• January 1 - First Day of the 21st Century: January 1, 2000 marked the first day of the 21st century and the start of a new millennium according to the Western calendar system.
  

• January 21 - NFL linebacker Ray Lewis was involved in a fight resulting in the deaths of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar. Lewis arrested and indicted 11 days later for murder and assault. The murder charges were later dropped.
  

• * April 22 - In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida after a family dispute. Elián came to the USA on an inner-tube and was granted temporary permission to stay in the U.S. and placed him with his great-uncle, Lázaro González.
  

• April 22 - The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom. The change addressed various issues with the “telephone dialing plan” in the United Kingdom, during the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the country was running short of new telephone numbers.
  

• * June 28 - Two months after being seized by federal agents, Cuban exile Elián González returns to his father in Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
  

• October 5 - Bulldozer Revolution: Massive demonstrations in Belgrade culminated in the resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. The event is often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
  

• November 2 - The first crew arrived at the International Space Station.
  

• November 7 - Bush vs. Gore: Following numerous recounts of the votes in the US Presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, it was deemed to be inconclusive. The results of the Florida recounts all came in Bush's favor and led to a court case. The results were eventually decided by the Supreme Court.
  

• December 12 - Bush vs. Gore: US Supreme Court releases its 5-4 decision settling the recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election in George W. Bush's favor.

Notable Deaths -

* Tour de France and Giro d'Itala Champion: Gino "the Pious" Bartali (Ita), (1914-2000), died May 5, 2000. He was the 1938 TdF Champion, 1948 TdF Champion, 1936 Giro d'Italia, 1937 Giro d'Italia, and 1946 Giro d'Italia, and won 9 Grand Tour KoM classifications.  

* Vuelta a Espana Champion: Jean Dotto (Fra), (1928-2000), died February 20, 2000. He was the first French cyclist to win the Vuelta a Espana, 1955 Vuelta a Espana, He rode the Tour de France 13 times.

Victor Borge (1909-2000) Danish and American actor, comedian, and pianist who achieved great popularity on radio and television in both North America and Europe. He died December 23, 2000 in Greenwich, Connecticut at the age of 91.

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