2000s (decade)

9/11EuroIraq WarWar on TerrorSocial media2008 Summer OlympicsFinancial crisis of 2007–20082004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
From left, clockwise: The World Trade Center on fire and the Statue of Liberty during the 9/11 attacks in 2001; the euro currency starts being used in 2002; a statue of Saddam Hussein being pulled down during the Iraq War in 2003; U.S. troops going towards an army helicopter in Afghanistan during the War on Terror; social media through the Internet starts being used across the world; a Chinese soldier looks at the 2008 Summer Olympics starting in Beijing; an economic crisis, the largest since the Great Depression, hits the world in 2008; a tsunami from the Indian Ocean earthquake kills over 230,000 in 2004.
Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s – 2000s – 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Categories: Births – Deaths – Architecture
Establishments – Disestablishments

The 2000s (pronounced "two thousands", also known as the noughties),[1] was the decade that began on January 1, 2000 and ended on December 31, 2009. It is distinct from the decade known as the 201st decade which began on January 1, 2001 and ended on December 31, 2010.

Events

  • September 18, 2001 – Letters containing anthrax spores are mailed to several American media offices and two American senators. Twenty-two people are exposed and 5 people die.
  • September 21, 2001 – A chemical factory explodes in Toulouse, France, killing 29 people and seriously wounding over 2,500.

People

References

  1. ↑ "The noughties: So where are we now?". BBC News. January 1, 2000. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved April 21, 2010.