It was the last year of the 20th century and last year of the 2nd millennium. Some will say it was the first year of the new millennium and 21st century, but that is a common misconception, even though there were celebrations for it. The year 2001 was the start of the new millennium.
A millennium is 1,000 years for example 2000 is the year of a new millennium
It was the first day of the last year of the 20th century and last year of the 2nd millennium. Some will say it was the first day of the new millennium and 21st century, but that is a common misconception.
The end of the millennium was the end of the year 1999. The beginning of the new millennium was 2000.
The new millennium began on January 1, 2001, not in 2000 as many believed. This is because there was no year 0 in the Gregorian calendar, so the year 2000 was the last year of the 20th century, not the first year of the 21st century.
leap year
A millennium baby is one born around the turn of the millennium
No. A millennium is 1000 years, so two millennia can not have ended after just 1999 years. So 2000 was the last year of the 2nd millennium and the new one started on the 1st of January 2001.
When a leap year happens, the new day is February 29.
1898, 1910, 1916 (leap year), 1921, 1927, 1938, 1944 (leap year), 1949, 1955, 1966, 1972 (leap year), 1977, 1983, 1994, 2000 (leap year), 2005, 2011
The 31st of December, New Year's Eve.
The St. Louis Rams won the Super Bowl in 2000 (1999 season), the first Super Bowl of the new millennium.