2000
2000s Era
Act I
The World Stage
2000
6.1B
people on Earth when this year began
Today
8.2B
+2.1B more people since
🇺🇸
US President
Bill Clinton / George W. Bush
🇬🇧
UK Prime Minister
Tony Blair
🇺🇳
UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
Defining Moments
Y2K scare passes peacefully
Dot-com bubble peaks and bursts
Putin becomes Russian president
USS Cole bombing
Act II
Culture & Entertainment
#1 Song
Breathe
Faith Hill
- ♪ Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
- ♪ NSYNC - No Strings Attached
#1 Movie
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Oscar Best Picture: Gladiator
- 🎥 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- 🎥 Cast Away
- 🎥 Mission: Impossible II
Top TV Shows
- 📺 Survivor
- 📺 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
- 📺 ER
- 📺 Friends
Notable Books
- 📚 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
Act III
Technology & Science
USB flash drives
Camera phones introduced
Bluetooth 1.0
PlayStation 2 launches
Space
First crew arrives at International Space Station
Nobel Peace Prize
Kim Dae-jung
Nobel Physics
Zhores Alferov, Herbert Kroemer, Jack Kilby
Act IV
Cost of Living
Gas / Gallon
$1.51
Today: $3.50
Milk / Gallon
$3.10
Today: $4.15
Movie Ticket
$5.39
Today: $11.75
Average Home
$165,300
Today: $420,000
New Car
$21,850
Today: $49,500
Postage Stamp
$0.33
Today: $0.73
Average Salary
$35,000 / year (min wage: $5.15/hr)
Act V
Sports Champions
World Series
New York Yankees
NBA Finals
Los Angeles Lakers
Super Bowl
St. Louis Rams (SB XXXIV)
Act VI
Our Planet
CO₂ Levels
0
parts per million
Today: 422 ppm
Temperature Anomaly
+0.42°C
vs. pre-industrial average
Today: +1.45°C
Life Expectancy
76.8 years
Internet
360M users, Google emerges, dot-com bubble