricane season produced 15 named storms and ranked as the fourth most active on record, yet saw no U.S. hurricane landfalls for the second straight year.
2001 British Columbia general election
The 2001 British Columbia general election (May 16, 2001, 37th provincial election) saw Gordon Campbell's BC Liberals win 77 of 79 seats on 57.62% of the vote, reducing Ujjal Dosanjh's NDP to 2 seats; turnout 70.95%.
2001 Copa América
2001 Copa América, 40th edition held in Colombia July 11-29, 2001; Colombia won its first title, beating Mexico 1-0 in Bogotá without conceding a goal, after Argentina and Canada withdrew amid security fears.
2001 East Timorese Constituent Assembly election
The 2001 East Timorese Constituent Assembly election, held on 30 August 2001 under the United Nations, elected 88 members to draft East Timor's first constitution.
2001 El Salvador earthquake
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck within the subducting Cocos plate off El Salvador on January 13, 2001, killing 944 people; a February 6.6 shock brought the total to almost 1,200.
2001 Eritrean crackdown
The 2001 Eritrean crackdown was the September 2001 arrest of eleven ruling-party dissidents and closure of Eritrea's entire independent press under President Isaias Afwerki, ending open political debate.
2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, fifth edition, held 30 May–10 June 2001 in South Korea and Japan as a rehearsal for the 2002 World Cup; France won, beating co-host Japan 1–0 in the Yokohama final; Australia beat France and Brazil in groups.
2001 Formula One World Championship
The 2001 Formula One World Championship was the FIA Formula One season won by Michael Schumacher of Ferrari, who took his fourth title with nine wins in 17 races.
2001 GB11 family
The 2001 GB11 family (FIN 417) is a compact nine-member inner-belt asteroid family around (108138) 2001 GB11, first reported by Nesvorný et al. 2015, dated to about 4.6 Myr by backward integration, and containing one fission pair.
2001 Gujarat earthquake
The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also called the Bhuj earthquake, was a magnitude 7.7 quake in Kutch, India, on 26 January 2001 that killed roughly 13,800 people.
2001 in film
2001 in film was a record-setting year, with US revenue reaching $8.13 billion and the debuts of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings franchises.
2001 in music
2001 in music: the year Napster was shut down after a Ninth Circuit ruling, September 11 canceled tours, and Janet Jackson, Lady Marmalade, and Family Affair led the Hot 100; Alicia Keys' Fallin' won three Grammys.
2001 in video games
2001 in video games: the year Nintendo launched the GameCube and Game Boy Advance, Microsoft launched the Xbox, Sega ended Dreamcast production, and U.S. sales hit a record $9.4 billion, with The Sims and Grand Theft Auto III leading sales.
2001 Indian Parliament attack
The 2001 Indian Parliament attack was a terrorist assault on the Parliament House complex in New Delhi on 13 December 2001, killing nine people besides the five attackers.