Past year · United States
The year Y2K fizzled, the dot-com bubble peaked and a 537-vote margin decided the presidency
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Free printable 2000 calendars: the Year PDF fits all twelve months on one US Letter page, and the Monthly PDF gives each month its own page with holidays written in the day boxes. Both are landscape and print well on A4 with "fit to page".
2000 had 10 federal holidays. The list below also includes 32 widely observed religious, cultural and civic dates, the start of each season and the daylight saving time changes. Federal holidays are shaded red on the calendar.
Observed dates in 2000: New Year's Day fell on a Saturday, so the federal day off was Friday, December 31, 1999. Veterans Day fell on a Saturday, so the federal day off was Friday, November 10, 2000.
| Date | Holiday or observance | Type |
|---|---|---|
| January | ||
| 1 Sat | New Year's Day · observed Dec 31 | Federal holiday |
| 8 Sat | Eid al-Fitr Date follows the Umm al-Qura calculation. Many US communities rely on moon sighting, so the day observed can differ by one day. | Religious |
| 17 Mon | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Federal holiday |
| February | ||
| 2 Wed | Groundhog Day | Observance |
| 5 Sat | Lunar New Year | Cultural |
| 14 Mon | Valentine's Day | Observance |
| 21 Mon | Presidents' Day The official federal name is Washington's Birthday. | Federal holiday |
| March | ||
| 7 Tue | Mardi Gras | Cultural |
| 8 Wed | Ash Wednesday | Religious |
| 16 Thu | Eid al-Adha Date follows the Umm al-Qura calculation. Many US communities rely on moon sighting, so the day observed can differ by one day. | Religious |
| 17 Fri | St. Patrick's Day | Observance |
| 20 Mon | March Equinox (Spring begins) At 2:35 a.m. ET. | Season |
| April | ||
| 1 Sat | April Fools' Day | Observance |
| 2 Sun | Daylight Saving Time begins Clocks move forward one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time (except Arizona and Hawaii). | Clock change |
| 20 Thu | Passover (first day) Begins at sundown on Wednesday, April 19, 2000. | Religious |
| 21 Fri | Good Friday | Religious |
| 22 Sat | Earth Day | Observance |
| 23 Sun | Easter Sunday | Religious |
| May | ||
| 5 Fri | Cinco de Mayo | Cultural |
| 14 Sun | Mother's Day | Observance |
| 29 Mon | Memorial Day | Federal holiday |
| June | ||
| 14 Wed | Flag Day | Observance |
| 18 Sun | Father's Day | Observance |
| 19 Mon | Juneteenth Recognized by many states at the time. It became a federal holiday in 2021. | Observance |
| 20 Tue | June Solstice (Summer begins) At 9:47 p.m. ET. | Season |
| July | ||
| 4 Tue | Independence Day | Federal holiday |
| September | ||
| 4 Mon | Labor Day | Federal holiday |
| 10 Sun | National Grandparents Day | Observance |
| 22 Fri | September Equinox (Fall begins) At 1:27 p.m. ET. | Season |
| 30 Sat | Rosh Hashanah Begins at sundown on Friday, September 29, 2000. | Religious |
| October | ||
| 9 Mon | Columbus Day Many states and cities observe Indigenous Peoples' Day on this date. | Federal holiday |
| 9 Mon | Yom Kippur Begins at sundown on Sunday, October 8, 2000. | Religious |
| 29 Sun | Daylight Saving Time ends Clocks move back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time. | Clock change |
| 31 Tue | Halloween | Observance |
| November | ||
| 7 Tue | Election Day (Presidential) | Observance |
| 10 Fri | Veterans Day (observed) Veterans Day fell on a Saturday, so federal employees had Friday, November 10, 2000 off. | Federal holiday |
| 11 Sat | Veterans Day · observed Nov 10 | Federal holiday |
| 23 Thu | Thanksgiving Day | Federal holiday |
| 24 Fri | Black Friday | Observance |
| 27 Mon | Ramadan begins Date follows the Umm al-Qura calculation. Many US communities rely on moon sighting, so the day observed can differ by one day. | Religious |
| December | ||
| 21 Thu | December Solstice (Winter begins) At 8:37 a.m. ET. | Season |
| 22 Fri | Hanukkah (first day) Begins at sundown on Thursday, December 21, 2000. | Religious |
| 24 Sun | Christmas Eve | Observance |
| 25 Mon | Christmas Day | Federal holiday |
| 26 Tue | Kwanzaa begins | Cultural |
| 27 Wed | Eid al-Fitr Date follows the Umm al-Qura calculation. Many US communities rely on moon sighting, so the day observed can differ by one day. | Religious |
| 31 Sun | New Year's Eve | Observance |
History
Americans entered 2000 waiting to see whether the Y2K bug would break the computers they depended on. It did not: the January 1 rollover produced only minor glitches after years of costly repairs. Investor enthusiasm for technology was still running high, and the Nasdaq Composite closed at a record 5,048.62 on March 10. By the end of the year it had lost about half of that value, and startups such as Pets.com had shut down as the dot-com bubble deflated.
