HistoryWorld Timeline
Search for events relating to: Year:
 
For exact match use "quotation marks" 		     
 		Go 
 
Google by default Text search   Google by default Related images   Narrative or article HistoryWorld   Place or object Link   See in Google maps Map
Click the icons to visit linked content. Hover to see the search terms.
     
2000
 
   
A White House ceremony celebrates a full draft of the human genome completed by two rival projects      
2000
 
  
Israel completes the withdrawal of its troops from southern Lebanon     
2004
 
 
Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio as the eccentric aviation pioneer Howard Hughes, in The Aviator    
2000
 
   
The republic of Ireland is the fastest growing economy in the EU, with a GDP growth of more than 10%      
2000
 
    
A Concorde supersonic airliner crashes after take-off from Paris, killing all 109 on board       
2000
 
 
Billy Elliott, directed by Stephen Daldry, tells of a child's journey from a mining community into a new life in ballet    
Poster for Billy Elliott, 2000


Enlarge on linked site
2000
 
    
In the election for president of Yugoslavia, the incumbent Slobodan Milosevic is defeated by Vojislav Kostunica       
2000
 
  
The Burmese junta again places Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest, a restraint that has continued - with one break - till the present time     
2000
 
     
Mao Zedong inspires German artist Anselm Kiefer's Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom        
2000
 
 
Ang Lee directs Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a martial arts film notable for its magical special effects