| January 1 | After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea) |
| January 1 | Millennial celebrations occurred worldwide without terrorist incidents |
| January 1 | Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat Stanford Cardinals 17 - 9 |
| January 30 | Kenya Airways flight 431 crashes near Cote d'Ivoire, killing 170, likely cause was a mechnical problem |
| January 30 | NFL Pro Bowl |
| January 30 | Super Bowl XXXIV, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans 23-16 |
| January 31 | Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes off coast of southern California, killing 88, crash caused by a bad stabilizer |
| February 13 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship |
| February 13 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship |
| February 23 | 42nd Grammy Awards, Santana, Sarah McLachlan and Sting win major awards |
| February 29 | At least 700 died in flooding in Mozambique |
| March 26 | 72nd Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, American Beauty wins Best Picture, Kevin Spacey and Hilary Swank win lead acting awards |
| April 2 | 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum |
| April 3 | 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis |
| April 9 | 64th Golf Masters Championship: |
| April 19 | Air Philippines flight 541 crashes into a hill near Davao, killing 131 |
| April 22 | Elian Gonzalez is snatched by a SWAT team from his Florida relatives to return him to his father in Cuba |
| April 23 | Gulf Air flight 72 crashes near Bahrain, killing 143 |
| May 5 | Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon |
| June 4 | Tony Awards, Copenhagen, Contact, The Real Thing revival, and Kiss Me Kate revival won major awards |
| June 10 | Stanley Cup Finals, New Jersey Devils beat Dallas Stars 4 games to 2 |
| June 18 | 100th U.S. Golf Open: at Pebble Beach Golf Links California |
| June 19 | NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana Pacers 4 games to 2 |
| July 8 | Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde beat Paul Haarhuis and Sandon Stolle |
| July 8 | Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport |
| July 9 | Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Pat Rafter |
| July 9 | Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Finals, Donald Johnson and Kimberly Po beat Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijster |
| July 9 | Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama beat Venus Williams and Serena Williams |
| July 23 | 129th British Golf Open: at Royal Lytham |
| July 23 | 55th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship |
| July 25 | A Concorde jet crashes outside of Paris after takeoff killing 113 passengers |
| August 3 | The Republican party nominates George W. Bush to run for president |
| August 14 | Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation |
| August 17 | The Democratic party nominates Al Gore to run for president |
| August 26 | WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0 |
| September 16 | 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched) |
| September 20 | Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends |
| October 6 | Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic resigns |
| October 12 | USS Cole bombed in the port of Aden, Yemen, killing 17 sailors |
| October 26 | World Series, New York Yankees beat the New York Mets 4 games to 1 |
| November 2 | International Space Station becomes permanently staffed |
| November 7 | Al Gore wins the popular vote but loses the electoral vote to George W. Bush |
| November 7 | Hilary Clinton is the first former First Lady elected to the Senate |
| December 9 | Supreme Court halts Florida vote recount |
| December 13 | Al Gore concedes presidential election, George W. Bush named president |
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