2000 CE

A tunnel fire in Kaprun, Austria, kills 155; the Kursk submarine disaster, a Russian naval accident in the Barents Sea, where its Oscar II-class nuclear submarine, K-141, sank during exercises, killing all 118 crew members; the 2000 Summer Olympics are held in Sydney, Australia; Air France Flight 4590, a scheduled Concorde supersonic jet flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris, France following a fire on the back of the aircraft, killing all 109 people aboard and four on the ground; the 2000 Mozambique flood, the worst in the country's recorded history, caused by prolonged heavy rainfall and the devastating impact of Cyclone Eline; the PlayStation 2, the best-selling video game console, is released; the millennium celebrations refer to the worldwide festivities at the end of 1999 and the start of 2000.; the Second Chechen War. Russian counter-insurgency and military conflict with the invasion of Dagestan by Chechen fighters, leading to Russian military incursions into Chechnya after apartment bombings in Russian cities; the Second Intifada civilian uprising in Jerusalem and Palestine proper. Israeli security responded with extreme violence, killing over 100 Palestinian protesters within the first few weeks.

In the 2000s, the 21st century.