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Events of the 2000s: when did it happen?

The years of 42 famous events of the 2000s, from 2000 to 2024, sorted oldest to newest, each with a short fact.

• When did the first crew move into the International Space Station?2000
• When was Wikipedia launched?2001
• When did Apple release the iPod?2001
• When were the September 11 attacks?2001
• When did Euro notes and coins enter circulation?2002
• When was the Human Genome Project completed?2003
• When was Facebook launched?2004
• When was Gmail launched?2004
• When was the Indian Ocean tsunami?2004
• When did the Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since 1918?2004
• When was YouTube founded?2005
• When did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?2005
• When was Twitter launched?2006
• When was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet?2006
• When did the first iPhone go on sale?2007
• When did the first Android phone go on sale?2008
• When did Spotify launch?2008
• When did the App Store open?2008
• When was Barack Obama elected president?2008
• When was the first Bitcoin mined?2009
• When did Usain Bolt run 100 m in 9.58 seconds?2009
• When was Instagram launched?2010
• When was the iPad launched?2010
• When was Minecraft fully released?2011
• When was the last Space Shuttle flight?2011
• When was the Higgs boson discovered?2012
• When did NASA's Curiosity rover land on Mars?2012
• When did SpaceX land an orbital rocket booster for the first time?2015
• When did NASA's New Horizons fly past Pluto?2015
• When did the UK vote to leave the European Union?2016
• When was Pokémon Go released?2016
• When did the Chicago Cubs win the World Series?2016
• When was Fortnite Battle Royale released?2017
• When did the 'Great American Eclipse' cross the whole US?2017
• When was the first photo of a black hole published?2019
• When did Notre-Dame Cathedral catch fire?2019
• When was COVID-19 declared a pandemic?2020
• When did SpaceX fly its first crew to the International Space Station?2020
• When was the James Webb Space Telescope launched?2021
• When was ChatGPT released?2022
• When did Queen Elizabeth II die?2022
• When did a total solar eclipse cross the US from Texas to Maine?2024