I realized this year that I have my own mental Y2K problem: that becase for
so many years the year 2000 seemed to symbolize the future, I couldn't
conceive of it being in the past. Therefore I put the following table together to help get used to the idea of remembering the year 2000, which we will all be doing in less than 14 months.
| year | event(s) |
| 2000 |
U.S.A. presidential election year,
Fanatasia 2000 in release (since December 1999),
Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, Georgia (30 January),
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interfaces (SIGCHI) 2000 Conference in The Hague, Netherlands (1-6 April),
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2000 Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana (August),
XXVII Summer Olympiad in Sydney, Australia (15 September - 1 October),
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) 2000 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia (14-18 November),
NASA's Cassini spacecraft reaches Jupiter (December)
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| 2001 |
Third Millenium really begins (1 January),
Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa, Florida (January),
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interfaces (SIGCHI) 2001 Conference in Seattle, Washington (31 March - 5 April),
high school classes of '71 have 30th reunions (June),
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2001 Conference in Los Angeles, California (August),
NASA's Mars Surveyor orbiter arrives at Mars (20 October),
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) 2001 Conference in Orlando, Florida (13-17 November),
5th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment somewhere in North America,
Disney's California Adventure theme park in Anaheim scheduled to open
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| 2002 |
last palindrome year until 2112 (previous one was 1991),
Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans, Louisiana (January),
NASA's Mars Surveyor lander 01 arrives at Mars (22 January),
XVIII Winter Olympiad in Salt Lake City, Utah (31 January - 2 February),
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interfaces (SIGCHI) 2002 Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota (20-25 April),
50th anniversary of first rock and roll concert (21 March 1952, Cleveland Arena),
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2002 Conference in San Antonio, Texas (August),
Star Wars Episode Two released,
some children do not remember the old millenium
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| 2003 |
Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego (January),
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interfaces (SIGCHI) 2003 Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (5-10 April),
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2003 Conference in San Diego, California (August),
I turn 50 (September),
my daughter turns 10 (September),
NASA's Mars Surveyor lander 03 arrives Mars (17 December),
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| 2004 |
U.S.A. presidential election year,
XXVIII Summer Olympiad in Athens, Greece (August),
NASA's Cassini spacecraft reaches Saturn,
50th anniversary of hydrogen bomb (1954)
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| 2005 |
NASA's Deep Impact crashes into Comet Tempel 1 (4 July),
Star Wars Episode Three released,
Disney's new theme park on Lantau Island near the new Hong Kong International Airport in China scheduled to open
Moore's Law predicts cheap computer processors 16 times faster than a 1999-vintage Pentium III
Gilder's Law predicts bandwidth 729 times faster than the 1999-vintage internet
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| 2006 |
XIX Winter Olympiad in Turin, Italy (January)
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| 2007 |
50th anniversary of Sputnik (1957),
Fidel Castro turns 100 (13 May),
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2007 Conference in San Diego, California (August)
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| 2008 |
U.S.A. presidential election year,
XXIX Summer Olympiad (August), current
bidders are: Argentina (Buenos Aires), Cuba, France (Paris), Japan (Osaka),
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Seville), Turkey (Istanbul),
Mars Surveyor 2005 Sample Return Mission scheduled to return Mars samples to earth
I turn 55 (September),
my daughter turns 15 (September),
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| 2009 |
500th anniversary of Henry VIII ascending the throne of England (21 April 1509)
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| 2010 |
XX Winter Olympiad (January), bidders are: Bosnia-Herzegovina (Sarajevo), Canada (Vancouver), Korea (Muju), Russia (St. Petersburg)
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| 2011 |
the oldest of the "baby boomers" (e.g. Diane Keaton born 5 January 1946) turn 65,
high school classes of '71 have 40th reunions (June),
Buddy Holly turns 75 (born 7 September 1936),
Moore's Law predicts cheap computer processors 256 times faster than a 1999-vintage Pentium III
Gilder's Law predicts bandwidth 531,441 times faster than the 1999-vintage internet
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| 2012 |
U.S.A. presidential election year,
XXX Summer Olympiad (August),
50th anniversary of the assasination of John F. Kennedy (22 November 1962)
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| 2013 |
500th anniversary of Balboa's discovery of the Pacific (1513)
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| 2014 |
XXI Winter Olympiad,
20th anniversary of Woodstock II (pay-per-view and webcast August 1994)
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| 2015 |
20th anniversary of the death of Jerry Garcia (August 1995)
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| 2016 |
U.S.A. presidential election year,
XXXI Summer Olympiad (August),
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| 2017 |
solar eclipse visible across in North America,
Moore's Law predicts cheap computer processors 4096 times faster than a 1999-vintage Pentium III,
Gilder's Law predicts bandwidth 387,420,489 times faster than the 1999-vintage internet,
500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, beginning the Protestant Reformation (1517)
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| 2018 |
XXII Winter Olympiad (January),
I turn 65 (September),
my daughter turns 25 (September),
50th anniversary of the assasinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968),
there are U.S.A. voters (age 18) who do not remember the old millenium
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| 2019 |
50th anniversary of Apollo 11 (20 July 1969) and Woodstock I (August 1969),
20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 1989)
movie Blade Runner was set in this year
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| 2020 |
U.S.A. presidential election year,
XXXII Summer Olympiad (August),
500th anniversary of Cortez conquering Mexico (1520)
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| 2021 |
high school classes of '71 have 50th reunions (June)
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| 2022 |
50th anniversary of Watergate burglary (June)
movie Soylent Green was set in this year
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| 2023 |
I turn 70 (September),
my daughter turns 30 (September),
Moore's Law predicts cheap computer processors 32,768 times faster than a 1999-vintage Pentium III
Gilder's Law predicts bandwidth 282,429,536,481 times faster than the 1999-vintage internet
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