Science and technology delivered milestones of their own. On May 1, President Bill Clinton ordered the military to stop degrading civilian GPS signals, improving accuracy worldwide. On June 26, Clinton announced a working draft of the human genome alongside Francis Collins and Craig Venter. In November, the first resident crew docked with the International Space Station, beginning a human presence in orbit that has continued without a break. Time later named George W. Bush its Person of the Year.
Sports offered Tiger Woods's 15-stroke US Open win at Pebble Beach, a Los Angeles Lakers title and the first Subway Series since 1956, won by the New York Yankees over the Mets. Faith Hill's "Breathe" topped Billboard's year-end chart. The year ended in uncertainty: Election Day on November 7 left Florida too close to call, and the 36-day recount fight ended only after the Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore on December 12.
The rollover to 2000 passed without the widespread failures many had feared. Problems in the United States were small, such as the US Naval Observatory's website showing the year as 19100 and about 150 Delaware racetrack slot machines going dark, after an estimated $134 billion in US preparation spending.
Read the full storyAmerica Online and Time Warner announced a merger that was the largest corporate combination to that point, pairing a fast-growing internet company with a traditional media giant. The deal, announced near the top of the technology stock boom, came two months before the Nasdaq peaked.
The Rams beat the Tennessee Titans 23-16 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Kurt Warner passed for a Super Bowl record 414 yards and was named MVP, and linebacker Mike Jones stopped Kevin Dyson one yard short of the goal line on the final play.
The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record 5,048.62 after more than doubling in 12 months. The index then began a long slide, falling nearly 10 percent on April 14 alone, and reached a closing low of 1,114.11 in October 2002, about 78 percent below the peak.
Read the full storyIn a predawn raid involving more than 130 Immigration and Naturalization Service personnel, federal agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives, ending a months-long standoff that followed his rescue at sea in November 1999. Attorney General Janet Reno approved the operation. He returned to Cuba on June 28.
At President Bill Clinton's direction, the military turned off GPS Selective Availability a few minutes after midnight at the end of May 1, removing the deliberate error added to civilian signals. The change immediately improved GPS accuracy for users worldwide to roughly 10 to 20 meters or better.
Tiger Woods finished at 12 under par at Pebble Beach, 15 shots ahead of Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez. It was the largest margin of victory in a major championship, and Woods became the first player to finish a US Open at double digits under par.
President Bill Clinton, joined by British Prime Minister Tony Blair by satellite, announced a working draft of the human genome at the White House. Francis Collins of the public Human Genome Project and Craig Venter of Celera Genomics shared credit for the first survey of nearly all human DNA.
Read the full storyAl-Qaeda attacked the Navy destroyer USS Cole while it was refueling in the harbor of Aden, Yemen. Seventeen American sailors were killed and 37 were injured. The damaged ship was carried home aboard the heavy-lift vessel Blue Marlin and rebuilt in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Expedition 1 commander William Shepherd and cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev docked their Soyuz with the International Space Station two days after launching from Kazakhstan. Their arrival began a continuous human presence in orbit; NASA says the station has been occupied ever since.
Read the full storyTelevision networks called Florida for Al Gore, then for George W. Bush, then declared it too close to call, leaving the presidency undecided. The Senate ended up split 50-50, and Hillary Clinton won a Senate seat from New York with 55.3 percent of the vote.
The Supreme Court ruled that Florida's statewide manual recount lacked uniform standards and, by a 5-4 vote, ended it. Bush kept a certified lead of 537 votes in Florida and won the Electoral College 271 to 266, though Gore led the national popular vote by 543,895. Gore conceded the next day.
