2000

Also known as MM, two thousand, the second millenium

calendar year

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2000 was a calendar year that marked the beginning of the third millennium in the Gregorian calendar system used internationally. It was significant because many people and organizations had anticipated major disruptions from the "Y2K problem," a computer concern about how systems would handle the year 2000, though widespread failures largely did not occur.

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2000 (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 2000s decade.

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