2000s (original) (raw)
Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s
Years: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Decade as a Whole
- In the context of Wikipedia, the standard name for the decade 2000 to 2009 is the "2000s". Use of the term elsewhere may result in confusion.
- Even within Wikipedia, the wording "2000s decade" is much clearer than "2000s".
- In keeping with naming decades (cf. 1990s "the Nineties", 1980s "the Eighties", etc.), the decade of the 2000s lacks an accepted name. A widely accepted term most likely won't come about until the decade has ended, but a few possibilities are:
- "the 0-0s", usually pronounced as "the oh-ohs". This pronunciation sounds like "uh oh", an expression of dismay; this similarity is no doubt intentional.
- "the 2Ks", a term that is rooted in the slang of the times. K is shorthand for the Latin prefix kilo meaning 1000; hence, 2K means 2000. In popular culture, the years of the decade are already being named according to this slang. For example, the year 2003 is referred to as 2K3. The "2K" term probably has its popular origins in the heavily-hyped Y2K bug that began the decade.
- "the Aughts" (or "Oughts"), keeping with the practice of the nineteenth century.
- "the Nillies", derived from the term "nil", meaning nothing or zero.
- "the Noughties", referring to the nought, or zero, as the decade indicator; the word-play on "naughty" is intentional.
- The United Nations General Assembly declared the (mostly overlapping) decade of 2001-2010 as the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World".
Events and Trends
- Globalization
- September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on New York's World Trade Center and Washington's Pentagon killing about 3000 people
- 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to depose the Taliban regime in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
- December 2001 - 18 July 2003: The Convention on the Future of Europe proposed first European Union constitution.
- International Criminal Court exists as of 1 July 2002, used for judging war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide
- 2003 invasion of Iraq to remove Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from power.
People
World Leaders
- Prime Minister John Howard (Australia)
- President Lu�s In�cio Lula da Silva (Brazil)
- Prime Minister Jean Chr�tien (Canada)
- Prime Minister Paul Martin (Canada)
- President Jiang Zemin (People's Republic of China)
- President Hu Jintao (People's Republic of China)
- President Hosni Mubarak (Egypt)
- Val�ry Giscard d'Estaing (Convention on the Future of Europe)
- President Jacques Chirac (France)
- Chancellor Gerhard Schr�der (Germany)
- Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (India)
- President Megawati Sukarnoputri (Indonesia)
- President Mohammad Khatami (Iran)
- President Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
- Prime Minister Ehud Barak (Israel)
- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (Israel)
- Emperor Akihito (Japan)
- Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro (Japan)
- First Minister David Trimble (Northern Ireland)
- President Pervez Musharraf (Pakistan)
- President Yasser Arafat (Palestinian Authority)
- Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Palestinian Authority)
- Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (Republic of Ireland)
- President Vladimir Putin (Russia)
- President Thabo Mbeki (South Africa)
- President Chen Shui-bian (Republic of China on Taiwan)
- Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom, et. al )
- Prime Minister Tony Blair (United Kingdom)
- President George W. Bush (United States)
- Pope John Paul II (Vatican City)
Entertainers
- Tom Hanks
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Nicole Kidman
- Madonna
- Kylie Minogue
- Moby
- Mike Myers (Austin Powers)
- Adam Sandler
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Bruce Willis
- U2
- Eminem
Sports figures
- David Beckham
- Ronaldo
- Barry Bonds
- Derek Jeter
- Sammy Sosa
- Donovan McNabb
- Randy Moss
- Ray Lewis
- Kobe Bryant
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Allen Iverson
- Tiger Woods
- Anna Kournikova
- Martin Brodeur
- Dale Earnhardt Jr
- Jeff Gordon
- LeBron James
- Michael Vick
- Landon Donovan
- Sergei Fedorov
- Andy Roddick
- Venus and Serena Williams
- Chris Jericho
- The Rock
- Goldberg
- Brock Lesnar
Arts and Entertainment
Music
- Audioslave (Audioslave)
- Anthrax (We've Come For You All)
- Badly Drawn Boy (The Hour of Bewilderbeast)
- Britney Spears (Oops!...I Did It Again)
- Common (Like Water for Chocolate)
- DMX (The Great Depression)
- Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show)
- Enrique Iglesias (Escape)
- The Hives (Veni Vidi Vicious)
- J. Lo (This Is Me... Then)
- Ja Rule (Pain Is Love)
- Kylie Minogue (Light Years), (Fever), (Body Language)
- Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory, Meteora)
- Metallica (St. Anger)
- Mudvayne (L.D. 50, The End of All Things to Come)
- *NSYNC (Celebrity)
- Radiohead (Kid A)
- The Roots (Phrenology)
- Shakira (Laundry Service)
- The Smashing Pumpkins (Gish, Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Machina: The Machines of God, Machina II: The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music)
- The Strokes (Is This It)
- System of a Down (Toxicity, Steal This Album)
- Tool (Lateralus)
- The Vines (Highly Evolved)
- Weezer (The Green Album)
- The White Stripes (Elephant)
see also 2000s music groups, List of rock and roll albums in the 2000s