Gladiator
Everybody wanted to see Russell Crowe at his grandiose best in this Ridley Scott-directed film.
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Oops!... I Did It Again
According to Billboard, the slick, robotically executed album sold 1.3 million copies in the first week of its release.
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The Sims
Released in 2000, the simulation video game was inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame in 2016. It made us fall for small-scale worlds of household life.
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The Marshall Mathers LP
People loved listening to this classic Eminem album not just musically but also lyrically.
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No Strings Attached
NSYNC’s second album dropped in 2000 and is remembered as much for tracks like Bye Bye Bye and This I Promise You as the LP sleeve.
Coldplay's 'Parachutes' Album cover
Parachutes
Coldplay entered our world with their debut studio album and Yellow was on every teenage lip.
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International Space Station
The first crew to live on the International Space Station arrived in November 2000.
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The final Peanuts strip
The final strip was published on February 13, 2000, while the creator of the beloved comic strip, Charles Schulz, died in his sleep the day before.
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Erin Brockovich
In this iconic biographical film released on 17 March 2000, Julia Roberts played the titular character who fights Pacific Gas & Energy Company after she discovers that it was contaminating groundwater with a carcinogen.
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Tiger Woods roars
By winning the British Open, the golfer became the youngest player ever to win a Grand Slam on July 23, 2000. In other words, he won all the four major tournaments at least once.
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Cast Away
In this movie released on December 22, 2000, Tom Hanks turned in a brilliant movie playing a FedEx engineer stranded on a deserted island after his plane crashes. Considered dead, he returns after four years to find his girlfriend had moved on with her life.
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Dora The Explorer
Our very own Spanish teacher! A little girl and her best friend Boots, the monkey, brought us joy.
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Nokia 3310
The much-loved phone which was more or less unbreakable and came with the Snake game appeared.
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Turning 50
Glastonbury will celebrate its 50th birthday
Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney have been booked as two of the headliners.