2000

From Srafopedia

2000, the year after 1999, and before 2001 was an exciting year.

• In the United States of America, President George W. Bush was first elected.

• Worldwide, there was a scare that computers would possibly crash since they were not programmed to handle dates into the 2000's.

• Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother celebrated her 100th birthday.[1]

• Pope John Paul II begins the first official visit by a Roman Catholic pontiff to Israel. [2]

• On April 14, Phil Katz, an American computer programmer passed away.[3]

• July 11, Serial killer Michael Swango pleaded guilty to poisoning several of his patients and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.[4]

• Amber Spyglass, The (novel) , by Philip Pullman, was published. This made the year for a lot of people who had been waiting for the book for a long time.