Read the full storyGold dots on the calendar above mark these dates. Articles are researched from primary and authoritative sources listed on each page.
At a glance
Quick facts about 2000 — from key dates and calendar statistics to major events and achievements.
Important dates in 2000
Metal Dragon
Notable winners and milestones in 2000
How many of each weekday 2000 had.
How many of each weekday 2000 had. A common year has 52 of every weekday plus one extra—the weekday it starts on; a leap year gets two extras.
Sky calendar
All times are US Eastern Time, calculated with standard astronomical algorithms (Meeus). Dates can differ by a day in other time zones.
Monday, March 20, 2000
2:35 a.m. ET
Tuesday, June 20, 2000
9:47 p.m. ET
Friday, September 22, 2000
1:27 p.m. ET
Thursday, December 21, 2000
8:37 a.m. ET
Sunday, April 2, 2000. Clocks move forward one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time (except Arizona and Hawaii).
Clock changeSunday, October 29, 2000. Clocks move back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time.
| Month | New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
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| January | 6 1:13 p.m. | 14 8:34 a.m. | 20 11:40 p.m. | 28 2:57 a.m. |
| February | 5 8:03 a.m. | 12 6:22 p.m. | 19 11:26 a.m. | 26 10:53 p.m. |
| March | 6 12:16 a.m. | 13 1:58 a.m. | 19 11:44 p.m. | 27 7:20 p.m. |
| April | 4 2:12 p.m. | 11 9:30 a.m. | 18 1:41 p.m. | 26 3:29 p.m. |
| May | 4 12:12 a.m. | 10 4:00 p.m. | 18 3:34 a.m. | 26 7:55 a.m. |
| June | 2 8:13 a.m. | 8 11:29 p.m. | 16 6:27 p.m. | 24 9:00 p.m. |
| July | 1 3:19 p.m. 30 10:25 p.m. | 8 8:52 a.m. | 16 9:55 a.m. | 24 7:01 a.m. |
| August | 29 6:19 a.m. | 6 9:01 p.m. | 15 1:12 a.m. | 22 2:50 p.m. |
| September | 27 3:53 p.m. | 5 12:27 p.m. | 13 3:36 p.m. | 20 9:28 p.m. |
| October | 27 3:58 a.m. | 5 6:59 a.m. | 13 4:52 a.m. | 20 3:59 a.m. |
| November | 25 6:11 p.m. | 4 2:26 a.m. | 11 4:14 p.m. | 18 10:24 a.m. |
| December | 25 12:21 p.m. | 3 10:54 p.m. | 11 4:02 a.m. | 17 7:40 p.m. |
Reuse your calendar
Every year that starts on a Saturday and is a leap year has exactly the same dates and weekdays as 2000. That means a printed 2000 calendar works again in 2028, 2056, 2084.Holidays tied to the moon, such as Easter, will still move.
Why calendars repeatFAQ
2000 started on a Saturday (January 1, 2000) and ended on a Sunday (December 31, 2000). It had 366 days, 52 ISO weeks and 251 working days once federal holidays are excluded.
Yes. 2000 was a leap year with 366 days, so February had 29 days. A year is a leap year when it is divisible by 4, except century years, which must also be divisible by 400. See leap years explained.
1944, 1972, 2028, 2056, 2084 share the exact same calendar as 2000: they start on a Saturday and are leap years. A 2000 calendar can be reused in 2028, 2056, 2084. Use the same calendar year finder for any other year.
Thanksgiving Day 2000 was on Thursday, November 23, 2000. Thanksgiving is always the fourth Thursday in November, so it can fall between November 22 and November 28. Read more about Thanksgiving.
Easter Sunday 2000 was on Sunday, April 23, 2000, with Good Friday on Friday, April 21, 2000. Western Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25. See how the date of Easter is calculated.
2000 is the Year of the Metal Dragon, which began with Lunar New Year on Saturday, February 5, 2000. Anyone born between January 1 and February 4, 2000 belongs to the previous zodiac year, the Earth Rabbit.
Bill Clinton (Democratic) was the 42nd president throughout 2000, with Al Gore as vice president.
There were 10 federal holidays in 2000. When a holiday lands on a Saturday, federal employees get the Friday before off; a Sunday holiday moves to Monday. See how federal holidays work.