Question: what major events happened in the year 2000?
Answer: The Year 2000 was the start of the new millennium. ...  "Breathe" by Faith Hill tops the U.S. charts as the most popular song. ...  The U.S. population tops 282 million. ...  Concorde crash: Air France flight 4590's tire hits a metal object during takeoff from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport.