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Euro 2000 is hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands
The Euro 200 was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organized by UEFA, association football's governing body in Europe. France won the tournament, by defeating Italy 2–1 in the final -
Sydney hosts the Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia was awarded the right to host the 2000 Olympic Games in 1993. It was the second time that an Australian city had hosted the Olympic Games, the first being in Melbourne in 1956.The United States won the most medals overall with 91, as well as the most gold (35) medals. -
Terrorist Attack.
On September 11th, 2001 two planes crashed into the North and South Twin Towers, The Pentagon, and an attempt to attack the White House. There were 2,819 people killed in the attacks. -
Apple launches the iPod
iPod was a new line of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod is one of te most popular device that allows you to listen to music and allows you to download millions of songs off of itunes. -
Apple introduces the iMac G4
This computer has a 15 inch LCD screen and was the first computer apple has launched. -
Athens hosts the Olympic Games
This was the first time since 1896 that the Olympics were held in Greece. The United States won the most medals with 101, while Greece came in 15th with a total of 16. was worth 10.8 billion dollars. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Katrina formed in the Bahamas and made its biggest impact as a Category 3 storm in New Orleans,LA. -
Apple debuts the iPhone
The iPhone was a multimedia-enabled smartphone designed and marketed by Apple. Functioning as a camera phone, a portable media player , and is able to acces the Internet., It used a multi-touch screen to provide a virtual keyboard. This product was named invention of the year. -
Olympic Games held in Beijing.
The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing and featured a spectacular opening ceremony. China won the most gold medals with 51, followed by the U.S. with 36. However, the U.S. won the most medals overall, with 110 compared to China's 100. -
Barrack Obama Election.
Barack Obama made history when he became the first African-American President. -
Haiti Earthquake
At least 230,000 were killed in Haiti after a massive earthquake on January 12, 2010 and 3,000,000 were left homeless as estimated by the Haitian government. -
South Africa Host the Fifa World Cup.
This was the 19th FIFA World Cup, spain defeated the Netherlands to give them their first title. -
Osama Bin Laden Killed.
Navy Seal teams found and killed Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. -
London hosts the Olympic Games
London hosted the Summer Olympics for the third time in its history – the only city to have done so on this many occasions. Athletes from the United States won the most gold medals, with 46, and the most overall, with 104. -
Launch of the PS4 and Xbox One
hese new machines offered major improvements in power compared to the previous generation. Both featured eight-core CPUs and utilised AMD's new "Jaguar" technology, a processor architecture with optimal balance of power consumption and performance.
